This document provides instructions for creating podcasts using PowerPoint and Photo Story. It outlines the steps to take a storyboard or script and turn it into a podcast file that can be published, including: creating PowerPoint slides, saving as JPEG files, importing into Photo Story to add narration and music, saving and converting the file to MP4 format, and publishing on a podcast hosting site like PodBean. The overall process allows turning a presentation into a podcast that can be subscribed to and downloaded.

1. The Easy way to create podcasts using
PowerPoint and Photo Story
Marty Daniel, Ed Tech Specialist
Houston Independent School District 2010

2. Considerations
•Copyright
•Permissions and Privacy
•Where to publish – locally or
globally
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/
scw/go/pid/524

3. Requirements
•Presentation software (PowerPoint)
•A computer with Photo Story
free download @
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/
digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx
•Headphones and mic or
headset
•Idea

4. Choose your topic and
Create a
Storyboard or script
•Make a map of what you will
say during the podcast. Use
pictures or words as prompts.
•Make a script with a note or
icon of different images.

5. Storyboard sample
Image Sound/Narration Notes
1
2
3

6. Create a Power Point
Make one slide for each thing you
want to talk about in your podcast.
Follow your storymap. Make it simple.
You can use this one as an example:

7. Save as JPG files

8. Notice where your folder of
images is saved.

9. Save as PowerPoint
•If you ever want to go back and
change something, you will
need the file saved as a
PowerPoint file also.

10. Photo Story
•Close PowerPoint.
•Get your script or storyboard
ready.
•Get out microphone or headset.
•Open Photo Story.

11. Start Photo Story
•New
story
•Import
pictures

12. Add images
• Navigate to the PowerPoint images you
saved.
• Select all by
clicking on an
image then
pressing ctrl+a
on the keyboard.
• Click OK

13. Arrange images
1.Save your
project.
2.Arrange
your
images by
dragging.
2
3.Click
Next. 1 3

14. Add additional text
• Add any
additional
text.
• Click on
each image.
Add the
text for
that
image.
• Click Next.

15. Add narration!
1.Plug in your headset.
2.Click on the microphone button and test
your mic by following directions on the
screen.

16. Add narration!
1.Click record - start talking
2.Press the stop button when done
3.Preview
4.Undo
12 4
5.Repeat
6.Do this
for each
slide. 3
7.Next => 6

17. Background Music
1.Use create music. Play with the options
until you are satisfied.
2.Set the
volume
low! 1
3.Preview
4.Next => 2
3
4

18. Save
1.First – Save as a project.
2.Next choose [Save for playback on a portable
device]. If you need higher quality choose [Save your story for
playback on a computer].
3.Browse to where
you want it saved.
4.Next => 2
3
1

19. The rest of the story…
Photo Story will not save in a
format that can be played on an
iPod. So if you want to
ever have it available
as a podcast it must be
converted to an mp4
file. Soooo…

20. Convert
There are free programs that convert files
and there are converters online. Use one
of the online options to convert your wmv
file to an mp4 file.
http://media-convert.com/ or http://zamzar.com/
or http://online.movavi.com/
or http://www.mediaconverter.org/
If you have trouble converting directly
from an wmv to an mp4, convert to an avi
and then convert the avi to an mp4 file.

21. RSS - Podcasting
If you want folks to be able to
subscribe to your podcasts,
upload to your mp4 to a
PodBean account.
http://www.podbean.com/
You can set up a free account.

22. Downloading Podcasts
• http://mdaniel.podbean.com/
Click the video link
and download.
Open iTunes and
import file into
your library.
Drag file within
iTunes to
your iPod

23. Selected Resources
•Secondary Ed Tech Wiki
•Podbean hosting
•100 Free Podcasts from the Best
Colleges
•Education Podcasts on iTunes
•iTunes University