SOM_Create_VOPP

Create a Voice Over PowerPoint

Presentation – Mac

Record Narration on PowerPoint Presentation

1. Open your PowerPoint presentation in Microsoft (MS) PowerPoint (PPT).

Note: It is suggested you create your voice over in the MS PPT desktop application.

2. Go to the Slide Show tab.

3. Navigate to the first slide of your presentation if you haven’t done so already and then click on

the Record Slide Show button.

Note: The recording will begin from the slide that you are currently on, so please ensure you are

on the slide (likely the first) that you want to start the narration recording from.

Note: After doing this, you will begin talking and navigating through each of your slides in the

presentation. It is best practice to try and talk and progress (click) through your presentation,

just as you would if you were giving a lecture in class. If you make a mistake, it is best to try to

correct it just as if you would while giving the lecture in class. Changes/updates will be discussed

briefly below.

4. In the Recording screen you will find the following tools which you can use to:

• Go to the Next or Previous slide

Note: You can also use the right or up arrow key or space bar to move forward or the left or

down arrow key to move backward as you would when giving a presentation in person.

• Pause the recording

Note: While you are able to do this, it is best practice to try to avoid doing this to ensure a

more consistent and smooth recording.

• Re-record the current slide

Note: As with the pause, it is best practice to try to avoid doing this if possible to ensure for

consistency/smoothness. If you do use this button though, please note you will need to

press the Play button again to the left when restarting/re-recording the slide.

5. When you have finished recording, press the Esc button or the X button in the top left corner of

the Recording screen.

6. You will then be presented with a dialog box that asks if you want to save the slide timings. Click

the Yes button.

Re-Recording Narration

If you do need to re-record a slide or the entire presentation itself, we would suggest the following:

• Use the Re-record current slide button if you are in the middle of recording and realize right

away that you need to re-record the slide you just recorded (and are still on that slide).

• Going back to and repeating steps 2-5 above (Slide Show tab > Record Slide Show)

Note: With either of these options, your previous recordings will be cleared/deleted and your new

recording will appear.

Deleting Timings or Narrations

To delete timings and/or narrations on one or more slides you can use the Clear function located in the

Record Slide Show button within the Slide Show tab.

The Clear function allows you to do one or more of the following:

• Delete timings on the current slide

• Delete timings on all slides

• Delete narration on the current slide

• Delete narration on all slides

Recording Tips

• PPT doesn’t’ record audio or video during transitions between slides, so do not speak while

advancing the slide.

• Include a brief (few seconds) buffer of silence at the beginning and end of each slide.

• For best quality, use an external microphone, such as a USB headset.

Note: If you do use an external microphone, please make sure it is setup and marked as the

default device for Input in your computer’s sound settings.

• After you have finished recording, review your presentation by playing it using the From

Beginning button on the Slide Show tab.

Exporting Voice Over Presentation to Video

1. Go to File and click Export

2. Type a file name for your video, select a location to save your file on your computer, and select

“MP4” as the file format

Note: It is suggested that you save the video to a folder on your JH OneDrive.

3. Ensure that the following two settings are selected in the video options area of the “Export”

dialog box:

• Presentation Quality

Note: Do not change width and height listed in your window.

• Use Recorded Timings and Narrations

• Seconds spent on each slide without a set timing: 5

Note: This is the default if there is no audio/narration on a slide. If there is

audio/narration on a slide it will use the narration and timings you have already.

4. Click the Export button

5. A progress bar will appear at the bottom of your PPT window to show you the progress of the

video creation

Note: You can cancel the creation/saving by clicking the Cancel button to the right of the

progress bar

6. After the progress is complete, you can locate the video file in the location in which you saved it

and double-click on it to play it using your computer’s default video player

Additional Information

For additional information and directions on recording narration in a PPT and exporting your voice over

PPT to a video, please visit the following:

• MS Office – Record a slide show with narration and slide timings

• MS Office – Export your PowerPoint for Mac presentation as a different file format (including

exporting to video)