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Why PowerPoint?

If you have content to deliver and direct instruction is your best option, then utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint can be a great tool. In a virtual learning environment, your PowerPoint presentations need to be stand-alone presentation. Fortunately, PowerPoint has an option for saving presentations as video files. Like any other lecture, your PowerPoint lecture needs to be well planned and structured for student interaction, and it can be easily integrated into your learning management system (either Schoology or Google Classroom) to lead into support and follow-up activities.

Below you will find some resources for creating, designing, building, and saving PowerPoint Presentations that will run as videos. These can be a vital tool in a virtual or a flipped classroom.

Basic Functions

Create a presentation in PowerPointTraining: Get up and running quickly with our PowerPoint Quick Start. Learn how to create a presentation, add and format text, and add a picture, shape, or chart.

Save in PowerPointTraining: Get up to speed quickly with our PowerPoint Quick Start. Learn how to create and save a presentation in PowerPoint.

Design in PowerPointTraining: Get up to speed quickly with our PowerPoint Quick Start. Learn how to design a presentation, and add transitions and animations.

How to Create a New PowerPoint Presentation - dummiesYou can create a new presentation in PowerPoint 2013 in several ways. You can create a blank one, or you can base a presentation on a template that contains formatting specs, sample content, or both. Creating a blank presentation When you start PowerPoint and then press Esc or click the Blank Presentation template, a new …

How to Insert Your Own Pictures into PowerPoint - dummiesYou can insert pictures into PowerPoint 2013 you’ve acquired yourself, either from someone else or from your digital camera or scanner. These pictures are stored as separate files on your hard drive or other media. PowerPoint supports many picture formats, including .tif, .jpg, .gif, .bmp, and .png. Just like with online images, you can insert …

Advanced Functions

Add, change, or remove transitions between slidesSlide transitions are the animation-like effects that occur when you move from one slide to the next during a presentation. You can control the speed, add sound, and customize the properties of transition effects.

Animate text or objectsLearn how to add animation effects to your PowerPoint presentation.

Use the Morph transition in PowerPointLearn about using the Morph transition in PowerPoint to automatically create animations, movements, and effects on pictures, images, and other characters in your presentation.

Insert a video from YouTube or another siteAdd a hyperlink to a video that lives on YouTube.

Add or delete audio in your PowerPoint presentationYou can add audio, such as music, narration, or sound bites, to your PowerPoint presentation. When adding audio, you can also specify when the audio should start and how long it should run.

Record your screen in PowerPointCapture a video of your screen.

Creating Stand-Alone Presentations

Add speaker notes to your slidesAdd speaker notes to each slide to help you remember what you're going to say when you present.

Rehearse and time the delivery of a presentationIn PowerPoint, you can rehearse your presentation to make sure that it fits within a time limit.

Record a slide show with narration and slide timingsAudio narrations and timings can enhance a web-based or self-running slide show. If you have a sound card, microphone, and speakers, you can record your PowerPoint presentation and capture your voice narrations, slide timings, and ink and laser pointer gestures.

Create a self-running presentationSet your PowerPoint presentation to run itself, advance when viewers click, or play in a loop.

Video Tutorials

Steps for Using PowerPoint for Direct Instruction

The Narration and Save-As-Video features in PowerPoint make it an ideal tool for delivering direct instruction. You can relay your major ideas via the slides, while, at the same time, offering the detailed explanations and examples using the Narration tool. You can then save the entire lesson as a video that you can upload to your Learning Management System. This tutorial provides tools and steps for planning your lesson, writing your script, designing an animated presentation, and exporting it as a video. It includes screen capture tutorials for each step along the way.

Tips and Suggestions

23 PowerPoint Presentation Tips for Creating Engaging and Interactive Presentations - SlideModelPowerPoint presentations are not usually known for being engaging or interactive. That's often because most people treat their slides as if they are notes

PowerPoint and Google Slide Templates

Free educational Powerpoint templates and Google Slides themesUse the best education PowerPoint templates and Google Slides themes to engage your students. All designs are 100% free and completely customizable.

Download Free PowerPoint Templates - SlideModel.comDownload free PowerPoint templates & slides that you can use to make presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides.

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