Month: February 2022

Recording audio for PowerPoint slides and exporting as a video (Mac)

One of the simplest ways of recording a video of your PowerPoint slides is to insert audio into each slide and then have that audio automatically play when viewed. You can then export the slides and audio as a video. Here is how to do that.

  1. Make sure you have the PowerPoint app installed on your Mac. If you want to know how to do that for free, read these instructions.
  2. Open or create a presentation and go to the first slide. Click on Insert in the menu bar.​
  3. Click on Audio and then Record Audio.​
  4. You might need to give permission for PowerPoint to use your microphone. Click OK
  5. Click on the record button to start recording
  6. Click on the stop button to stop recording
  7. Click on Insert to add the audio to your slide
  8. Click and drag the speaker icon to somewhere on the slide.​
  9. Click on Playback in the menu bar and then click on the dropdown menu next to Start and choose Automatically.​
  10. Once you have recorded audio for all of your slides, click on File and then Export.
  11. Next to File Format, choose MP4. Next to Quality, choose Internet Quality. Click on Export.
  12. Make sure you save your presentation as well. If you save it to your Douglas College OneDrive account, you can also share that presentation.

Here is an example of a shared PowerPoint presentation with audio recording for each slide. It also shows you visual steps of what is shared above.

Title slide that has the text recording audio for your powerpoint slides mac
Click on the image above to watch an example recording using this method.

Recording audio for PowerPoint slides and exporting as a video (Windows)

One of the simplest ways of recording a video of your PowerPoint slides is to insert audio into each slide and then have that audio automatically play when viewed. You can then export the slides and audio as a video. Here is how to do that.

  1. Make sure you have the PowerPoint app installed on your Windows computer. If you want to know how to do that for free, read these instructions.
  2. Open or create a presentation and go to the first slide. Click on Insert in the menu bar.​
  3. Click on Audio and the Record Audio.​
  4. Type in a name (optional) and then click on the record button to start recording.​
  5. When you are finished recording for that slide, click on the stop button and then OK.​
  6. Click and drag the speaker icon to somewhere on the slide.​
  7. Click on Playback in the menu bar and then click on the dropdown menu next to Start and choose Automatically.​
  8. Once you have recorded audio for all of your slides, click on File.​
  9. Click on Export, Create a Video, choose HD (720p), and the Create Video.​
  10. Make sure you save your presentation as well. If you save it to your Douglas College OneDrive account, you can also share that presentation.

Here is an example of a shared PowerPoint presentation with audio recording for each slide. It also shows you visual steps of what is shared above.

Title slide that has the text recording audio for your powerpoint slides windows
Click on the image above to watch an example recording using this method.

Install Microsoft Office 365 on your Windows or Mac for free

Office 365 logo

As part of our Douglas College access to Microsoft Office 365, you can install the full office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) on your computer for free. This is available to everyone in the college with a Douglas College email: staff, faculty, and students. Once you install these programs on your computer, you can activate the full program by logging in with your Douglas College credentials (email and password). This opens up the full features of each program instead of the limited features of the online versions.

Installing Microsoft Office 365 on your Mac

Click on the image above to watch the video on how to install the office apps on your Mac

Installing Microsoft Office 365 on your Windows computer

Here is how to download and install Office 365 on your Windows computer.

  • Log into your Douglas College Office 365 & Email.
  • Click on the Install Office button in the top-right corner and choose Office 365 apps
  • Run the install that downloads.
  • When prompted, use your Douglas College email and password to log in.

Recording: Students Working Together with MS Office 365 and Blackboard

Title slide from the presentation. It says, "Students Working Together with MS Office 365 and Blackboard" Douglas College. Nathan Hall
Click on the image above to access the recording from the session.

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the session last Wednesday on Office 365 and Blackboard. The recording can be found by clicking the title slide above. The slides can be located here.

Related resources:

OneDrive

Information​Examples​
Share PowerPoint slides in OneDrive​LLPA 1100 Week One – Design​
Share a Word document in review mode​Setting up a positive learning environment in Zoom​
Upload and share a video in OneDrive​STSU 1100: An introduction to Office 365 and Class Notebook​
Use the Microsoft OneDrive app to scan pages ​Example scan to PDF​
Using shared folders in OneDrive ​Example shared folder​
Record Video in the iOS OneDrive App ​Example video recording​

OneNote and Class Notebook

Information​
Overview of Class Notebook  ​
OneNote Class Notebook Create Distribute Review ​​
Create and share a OneNote notebook with students ​​
Create a Group Space with OneNote Class Notebook ​​
Add a Class Notebook to your Blackboard course ​​
Create Sections and Section Groups in Class Notebook ​​
Insert Items into a Page in Class Notebook ​​

Bookings

Information​
Create an online booking page for office hours using Microsoft Bookings​

Sway

Information​
Convert a Word document into a webpage​

Whiteboard

Information​
The new and improved Microsoft Whiteboard​