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How to Turn a PowerPoint into a Narrated Movie
Using Windows Movie Maker
Abstract: This process can be summed up in 6 simple steps…
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You will copy all of the PowerPoint slides and turn them into picture files using a program called Paint.
You will drag the slide pictures into Windows Movie Maker.
You will then narrate each slide in Windows Movie Maker.
You will save your Windows Movie Maker project as a finished movie.
You will upload your movie to an online website (Vimeo, 4shared.com, etc)
You will link or embed the movie on your website.
How to Put Slides into Movie Maker
1. Open your PowerPoint. On the left side of your screen, you will see all of your slides. You need to RIGHT click on slide 1 and click on “Copy.”
2. Now you need to minimize the PowerPoint window because we are going to open another program. Click on the “Start” button in the bottom left
corner of your screen. Click on “All programs,” “Accessories,” and finally “Paint.”
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3. Now that you have Paint open, click on “Edit,” then “Paste.” Your PowerPoint slide will appear.
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4. Now you need to save the slide as a picture. Save all of these pictures to a specific file, preferably one in your U: drive (pictures B & C below). Name
the picture by its slide number and save it as a JPEG file (picture D).
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5. Now repeat steps 1-4 until you have saved ALL of the slides as pictures. Below shows all of my slides in my U: drive.
6. You can now close out of Paint and your PowerPoint and open Windows Movie Maker. From this point on, you’ll only need to use Windows Movie
Maker. You can find Movie Maker by clicking on the “Start” button, “All Programs,” and “Windows Movie Maker.”
7. Once you open Windows Movie Maker, before you ever add pictures or audio, go ahead and save the project to the same folder you just saved the
pictures in.
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8. Under “Capture Video” click on “Import Pictures.”
9. Find the folder where you saved your pictures. To import all of the slide pictures at one time, hold down the SHIFT key and click on slide 1. While
still holding the SHIFT key, click on the last slide. This will highlight all of the slides. Now click “Import.”
10. Now highlight all of the pictures (remember to hold the SHIFT button down) and drag all of the pictures into the “Video” line below.
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How to Narrate the PowerPoint Slides
NOTE: Before you begin to narrate your PowerPoint, make sure you have a microphone plugged into your computer. If you have a new webcam, its
microphone will work too.
1. To make sure your slide is shown for a long enough time that you are able narrate it, you’ll want to increase the picture length. (FYI: When most
slides are imported they only show for 5 seconds. Unless you plan on talking for less than 5 seconds, drag out the timing of the slide.) To drag out
the time of the slide, click on one of the slides, then point your cursor on the right line at the edge…your cursor will turn from a hand
into a red
arrow
. Click and drag the right edge of your selected picture until it is several seconds longer. This will give you time to narrate your slide
before it moves onto the next one. You’ll notice how I drug each of my slides out to about 10 seconds. If there is a lot of information I need to
explain on a certain slide, I may drag its time out to 20 or 30 seconds.
2. To begin narrating a slide, just click on the slide you want. (Below I clicked on the first slide.) Where you see the blue time bar is where the audio
will be inserted. Now click on the microphone button.
3. To begin narrating, just click on the “Start Narration” button. As soon as you click the “Start Narration” button you can begin talking into your
microphone. Make sure you don’t get too close to the microphone or your voice will sound garbled. As you talk, the slide you are narrating will be
displayed on the black screen to the right. Hit the “Stop Narration” button when you are done.
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4. As soon you click the “Stop Narration” button, the program will ask you where you want to save the audio file. Make sure you save it in the SAME
folder that you saved all of your pictures, and the movie maker project (for example, I’m saving everything to the “Daily Announcements Movie” folder
that I created in my U: drive.) Save the audio as “Slide 1” so you’ll know what slide it goes with.
5. The audio file of you talking is now below the slide. However, you probably want to edit the audio file and cut out any dead air or other noises that
were recorded. To see the audio file better, click on the plus magnifying glass
to zoom in. Now click on the audio file and then click on the
right (or left) edge of it…the red arrow will appear
. Drag the arrow until you have only the audio you want. You’ll also want to click on the edge of
the picture above and drag it to the same length as the audio clip. This way they are aligned and timed the same.
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6. Repeat steps 2-5 until you have narrated all of your slides. Once you are done narrating, click the “Done” link and it will take you back to your tasks
menu.
***Make sure you save the Movie Maker project often!!!
How to Finish the Movie
1. Now that you have narrated your PowerPoint, it is time to save it as a movie. Under the “Finish Movie” heading, click on “Save to my computer”
(picture A). Give the movie a title and tell it where to save it (picture B). Now click “Next” two times then “Finish” (picture C). You’re done.
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How to Upload the Movie to an Online Host
NOTE: For this handout I’m describing how to use Vimeo.com, but there many other hosting websites where you can upload your videos (e.g.
4shared.com, TeacherTube, YouTube)
1. Go to http://vimeo.com and create an account. I would sign up for the Basic account because it is FREE. You will probably have to verify your
email address by checking your email and opening an email from vimeo.
2. Once you have created an account, go back to http://vimeo.com and log in.
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3. To upload a video to their website, click on the “Upload” menu on the toolbar at the top of your screen. (FYI: Vimeo will allow you to upload 500
MB per week.) Now click on “Upload a video.”
4. Click on “Choose a file to upload.” Find the movie file you just made in Windows Movie Maker. Click “Open.”
5. While the file is uploading, give the movie a title and click “Save Changes.” You can also type a description and assign it a tag (category).
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6. To see the video(s) you uploaded, click on the Video menu on the toolbar at the top of the screen. It will show you all of the videos you have
uploaded.
NOTE: While it only takes about 30 seconds to upload to the Vimeo server, it can take up to 1 hour before the video is actually online. This is because
we are using the FREE version. If you want your video to be online sooner, you can upgrade to Vimeo plus.
7. Once your video in online, just click on it and it will appear in a larger format and it will give you options to “Share” or “Embed” the video. I like to
embed the videos. Embed means to create a small window on your website that actually shows the video instead of just a link to the video. So click on
“Embed.” Now right click on the html code (the paragraph of gibberish) and click copy.
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8. To embed the video on your website, log into first class and open you the webpage you want to edit. Click in the white space where you want the
video to appear. Before you paste in the html code, you need to type the following EXACTLY as I have typed it…
<center></center>
This will center your video on the page. Now RIGHT click in between >< and paste the html code that you copied from Vimeo. It will look like a
paragraph of gibberish.
9. Now we have to turn that gibberish into a video. Highlight the entire paragraph, then right click on it. Choose “Format Text.” Check the “Literal
HTML” box and click OK.
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10. Click Save and Close on your webpage. Go to the live version of your webpage and look at the awesome video you just put online.
Congratulations! You are finished!
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