Narrated PowerPoint for WebCT

(converted and compressed with Impactica)

I. Create a PowerPoint file and save it to your desktop.

II. Record a voice narration

To do this procedure, you'll need a microphone and speakers connected to your computer. You'll also need to make sure you aren't running any other sound recording programs, such as Speech Recognition. It's best to have a written script to read from before you start.

Notes :

* When you run the slide show, the narration will automatically play with the show. To run the slide show without narration, click Set Up Show on the Slide Show menu, and then select the Show without narration check box.

III. Open Impatica

i. filename.html (this is the HTML file viewers will see, and is created by Impatica for PowerPoint to play the converted PowerPoint presentation).
ii. filename.imp (this is the converted PowerPoint presentation).
iii. ImPlayer (version Number).jar or ImPlayerWithVideo (version Number).jar (these are the Impatica Players*).

(Optional) Zip these files together. For Windows XP--Multiple-choose the three files by clicking on them while holding down the Control key (PC). Right click on one of them and choose, Send to Compressed (Zipped) folder. For other versions of PCs or Macs, you will need to download a Zip compression shareware program or upload the 3 files one at a time.

*Only one copy of each Impatica player is needed. This means that if you have multiple Impatica files in the same directory, you only need one copy of each ImPlayer (version Number).jar file in that directory.

IV. Upload to WebCT

Editing the Imported Presentation: Once you have imported the presentation into WebCT you cannot edit it directly. If you need to make changes to that presentation, make the changes to the copy on your local computer. Repeat the process for upload as described in this tutorial.