Office of Academic Programs
Presentations
Overview
Presentations for the web can serve multiple purposes. Among the most common are instructor or guest speaker presentations or lectures. For example, using a headset, instructors can easily narrate their class PowerPoints and post them online. Students can listen to these presentations multiple times to enhance understanding. In hybrid courses, students can listen to presentations outside of class enabling instructors to use in-class time for active learning activities.
Students can also create presentations individually or in groups as part of course projects or upper level seminar presentations. Posted presentations allow for more time for review, reflection, discussion, and feedback.
Consider
- Accessibility
- The file format of the presentation must be available to all. (See below.)
- The presentation must be accessible to participants with differences. (It may be necessary to provide a text transcript.)
- File sizes should not be too large. (Break large presentations into smaller segments.)
- Media within presentations should be compressed first. (See Resizing Images Using Photoshop.)
- Copyright - use materials in the public domain, available via Creative Commons License, or get written permission from the copyright owner(s).
- See Free Images on the Web, Free Sounds on the Web, Free Video on the Web.)
- For more information on copyright, see Copyright and Intellectual Property.
Technology Options (see tabs above for tutorials)
| Tools for Creating | Free Plug Ins for Viewing | Pros/Cons | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrated PowerPoint saved as PowerPoint Show
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PC - PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer. Mac - PowerPoint for Mac or Keynote |
Pros -Many instructors already have PowerPoints. Cons |
Convert narrated PPT to Flash. Can be done very quickly. Send file to your HHP ITC.
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| Keynote (Mac) saved as QuickTime (.mov) |
QuickTime Player | Pros -Keynote is a powerful Mac presentation software. - Presentations can be converted to .mov (QuickTime) for viewing on the web. Cons |
-If further compression is needed, QuickTime files can be converted to Flash using an online media converter such as Zamzar or the free desktop software such as Super. Sorenson Squeeze can also be used (see your HHP ITCs.). |
| Photostory 3 (PC, free) saved as Windows Media Format (.wmv) |
PC - Windows Media Player. Mac - Flip4 Mac . |
Pros -Easy to learn. -Can add pictures, music, narration, pan and zoom. Cons |
-For slides with animations in which lines of text appear one by one, create separate slides before exporting slides from PowerPoint. -As with QuickTime files, windows media files can be converted to Flash using an online media converter such as Zamzar or the free desktop software such as Super. Sorenson Squeeze can also be used (see your HHP ITCs.). |
| Podcasting Options | Web Tool | Pros Cons |
Podcast quality is better if you create your audio or video separately and upload it to Podomatic for posting and or conversion. |