How to Record Narration in PPT
- Natasha Barreto
Go to the PPT slide where you want to record the sound.
Click on Insert from the Navigation bar at the top of PowerPoint. Then click on Media and Audio. You will want to Record Audio directly into your slide.
Give the sound an appropriate and specific name, then click the Red Dot to record the sound.
The sound icon will appear in the middle of the slide. It’s recommended to click and drag the sound icon to a corner of the slide as to not impede the slide contents.
Fix the Animation: The default animation for the sound is set up as a “Trigger”. If you plan to use iSpring Free, our recommendation is that you remove and read the animation.
Click the dropdown beside the sound in the animation pane. Then click Remove.
Then click on the sound icon again, go to the Animation Tab at the top of the application, and click Play.
Now, the sound is set to play on click, but there is no problematic “Trigger”.
Continue with the rest of your slides.
How to Insert Prerecorded Narration in PPT
Prerecord your narration per slide in another sound application. There are several; Audacity is a good free one. Save or export that sound file as a .wav. Name your sound file something specific and appropriate.
Click on Insert from the Navigation bar at the top of PowerPoint. Click on Media, and then click on Audio. Then click on Audio on my PC.
Navigate to the folder and file you want to insert.
The sound icon will appear in the middle of the slide. It’s recommended to click and drag the sound icon to a corner of the slide as to not impede the slide contents.
Fix the Animation: The default animation for the sound is set up as a “Trigger”. If you plan to use iSpring Free, our recommendation is that you remove and read the animation.
Click the dropdown beside the sound in the animation pane. Then click Remove.
Then click on the sound icon again, go to the Animation Tab at the top of the application, and click Play.
Now, the sound is set to play on click, but there is no problematic “Trigger”.
Continue with the rest of your slides.
How to Publish Narrated PPT in eLC using iSpring Free
iSpring is a free publishing tool that allows you to produce your narrated PPT and easily upload it to eLC. iSpring publishes all of the files in a zip file or “package” that can be uploaded, so you don’t have to worry about local sound files going missing or students having a different view than you.
Go to iSpring Free and download their application.
https://ispringsolutions.com/ispring-free
Follow install directions. Once installed, you will see an iSpring Free tab in your PowerPoint Navigation.
Once you have the narration included in your slides, your animations are set to on click, and everything is ready to upload, click on the iSpring Free tab in the navigation.
Feel free to click on Preview to double-check all of your settings to make sure sounds and animations are working as you think they should.
Once you are ready, click on Publish.
Name your Presentation and decide where it will save. This is going to create a Zip file that we will need to upload to eLC.
Click Publish at the bottom of the screen. It will take a little time to process the file.
Once the download is complete, you may view it to double check. There are several options to share the file. If you want to upload it to eLC, we recommend downloading a Zip file.
Go to eLC (
http://elc.uga.edu). Log in using MyID and Password. Go into the class where you want to load the presentation.
We’re going to upload and unzip the presentation file before we connect it to the Content area. Click on Course Admin at the top of your navigation bar. Under Site Resources, click on Manage Files.
Important Step: To keep all of your files organized, create a folder for this presentation. If you don’t and you upload multiple presentations, your index files will overwrite each other.
Once you have your new folder, click on it and click Upload.
Once the Zip file uploads, click on the pull down beside the file. Click Unzip.
This will create a data folder and an index.html page. All of the data associated with the presentation, sounds, images, etc… are contained in the data folder. You don’t have to do anything with this. We will link to the index file in Content.
Click on the pull down menu beside Index.html and click on Add Content Topic.
At this point, you can find the appropriate module in your content area or you may create on here. Then click the index.html file in the appropriate folder. You may edit the title of the Content Link out to the right side.
Now, go to Content and check your link.
Your presentation will appear in eLC in it’s own player with navigation at the bottom. Double check your file and you’re done!