Making SlideShare Slidecasts Mike Bogle Educational Technologist Learning & Teaching @ UNSW

About Slidecasts “ Slidecasting is a new multimedia format for viewing slide decks synchronized with an audio file. It is for conference talks, musical slideshows, audio picture books or whatever else you can imagine.” http://www.slideshare.net/faqs/slidecast

“ Slidecasting is a new multimedia format for viewing slide decks synchronized with an audio file. It is for conference talks, musical slideshows, audio picture books or whatever else you can imagine.”

http://www.slideshare.net/faqs/slidecast

Software / Components PowerPoint, Keynote OpenOffice, or other supported programs Microphone Audacity (for audio) Hosting for audio file Slideshare for the presentation Shure 55S by jschneid – shared under CC-by-NC

PowerPoint, Keynote OpenOffice, or other supported programs

Microphone

Audacity (for audio)

Hosting for audio file

Slideshare for the presentation

Supported File Formats SlideShare supports a variety of formats including: PowerPoint (ppt, pps, pot, pptx, ppsx, potx) OpenOffice files Apple Keynote PDF Microsoft Word, Excel sheets, and text files. OK by sillygwailo – shared under CC-by

SlideShare supports a variety of formats including:

PowerPoint (ppt, pps, pot, pptx, ppsx, potx)

OpenOffice files

Apple Keynote

PDF

Microsoft Word, Excel sheets, and text files.

Download Audacity Audacity is a free, open-source audio editing program for Windows, Mac & Linux http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Audacity is a free, open-source audio editing program for Windows, Mac & Linux

http://audacity.sourceforge.net

See “Overview of Audacity” on Blip.TV: http://blip.tv/file/1645986/ Audacity: Set-up, Recording, Exporting

The General Idea Create a presentation in a supported format Record an audio file ( MP3 recommended ) Upload the presentation to SlideShare.net Upload the MP3 to a web-visible location In SlideShare, choose Create Slidecast Follow the instructions to locate the file & synchronise the slides to the audio track

Create a presentation in a supported format

Record an audio file ( MP3 recommended )

Upload the presentation to SlideShare.net

Upload the MP3 to a web-visible location

In SlideShare, choose Create Slidecast

Follow the instructions to locate the file & synchronise the slides to the audio track

See the Slideshare FAQ on slidecasts at http://www.slideshare.net/faqs/slidecast Slideshare: Synchronization Workspace

See the Slideshare FAQ on slidecasts at http://www.slideshare.net/faqs/slidecast

Eh ! Voilà Once processed a yellow sign is displayed, indicating “Slidecast: Audio track inside” Slidecasts are available anywhere, including embedded instances.

Once processed a yellow sign is displayed, indicating “Slidecast: Audio track inside”

Slidecasts are available anywhere, including embedded instances.

The End. By toolmantim - shared under CC-by-nc

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