Microsoft Word - Recording Voice.docx

RecordingVoice‐overNarrationinPowerPoint(PPT)

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Forbestresults,yourPPTshouldbeentirelycompletedbeforeinsertingnarration.

Makesureyourcomputerisrecognizingyourvoiceand/orworkingbeforeyoubegin.Ifnot,pleasecontactDerek

Teague(43412)forassistance.Aqualitymicrophoneisrecommendedforbestresults.

1. Makesurevolumeisnotmutedbydouble

clickingonthevolumeicononyourtaskbar.

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2. CreateabrandnewfoldersomewhereonyourPC.Givethisfileanewname.(Note:thisnewfilewillhave

audionarrationsattachedtoitsoitshouldbeonlybeusedforthisnarratedproject.Youwillwantto

keep

aclean“un‐narrated”copyofyourPPTslideshowelsewhereonyourPC).

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3. SetupNarrationrecordinginPPT.Under“Slideshow”inthemenu,choose“RecordNarration”.Aboxwill

appear,clickon“ChangeQuality”andnextto“Attributes”choose“44.100kHz,16bit,Mono”fromthepull‐

down

menu.Thiswillcreat eanaudiofilethatisgoodquality. Theruleis:thebetterthequality,thebigger

thefilesizewillbe.ClicktheOkbutton(thiswill startyourrecording.) 

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4. Tostartrecording,thePPTslideshowwillbeginandyoucanstartnarratingyourslides.

Ifyouweren’ton

your1stslide,itwillaskyouifyouwanttostartwiththecurrentslideortheFirstSlide.

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5. Whenrecordingaudio,makesureyoustoptalkingbetweenslidechanges.Forexample,endyour

sentence…pauseforabout5seconds…advanceyourslide....pauseforabout1

‐2‐3‐4‐5seconds….then

begintalking,thisw illmakesureyouraudioisincludedwitheachslideandnotcutoff.Ifyouneedto

continueathoughtbetweenslides,justremembertopauseandnottalkwhentheslideischanging.

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AttheendofyourPPT,a

dialogboxwillpromptyoutosaveyourPPT.ALWAYSsayyes!Attheend,youwill

beaskedifyouwanttosavetheslidetimings…..ALWAYSSAYYES!SavetheentirePPTslideshowagain

(samefilenamethatyousavedinstep2above.)

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Ifyouneedtosaveyour

workinthemiddleofrecording,pleasepressescape.You willbepromptedtosave

atthistime.

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Theabilitytostartrecordingataspecificslideisusefulifyoumakeamistakeandwanttorestartatan

earlierslidebutdon’twanttoredoyourentirepresentation.

Ifthisisthecase,justmakesureyouareon

theslideyouwanttostartfromwhenyoulaunchthe“RecordNarration”toolagain.

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6. IfyouareuploadingtoD2L,pleasesaveanothercopyofyourPPT,however,saveitasa.PPTXfile.Thisfile

may

belargeandtakesometimetouploadtoD2L.Ifyouexperienceanyproblems,pleasecontacttheISS

department.ThisisthefileyouwilluploadintoD2L.

a. OpenPPT

b. FileSaveAS–savewithsamepresentationname,however,changefiletypeto.PPTX