1. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Creating Narrated PowerPoint: Written Instructions

2. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Before You Start Computer needs a sound card (most have these days) You need a microphone (don’t rely on an internal mic) Know how to find audio volume control / microphone level

3. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Volume Control

4. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Recording Control

5. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Windows Sound Recorder Programs –Accessories Entertainment –Sound Recorder

6. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Audio Quality

7. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Record Narration Slide Show –Record narration

8. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Record Narration Set Microphone Level – –This is to ensure that your microphone is working properly. You should be presented with a 'Microphone Check' dialog box. You may receive an error message 'PowerPoint is not receiving sound from the microphone'. If your microphone functions perfectly in Sound Recorder, you can ignore this error.

9. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Link or Embed When an object is linked, information is updated only if you modify the source file (source file: The file that contains information that was used to create a linked or embedded object. When you update the information in the source file, you can also update the linked object in the destination file.). Linked data is stored in the source file. The destination file stores only the location of the source file and displays a representation of the linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

10. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Link or Embed When an object is embedded, information in the destination file doesn't change if you modify the source file. Embedded objects become part of the destination file and, once inserted, are no longer part of the source file. Double-click the embedded object to open it in the source program (source program: The program used to create a linked object or embedded object. To edit the object, you must have the source program installed on your computer.).

11. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Link or Embed To use in Blackboard, need to choose embed

12. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Ready to Record Click OK –Can record on current slide or at beginning of presentation

13. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Considerations Might want to develop a script Don’t rush; enunciate Pause before changing slides

14. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Completing the Presentation To go to the next slide, click your mouse button or press the spacebar on your keyboard. Complete the narration for all your slides. Press the 'Escape' button on your keyboard. PowerPoint will ask you if you want to save the timing with each slide. Click 'Yes' to accept.

15. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Audio Presentation You’ve done it – congratulations.