Create narrated PowerPoint guide

Microsoft PowerPoint includes an easy to use audio and video recording facility. It is suitable for narrating a PowerPoint presentation. We recommend 5 to 10 minutes per recording.

It is easy to learn and the controls will be familiar to PowerPoint users. Versions of PowerPoint will vary across platforms and you may find buttons in different places, but there are some common steps and points to consider for all steps. We suggest you try recording a few slides and get acquainted with the steps before embarking on a longer recording.

You will need a presentation, a script or outline of what you want to say, headphones with a microphone and a quiet place to make your recording.

Make sure you are using the latest version of PowerPoint. 

You can't record narration in PowerPoint for the web. Use a desktop version of PowerPoint to record your narration.

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Two common methods for producing a video presentation are:

• Using Kaltura Capture to record your live PowerPoint presentation and uploading to MediaSpace, or
• Creating a Narrated PowerPoint and exporting as a video and uploading to MediaSpace.

Both can produce great results, but lecturers often ask… which one should I use?

This guide might help you decide and will explain how to make a narrated powerpoint.

• You need high quality video and audio
• Your slides have a lot of fine detail in them, e.g. small text, detailed drawings
• You need more flexibility around changes in the future without the need to re-record the entire presentation again, i.e. the ability to amend individual slides, change the voice over on a slide, add extra slides.
• You don’t feel confident in your delivery, and would like the opportunity to redo sections of your show if you make mistake
• You enjoy and feel comfortable with PowerPoint
• You don’t talk over slide transitions
• You have a little extra time

Create your narrated PowerPoint > export as a video > (re-compress using Handbrake if very large) > manually upload video to your MediaSpace > put video onto your Moodle module.

• The quality of the video & audio doesn’t matter too much
• Your slides don’t have a lot of fine detail in them
• You don’t mind re-recording the presentation in its entirety if it needs to be changed in future
• You feel entirely confident in your delivery and don’t worry about little errors in your presentation
• You feel confident with Kaltura Capture
• You need to talk over slide transitions
• You have very little time

Record your PowerPoint presentation using Kaltura Capture > automatically upload video to your MediaSpace > put video onto your Moodle module using the Video Resource.