This document provides an overview of converting PowerPoint presentations to Flash-based eLearning using various tools. It discusses the process of storyboarding, recording audio, adding videos, images and animation. It recommends software like Articulate Presenter, SnagIt, Camtasia and Audacity and provides basic to advanced tips for designing effective eLearning in PowerPoint. The presentation aims to answer questions about hardware and software needs and provide quick demonstrations of the recommended tools.

1. No Programming Skills, No Problems
Converting PPT to Flash
Christian Bond – cbond@rsmart.com
Education/Functional Consultant
rSmart
06/16/10

2. About Me at rSmart
Sakai demos
Third party
KB articles LMS to Sakai
migration
Sakai Education/
Customers
functional Functional support
training Consultant
Sakai
instructional Sakai
design Setup/Config
training
Sakai admin
training

3. About you…
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4. Setting the Expectations
This workshop is about:
Creating Flash based eLearning using PPT and Rapid
eLearning development tools
The questions that we’ll answer (hopefully):
What hardware do I need?
What software do I need?
How do I use these tools (quick demos)?
Basic design to advance design techniques

5. Before We Get Started…
Where do I start?
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6. It’s Like Making a Movie

7. The Process
Storyboard Audio Script Audio Recording
Navigation Videos Synchronization
Images Animation Publishing
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8. It doesn’t have to be perfect…
Sometimes good enough is good enough…
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9. The Stuff I Use – Selection Criterias
Short
Can create learning Stable/ Can reuse
Strong
fast Cost curve existing Strong
Established customer
eLearning effective (online content community
product support
courses training (PPT)
available)

10. The Stuff I Use - Hardware

11. My Must Have Hardware
Go Mic Flip Camera
samsontech.com theflip.com

12. The Stuff I Use - Software

13. Basic
PPT Content Flash
(No audio/Video)
To do list:
1. Publish PPT in Flash 5. Record audio
2. Export to Sakai 6. Add audio
3. Add Images 7. Create web pages
4. Add videos (software demo) 8. Publish in Sakai

14. PPT eLearning Development Tips
Forget what you know about PPT
(Most of it anyway)

15. PPT Tip: Use the presenter notes for audio script
Avoid too much text
on the screen, use
the presenter notes
for your narration
and…

16. PPT Tip: Use the presenter notes for audio script
…here are the
presenter notes.

17. PPT Tip: Use animations carefully

18. Question 1:
You are already logged in
Don’t forget! Sakai. Click on the proper
Hint!
To create a new course or location on the screen to
Are you in
project, you must be in create your course site.
“My Workspace”?
“My Workspace” first.
Don’t forget that you
have 10 seconds before
we show you where to
click.

19. Hint! Question 2:
It’s a tool under MY Click on the link/tool to
SETTINGS. open the “Create a new
Great! You are in
course” option.
“My Workspace.”

20. PPT Tip: Viewing and hiding layers

22. PPT Tip: Hyperlinks for navigation and more

23. PPT Tip: Please use the Clipboard

24. Articulate Studio
www.articulate.com (Fully-functional 30-day trial version)
Training Videos: http://www.articulate.com/products/presenter-tutorials.php

25. Articulate Presenter
Demo Click Here

26. Articulate Presenter
6. Sync Animations 5. Import Audio 1. Player Templates
and audio
2. Presentation
3. Navigations, Options
4. Flash Movie
Display, Branching
7. Publish

27. Uploading to Sakai

28. Intermediate
Videos
Images
To do list:
1. Publish PPT in Flash 5. Record audio
2. Export to Sakai 6. Add audio
3. Add Images 7. Create web pages
4. Add videos (software demo) 8. Publish in Sakai

29. SnagIt
Demo Click Here
www.techsmith.com (Fully-functional 30-day trial version)
Training Videos: http://www.techsmith.com/learn/snagit/10/

30. Camtesia
Demo Click Here
www.techsmith.com (Fully-functional 30-day trial version)
Training Videos: http://www.techsmith.com/learn/camtasia/7/

31. Advanced
To do list:
1. Publish PPT in Flash 5. Record audio
2. Export to Sakai 6. Add audio
3. Add Images 7. Create web pages
4. Add videos (software demo) 8. Publish in Sakai

32. Audacity
Download full version (free): www.audacity.sourceforge.net
Tutorial: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Category:Tutorial

33. Are You Ready to be an Army of One?
• Project Manager
• Instructional Designer
• Builder
• Tester
• Graphic Artist

34. Thank You!
Presenter: Christian Bond - rSmart
Email: cbond@rsmart.com
Denver Sakai Conference 2010