Teaching Students How to Use Applications

4/8/2020

4/20/2020 02:57:06 am

First, I wantetd to say thank you for all those videos you made from the ZOOM workshops. I participated to many. That was such a big help. Little by little I'm finding my way around, I think.
After, watching this video which I missed the presentation, I made my first video presentation with PPT. I was so surprised to hear that you could make a PDF from a PPT! And an explanation video also. I've learned so much. Basically it worked. But my video was so long. And when I check the final version, I discovered that each slide were too long!
I have surch the internet and the help in PPT, but I Don't seem to find the explanation that would really help me. So, I have a question about how do set the time for each slide automatically and that the recording starts automatically, not after 5 seconds on the slide! Or if you know an easy understanding YouTube video, it's OK, too. Sorry, I know you are busy, and it must be too basic for you!
But I'll keep swimming , trying, anyway. Uh, uh,...

wedy

4/20/2020 03:47:12 pm

Hi,
Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you found these workshops helpful.
I don't set the time automatically. When I record over a PPT slide, the slide show view on my Mac's screen shows the time. I usually wait 2-3 seconds before I start talking over a new slide and try to keep it less than two minutes per slide. I think it is a good idea to try to keep your explanation to 5-6 minutes maximum. If you think it is too long, you can divide it into two PPT presentations.
I'm not sure if this answers your question, but I hope it helps.

Malaurie K.

4/21/2020 02:15:41 am

So, if I understand correctly, do you do like in this video?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdeRJpIxCF0&list=PLSKT97AFGYp0OpIDCvQHe1wCMkU9eNFfM
Actually, I have a Windows pc, and I recorded a slide at a time, with the Audio setting. So maybe it wasn't the smartest way. to do it.
But thank you for all the precious key points shared. Actually, I'm quite relieved that I can go through software that I already have in my PC and that I Don't need to download free software like "screenomatic".

Wendy

4/21/2020 03:49:02 pm

Hi Malaurie,
The video you shared is informative. Maybe I misunderstood your first message about the timings. I don't use that function when I record over slides. I usually just start the recording. I don't use a PC, so I'm not sure how recordings work on them. It's nice to learn new functions on the software we already use. I think that helps relieve the stress of this emergency online teaching a lot.

malaurie

4/23/2020 12:29:49 am

I just wanted to share here a link I found to a video explanation through JALTCALL post:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/record-a-slide-show-with-narration-and-slide-timings-0b9502c6-5f6c-40ae-b1e7-e47d8741161c
I think it shows more in all details what you were speaking about.

Malaurie

4/23/2020 01:41:43 am

Sorry for posting so many times,
I just wanted to thank you one more time for introducing me to such possibilities that I had in my PC and that I didn't even imagine.
And here are some links that really helped me more in the step by step, above all to select the recording video settings - I didn't find it with the previous video, but in the Following link there's a written explanation, which really helped me! (That's how bad I am!!!)
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Turn-your-presentation-into-a-video-C140551F-CB37-4818-B5D4-3E30815C3E83
And also, to respect the advice of not more of 5 to 6 minutes explanation, here another link that helped me. Maybe it sounds obvious to most of people but I searched for it!
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_powerpoint-mso_other-mso_2010/how-do-i-split-a-powerpoint-presentation-into-two/aa534796-3865-4e50-a5cd-a189f802c541
So, I finally got through with a viable video to export and for my students to feel ok to Watch!
I'm so happy! The beginning of a real Journey I think.

Wendy

4/23/2020 04:19:38 pm

Hi Malaurie,
Thanks for sharing the links to the explanation videos. This will be helpful to a lot of people. Can you share the video you made? I bet people will be inspired to see what you made. I'm really happy that you found these workshops useful and that they inspired you to try some new things.

Malaurie

4/29/2020 03:31:06 am

Ok, this was my final version to explain students how to get into the blog of their class. I said the comments in French and wrote comments in Japanese (like subtitle) and because I also recorded a PDF version of it, full lenght. For the video, there will be a part 2...
So, here is my part 1: https://vimeo.com/410941200/082b78c441
And, also I was thinking about the issue I wrote previously about cutting a PPT presentation in half, for this one, I copied it and erased half of slides I didn't want for the first version. But, I think that maybe just by choosing "not to display" in Japanese 非表示スライド should do the trick, no need to bother to go through copying and making 2 versions, I think now.

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