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Making the Most of Multimedia: PowerPoint Presentations That Pop!

Making the Most of Multimedia: PowerPoint Presentations That Pop!. Dennis Swain Discovery Educator Network. PowerPoint and Multi-Media Presentations . A few key terms Hyperlinking = linking to a website, video, document or slide that is different or outside of your current presentation

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Making the Most of Multimedia: PowerPoint Presentations That Pop!

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  1. Making the Most of Multimedia: PowerPoint PresentationsThat Pop! Dennis SwainDiscovery Educator Network

  2. PowerPoint and Multi-Media Presentations A few key terms Hyperlinking = linking to a website, video, document or slide that is different or outside of your current presentation Advantage – fast forward/rewind control Disadvantage – opens a different window, you leave your presentation Embedding = placing a document, video, sound, image, etc within the framework of your slide Advantage – looks pretty, you stay within your presentation Disadvantage – lose ability to fast forward and rewind

  3. Hyperlinking and EmbeddingInstructions Menu • Hyperlinking a Video to an Image • Downloading Images and Audio files • Embedding a Video • “Really Embedding” a Video - Features and Benefits - Preview: Web Browsing in PowerPoint • Interactive Presenter tools Back to Menu This button takes you back to this page from slides that complete a set instructions.

  4. Steps for Hyperlinking Video to an Image • Log into Discovery Education streaming • Download a video segment and save to a folder • Go to Insert + Picture + Clip ArtorFrom File • Left click your mouse button to select the image • Right click the selected image to and select Hyperlink • Find the video that you downloaded and double click or click Ok to connect the file to the image as a hyperlink 8. The hyperlink is signified when your cursor changes to a pointing finger when you pass over the image Back to Menu

  5. Discovery Education streaming Images & Audio DE streaming has over 20,000 images and over 2900 audio clips Login, then type your desired search selection and change the Within drop down box to Images or Audio and click Go

  6. Saving Discovery Education streaming Images Click on the preferred image size to download direct, or click on image preview and right click then save as. Tip: Always save files in one folder along with the presentation to ensure files remain connected and display properly.

  7. Saving Discovery Education streaming Audio Click on the blue disk to download audio file Tip: Rename it as a smaller file name to prevent errors. Back to Menu

  8. Steps for Embedding • Go up to Insert • Go to Movies and Sounds • Select Movie from file • Navigate to the file that you downloaded • Double click the file and it will embed the video into your PowerPoint slide Tip: This also works for audio files, except you select Soundoptions instead Back to Menu

  9. Now for something really cool Really Embedding – Windows Based 1. Go to your tool bar and click on the word View 2. Click on Toolbars and then Control Tool Box This will bring up a box that looks like this: Back to Menu

  10. Really Embedding Continued 3. Click on the Hammer And Wrench Icon 4. Scroll down and choose Windows Media Player This will change your cursor to a +symbol –Giving you the ability to draw a box

  11. Really Embedding Continued 5. Draw a box and then right-click on the box and choose Properties

  12. Almost there… 6. Click inside the blank box next to the box titled Customand then click on the three little dots

  13. Finding the video 7. Click on the Browse button to find the video that you want to embed, then check the Stretch to fit button and then click on the OK button Tip: I usually uncheck the Auto Start Playback option so that I can manually start the video

  14. Full Capability Video! You have “really embedded” a video with full control of forward, rewind, pause, and sound.

  15. Full Screen Zoom With “Really Embedding” This will definitely get their attention! • Right click the window and select Full Screen while playing the video in presentation mode. • It works great to toggle between full screen and the presentation using the ESC key.

  16. Preview: “Really Embedding” Web Browsers Full Instructions coming soon via DEN Webinar! Create and control web site resources by locking to one site preventing students from straying to other sites during lessons. Back to Menu

  17. PowerPoint & Interactive Teaching ToolsNot quite an Interactive whiteboard, but better than nothing! On Demand Notes and Markups = • Highlight text • Circle images • Illustrate concepts • Point out teachable moments • Move backward and forward through slides • Move your cursor over the far bottom left hand corner of the slide during presentation mode for the tools to become visible. • Once tools are visible left click them to activate available options. • Play around with them and make your presentations more interactive! Back to Menu Here

  18. Thank You!Dennis SwainDen Account ManagerDennis_Swain@discovery.com301-275-7158(Feel free to contact me with questions or comments) Back to Menu

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