Narrating a slide show is easy with online tools. This can be accomplished one of two ways: If you have a copy of Microsoft PowerPoint or Keynote for Mac, you can use the built-in narration function to create a simple slideshow with voice over. If you cannot use PowerPoint or Keynote, check out our guide on using VoiceThread to create a narrated slideshow here.
Suggested projects:
- Any presentation you would give in front of your class.
Creating a PowerPoint slideshow is easy and allows you to save your narration in a .mp4 format if you need to edit it or to insert the file into a larger video project.
Microsoft offers many tutorials depending on the version of PowerPoint you are using:
- Older Versions of Powerpoint for Windows
Note that PowerPoint for the web does not support slide show recording and voiceover.
Creating a Keynote slideshow is easy and allows you to save your narration in a .mp4 format if you need to edit it or to insert the file into a larger video project.
Click here to view a tutorial for creating a self-playing narration, or recording audio for use in a Keynote slideshow.
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