Microsoft Producer 2003

What Is Producer 2003? Producer 2003 is a free add-in for PowerPoint 2002 (a.k.a. PowerPoint XP) and PowerPoint Producer 2003 lets you take an existing PowerPoint presentation and enhance it with synchronized audio, video, images, and other elements. These enhanced PowerPoint presentations can then be viewed online by anyone with a PC or Mac, an Internet connection, Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player.

For Example Let’s pretend that we have a simple, five slide PowerPoint presentation on how to investigate background issues during a job interview. And now we want to post that presentation online so that others can see it. So, here’s what we got:

Train The Interviewer Rebecca Jones Human Resources Trainer Section 3 – Investigating Background Issues

Review of Section 2 “Tell their story” Decision-making process Chronology History of the Candidate

Investigating Background Issues Section 3

Sample Interview Video

Interview Objectives Ensure you understand the relevance of the candidate’s experience Allow candidate to talk about their experiences Manage your time to keep things on track

Thank you

Producer 2003 Demo Pretty dull, isn’t it? But with Producer 2003, we can easily take that five slide PowerPoint presentation, enhance it with audio and video, and turn it into something like this.this

Oh, and Producer 2003 is FREE!

Getting MS Producer 2003 You can download Producer 2003 by going to Google and searching for “Microsoft Producer”.Microsoft Producer It is a BIG file (>46 Mb!) You can also purchase a Producer 2003 CD for $6.60 ($0.65 for the CD and $5.95 for shipping) from Microsoft.

Creating Producer 2003 Presentations To create a new presentation in Microsoft Producer 2003, you’ll need: –A free copy of Microsoft Producer 2003 –A licensed, installed version of Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (included in Microsoft Office XP suite) or PowerPoint –Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 –A 400 MHz processor or faster (600 MHz or faster for video capture) –At least 128 megabytes of RAM –At least 2 gigabytes of free hard drive space –A video capture and audio capture device

Viewing Producer 2003 Presentations To view a Microsoft Producer 2003 presentation, all you’ll need is –Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (PC or Mac) –Windows Media Player 6.4 or later (PC or Mac) –An Internet connection That’s it! You don’t need to download or install any additional software to view Producer 2003 presentations; you only need Microsoft’s free Producer 2003 software if you want to create your own Producer 2003 presentations.

To Learn How to Use Producer 2003 Check out the “Producer Evaluation Guide” or the 13 different tutorials on Microsoft’s Producer site.Producer Evaluation Guide tutorials

Neat, huh?

Camtasia Studio 2

What is Camtasia Studio 2? Created by the folks who brought us SnagIt, Camtasia Studio 2 lets you quickly and easily record, edit, and publish screen videos. It’s kind of like Microsoft Producer without the talking head or templates. For example …

Camtasia 2 Demo The content in this demo isn’t important, but notice –The quality of the video and audio. –You can actually read the numbers in the cells and the audio isn’t garbled. –There’s no talking head taking up part of the screen. Start the Demo: –Tour of SPSS, Part 2Tour of SPSS, Part 2

Now for the Cool Part That “Tour of SPSS” video is ~14 minutes long. 800 by 600 at 12 fps Audio is kHz, 4 bit, mono, 44 kbits/sec Want to guess how big the final video file is? 11.3 Mb!

What This Means in English An 11.3 Mb video file is a little too big for the Internet – it would take almost 28 minutes to download over the fastest dial- up connection – but it is just right for an intranet or CD-ROM. In English, this means that with Camtasia Studio 2 you can put over 12 HOURS of 800 x 600 screen capture video on a single CD-ROM (ceteris paribus.) Cool, isn’t it?

Camtasia Recorder Camtasia Recorder records, in real time, audio narration, mouse movements, scrolling windows, typing, drop down menus … and saves that in a HUGE.avi file Anything you can do on your PC you can record with Camtasia Recorder … including PowerPoint presentations (sans talking head.)

Editing in Camtasia Studio Camtasia Studio then lets you edit, splice and add transitions between video clips. You can then export your edited video in a BUNCH of different formats: –AVI –Streaming RealMedia (.rm) –QuickTime (.mov) –Streaming Windows Media (.wmv) –Animated GIF –Macromedia Flash (.swf) and Flash Video (.flv)

Flash - Aah - Savior of the Universe! Flash is hands-down the most efficient video compression technique for screen videos. And, FLASH IS UNIVERSAL! –98% of Web users can view Macromedia Flash content without having to download any additional software. –The Flash player runs on PCs AND Macs … and Linux … and Symbian …

Getting Camtasia Studio 2 You can download a free, 30 day, trial at download download Camtasia Studio 2’s street price is $299 and the educational price is $ You can buy it online at techsmith.com. techsmith.com Lab, department, building, and district licenses are also available.

Creating Camtasia Studio 2 Videos To create a new screen capture video in Camtasia Studio 2, you’ll need: –A licensed or trial copy of Camtasia Studio 2 –Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 –500 MHz processor (1 GHz recommended) –64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended) –Windows-compatible sound card and microphone (recommended) –30 MB of hard-disk space for program installation

Viewing Camtasia 2 Videos To view Camtasia 2 videos, you’ll need –A computer. That’s about it. Seriously, though, the requirements to view a Camtasia 2 video depend on how you export the video. –For example, to view a QuickTime video, you’ll need Apple’s free QuickTime player. –To view a RealMedia video you’ll need the free RealOne player. To view a Flash video that’s been posted online, all you need is Internet Explorer or Netscape and an Internet connection.

To Learn How to Use Camtasia Studio 2 TechSmith has a WONDERFUL collection of guides, FAQs, and even video tutorials. Just hop on over to /techsupp/ /techsupp/

Zoomerang.com

What is Zoomerang? Zoomerang.com is a Web site that lets businesses, schools, and even individuals –Design and conduct professional-grade, online surveys. –Gather and analyze the results from those surveys.

Zoomerang Demo The process is pretty simple: –Create a free zoomerang account. –Choose from over 100 survey templates or design a survey from scratch. –Deploy the survey via or a hyperlink. –Review the results.

Now for the Catch There are two levels of Zoomerang membership: free and zPro. The free membership –Limits you to 30 questions and a maximum of 100 participants per survey –Automatically deletes your survey results 10 days after you launch your survey –Offers only basic statistical analysis For most people, though, this isn’t going to be a problem.

zPro Subscription For $599 a year ($350 for educators), you can upgrade to a zPro subscription that lets you do a whole lot more, including –Making certain questions mandatory –Storing your survey data –Sharing, downloading, and even cross- tabulating your results. My suggestion: Use the free membership for now and then upgrade later when and if you, your department, or your school have both the funds and the need for zPro’s enhanced features.

Adding Screen Captures to Microsoft Word Documents and PowerPoint Presentations … without having to download or purchase ANY new software.

The Mystery of Screen Captures Have you ever seen a Word document that contains a screen capture and wondered how it was done? It’s REALLY simple.

The Print Screen Button On your keyboard you have a “Print Screen” button –Print screen doesn’t actually print your screen on your printer. –Rather, it takes a snapshot of your entire desktop and copies that snapshot to your computer’s clipboard. –You can then paste that snapshot into almost ANY program – Word, PowerPoint, etc.

For Example Let’s take a snapshot of my desktop and paste it into the right side of this slide. Remember, Print Screen takes a picture of your ENTIRE desktop. You can then paste that picture into another program (Edit > Paste).

But What If You Don’t Want The ENTIRE Screen? You can take a snapshot of any open Window – rather than your entire desktop – by selecting that Window and pressing the Alt and Print Screen keys. For example …

Using the Print Screen Key Print Screen takes a snapshot of your entire desktop. Alt + Print Screen takes a snapshot of a particular window. You can then paste that snapshot into Word or PowerPoint by going to Edit > Paste. But there is one big problem with all of this …

It Makes Your Documents HUGE!!

The Problem with Screen Captures Microsoft Word and PowerPoint display “scaled” versions of inserted screen captures. A 1280 x 960 screen capture that is displayed in Word or PowerPoint at 100 x 75 is still actually 1280 x 960. The image may look smaller, but its “weight” is the same.

Compressing Word/PPT Images Unfortunately, this trick only works in Microsoft Word 2002/2003 and PowerPoint 2002/2003 (I apologize!) In Word or PowerPoint, Go to View > Toolbars > Picture. On the Picture toolbar, choose the “Compress Pictures” icon.

Compressing Word/PPT Images Choose “All pictures in document.” Choose either “Web/Screen” or “Print” in the Change resolution section. Leave the options checked. Click on the OK button. That’s it. You should notice a significant decrease in your file size.

Adding Live, Interactive Web Pages to Your PowerPoint Presentations … with a free add-in called “LiveWeb”

Web Pages in PowerPoint You can insert a snapshot of a Web page into your presentation using Alt + Print Screen. You can also include a hyperlink to a Web page. hyperlink Neither of those is all that interactive. But how about THIS?

Using the LiveWeb Add-In The Google page was added to this presentation using a free PowerPoint add-in called “LiveWeb” –Works with PowerPoint 97, 2000, 2002 (XP), and Just search for liveweb powerpoint at Googleliveweb powerpoint –The second hit – the one that is indented – is an Adobe Acrobat handout I wrote that shows you how to download, install, and use the free LiveWeb add-in. Here are just two examples of how you can use LiveWeb to enhance a science lecture:

The infinite interaction between nocturnal, burrowing plantigrade quadrupeds (meles vulgaris), the macroscopic fruiting bodies of fungi, and a limbless vertebrate from the reptilian order ophidia

The appropriate time (according to the fruit of a musa sapientum) to consume a paste made with the ground fruit or seed of arachis hypogaea combined with fruit juice thickened into a semitransparent, homogeneous consistence