This is a PowerPoint that helps teach people how to insert video directly into a PowerPoint presentation.

1. Adding Video to Your Presentation

2. Why Include Video in Your
Presentation?
 video can be a great way to engage your audience and
help them to interact with the content you are
presenting
 students in particular respond well to this medium as
they are extremely familiar with and derive enjoyment
from this medium

3. Benefits of Videos
 videos can:
 illustrate the content in a new
way
 be more interesting than
straight lectures
 serve as a way to develop critical
thinking skills
 increase student engagement
(and absorption) of the content
by transmitting the information
in a “fun” way

4. Options for Adding Video to Your
Presentation
 when adding video to your PowerPoint Presentation
there are three options:
 #1 – inserting a video from a
file located on your computer or portable storage device
(e.g. flash drive, portable
hard drive, etc.)
 #2 – inserting a link to the
video
 #3 – embedding the video
into your presentation

5. Option #1 – Adding Video from
Your Computer or Portable
Storage Device
 video can be added by inserting a file already
located on your computer or portable storage
device (PSD)
 to do this, follow the following steps (consult the
following slides):

6. Option #1 – Adding Video from Your
Computer or Portable Storage Device cont.
 Step One : click on the insert tab on the toolbar
located at the top of the screen

7. Option #1 – Adding Video from Your Computer
or Portable Storage Device cont.
 Step Two: find the video icon (usually on the far
right of the toolbar)

8. Option #1 – Adding Video from Your Computer
or Portable Storage Device cont.
 Step Three: click on the arrow pointing downward

9. Option #1 – Adding Video from Your Computer
or Portable Storage Device cont.
 Step Four: select “video from
file” option in the dropdown
menu
 you will be presented with a menu
screen which will prompt you to select the
location from which you would like to
insert your video

10. Option Two – Pasting a Link to the
Video
 this option is fairly easy because all you have to do
is copy the link and paste it into your presentation.

11. Option Two – Pasting a Link to the
Videocont.
 there are a few options
for including links:
 directly pasting
the link into the
presentation
 inserting a
hyperlink into a
piece of text

12. Option Two – Pasting a Link to the Video
cont.
 inserting a hyperlink into a piece of text
 Step One: make sure that you have copied the link that
you want to insert into the text
 Step Two: highlight the text that you want to insert the
link into (you also have the option of typing the specific
text you want to appear in your link)
 Step Three: select the insert tab on the toolbar
 Step Four: click on the hyperlink icon
 Step Five: paste your web link into the address bar and
hit enter

13. Option Two – Pasting a Link to the Video
cont.
 Step One: make sure that you have copied the link that
you want to insert into the text
here is the link we will be using:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAU2BIw0b-0
(Greek and Latin Roots in Everyday Life)

14. Option Two – Pasting a Link to the Video
cont.
 Step Two: highlight the text that you want to insert
the link into (you also have the option of typing the
specific text you want to appear in your link)
for the sake of argument, let’s say that you want to
insert the link into the highlighted portion of this
sentence:
Many students should learn Latin to help them identify the words they
encounter in their daily lives that come from these root words.

15. Option Two – Pasting a Link to the Video
cont.
 Step Three: select the insert tab on the toolbar

16. Option Two – Pasting a Link to the Video
cont.
 Step Four: click on the hyperlink icon

17. Option Two – Pasting a Link to the Video
cont.
 Step Five: paste your web link into the address bar and
hit enter

18. Option Two – Pasting a Link to the Video
cont.
 following all the steps listed this should be your result
(notice how the text changed color and is now
underlined):
Many students should learn Latin to help them identify the
words they encounter in their daily lives that come from
these root words.

19. Option #3 – Embedding the Video
 when inserting a link to a video many of the
procedures are the same as if you were inserting a
video from a file, except for the last two

20. Option #3 – Embedding the Video cont.
 Step One : click on the insert tab on the toolbar
located at the top of the screen

21. Option #3 – Embedding the Video cont.
 Step Two: find the video icon (usually on the far
right of the toolbar)

22. Option #3 – Embedding the Video cont.
 Step Three: click on the arrow pointing downward
and select the “video from web site” option

23. Option #3 – Embedding the Video cont.
 Step Four: copy your link from the address bar and
paste into the box below.
Here is an example of an address
bar with an actual video link:

24. Option #3 – Embedding the Video cont.
 this is what you get when you follow the steps to insert
this link
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAU2BIw0b-0)

25. Final Thoughts
 always make sure that the video you are planning on
showing relates to the content and, if necessary, has
been approved by your supervisor
 run through the presentation to make sure that the
visuals are appropriate and that there are no errors in
spelling or grammar
 always, always, always have a back-up plan in case the
internet is not available, or if there are technical issues
(sometimes the video won’t play on the computer)