The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 30, 2012

by AJ George  When you give a PowerPoint presentation live, what you say verbally is more important, probably more interesting, and certainly more fleshed out than the few words or pictures on the slides. You could, of course, record a voiceover in PowerPoint, but maybe you have a cold and your voice isn't up to par.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 17, 2011

  Adding audio to a PowerPoint 2010 slide is simple.     In a perfect world, you would be able to make adjustments to an audio clip by either right-clicking a slide's sound icon, or by using the Audio Tools. .  Select the icon for the sound file on your slide. by AJ George.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 31, 2011

.   A couple of weeks ago I discussed some points for working with Audio in PowerPoint ; today, a bit of elaboration.   Hold down [ Ctrl ] and select both sound icons.        Both sounds will now play automatically, and at the same time. 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 11, 2011

   On the Animation Pane, click the down arrow next to the sound file and choose Timing (remember, we are working on the slide with the second sound file)  From the Timing tab, change the Delay to whatever the length of the first audio clip was, minus however long you will spend on the slides you have run through so far. 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Using motion paths in PowerPoint is fun, but also kind of complicated. Does this scenario sound familiar? The problem is PowerPoint only shows you where the image begins in the motion path. If you would like to learn how to do this in PowerPoint, click here. by AJ George.

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BrightCarbon

MAY 12, 2021

We’ve been investigating what gets lost in translation when you convert PowerPoint to Google Slides. If you’re a Google Drive user, you’ve probably noticed that when you open a PowerPoint file from your Drive, Google Slides is the first recommended program. They will not change back if you open the file in PowerPoint later.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2024

10 guidelines for accessible captions: Readable, accurate, synchronized, length, position, sound, credits, voice changes, speaker identification, and motion with one or two sentences describing each one. While this is typically used for web design, Jerson Campos shared how he uses this for designing slides in Storyline and PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 21, 2011

by Kevin Siegel It's relatively simple to import a PowerPoint presentation into a Captivate project. You can import a presentation into a new project, or add PowerPoint slides to an existing project. It sounds like you might be caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to whole Width and Height thing.

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Academy of Mine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Will the client be using the instructional materials with a Learning Management System , or do they just need physical materials and powerpoints to present independently of any system? Meaning, materials like powerpoints, physical worksheets, and instructor-led training may be more commonly used in academia than in business.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The PowerPoint slides just need to be tweaked—editing the onscreen text, adding some animation, prepping the script for voice over recording, and syncing everything together. ” “Sound good. In fact, I’m pretty sure she’s never worked with any instructional designers before. “Hi, Christy, it’s Lynn.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Recently, there has been a lot of calls for the death of PowerPoint especially from the US Army. From We’ve Met the Enemy and He is PowerPoint where the article discusses perhaps the worlds most challenging PowerPoint slide. Several participants derided the Army’s over-reliance on PowerPoint openly. sound familar?).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 4, 2011

Last week I detailed how to turn a PowerPoint 2007 presentation into a movie that could be uploaded to popular video sharing sites like YouTube.  Follow the instructions from last week to create a movie from your PowerPoint presentation with audio and save your movie as a.wmv file. by AJ George. Note (And this is important!):

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Last week I was revamping the presentation accompanying our Online Trainer Training: Engaging the Virtual Learner class when I ran into a bit of an animation shortcoming in PowerPoint. I wanted to animate the boat below so it "sailed" onto the slide.     Adding the animation effect was not a problem.

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 2, 2015

And often we are asked about ways to use PowerPoint for elearning course content. Now, there are many ways you can integrate PowerPoint into any elearning program. Easy PowerPoint to Video Option. This product is an add-on for PowerPoint. But this isn’t always ideal either.

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Mike Taylor

OCTOBER 3, 2018

List of Microsoft Cloud Fonts: [link] #PowerPoint pic.twitter.com/TtvZ8AnD8p. Using custom fonts in your PowerPoint slide decks has been a bit of a challenge for a long time. In short, it was one of those things that sounded good in theory but didn’t quite pan out the way you hopDe in practice.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 26, 2016

Had a question about finding good free audio sound effects for elearning courses. Free Audio Sound Effect Sites for Commercial Use. FindSound : a good search engine for sounds. Freesound.org : a mix of all sorts of free audio sound effects. OrangeFreeSounds : background audio, sound effects, and various sound loops.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As an eLearning developer, sometimes you're given a completed PowerPoint project and told to "fix it" or you need to use it in another program (such as Captivate). While there is no way from within PowerPoint to directly extract audio and image files from a presentation, there is a workaround. filename.pptx.zip ).

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 26, 2021

However, when you put it that way, it all sounds very… well, dull and officious. Does this onboarding process sound familiar? This show usually involves hours of tedious compliance e-learning, stacks of paperwork, and a dull-as-rocks HR-focused PowerPoint. Managers know what they’re supposed to do” is not a sound strategy.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

You've created training with Microsoft PowerPoint or an eLearning development tool such as Articulate Storyline, iSpring Suite, Articulate Rise, TechSmith Camtasia, or Adobe Captivate. Your training includes one or more copyrighted images.

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Trivantis

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As instructional designers are pushed to create content faster and deadlines are moved up, the concept of creating courses at the speed of sound becomes more commonplace. One of the easiest ways to speed up a process is to create commonly used assets such as email templates, PowerPoint presentations, and course templates.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JULY 25, 2014

We’ve cut out all of the hassle of uploading a PowerPoint presentation and made it a one-step process for you. One key benefit of using the PowerPoint converter is that any timed slides or animations won’t be lost once the file has been uploaded. Here’s a brief video tutorial on how to use the PowerPoint Converter.

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bozarthzone

MARCH 3, 2013

With the 2 nd edition of Better Than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging eLearning with PowerPoint (updated for PowerPoint 2013) going to press in August I’ve been busy learning PowerPoint 2013 and testing out converter tools. All of that, compatible with PowerPoint 2013, and with reliable conversion to both Flash and HTML5.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 5, 2023

When I first came across the tool, it sounded too good to be true, so I did some digging around. Microsoft PowerPoint : Great for presenting ideas. Climate action notwithstanding, Ecosia also does not automatically track your click-behavior, search history and location like Google does. I was glad to find that it’s absolutely legit.

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Infopro Learning

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

If you remember “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” you’ll recall the sound made by the unseen adult speaking to Sally or Lucy, Linus or Charlie Brown. It was a “wah, wah, wah” sound made by a trombone in the background. Unfortunately, in many webinars, that’s exactly what the facilitator’s voice starts to sound like after 20 or 30 minutes.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 19, 2010

He has no time to meet with you or see your meticulous PowerPoint presentation projected up on a wall in his conference room. here is how you managed to get the PowerPoint Presentation onto your mobile device: Open a completed PowerPoint 2008 presentation. Select Selected Albums and then select your PowerPoint presentation.

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Academy of Mine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Will the client be using the instructional materials with a Learning Management System , or do they just need physical materials and powerpoints to present independently of any system? Meaning, materials like powerpoints, physical worksheets, and instructor-led training may be more commonly used in academia than in business.

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LearnDash

JULY 7, 2020

You can achieve much of the same from PowerPoint, or a cloud-based graphic editor such as Snappa or Pablo. PowerPoint to video. Speaking of PowerPoint, we are often asked by users if there is an easy way to convert PowerPoint presentations to video to embed in a course. Branching scenarios.

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eLearningArt

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

I recently created a photo slideshow (using PowerPoint) of my dad’s life-sized chess set sculpture that’s at Facebook (Go Dad!). I found that PowerPoint was a surprisingly powerful slideshow creation tool. Save the PowerPoint slideshow as a video that you can upload to YouTube. Create a PowerPoint Slideshow in Under 1 Minute.

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ProProfs

DECEMBER 5, 2013

A striking example is an audio enabled PowerPoint presentation, which allows you to use a combination of images, text and sound to deliver information to learners. Learn how to add audio to your presentation at: How do I add audio to my PowerPoint slides? John Hopkins University.

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Upside Learning

JULY 11, 2023

Further, you know how to take PowerPoint decks and PDF documents, and put them up on the web with a quiz that people will pass. Breaking them up appropriately sounds complex, and would upset our existing design processes. You want to keep throwing courses at everything Let’s face it; you do what you do and you do it well.

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BrightCarbon

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Check out this guide to using video in PowerPoint and this one on how to insert video into Google Slides. They even have a ‘Presentations’ option which means if you’re happy to stray away from PowerPoint and Google Slides, you can create and present your deck directly in Canva. Visit the website here 4.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Michael wrote a fantastic book on communication and learning through screencasts called PowerCasts – Creating Dynamic PowerPoint Screencasts with Camtasia Studio. He has also been published on The Educause Review twice, for articles titled Screencasting to Engage Learning and Creating a PowerPoint Screencast Using Camtasia Studio.

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eLearningArt

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

So it could be ring, ring, pardon the sound effects that’s me actually doing it. So let’s actually go ahead and get into PowerPoint and I’ll show you how I built those. Graphic Design Tips PowerPoint' So for example, with this phone, if you look at the phone on the right, I have it ungrouped and I added animation.

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Mike Taylor

AUGUST 27, 2021

Last week’s most clicked item: BrightCarbon’s Color Tool for PowerPoint. Beyond a Presentation: Designing Beautiful Documents in PowerPoint with Tom Howell. Did you know you can design incredible print documents easily with PowerPoint? Voicebooking has a good voice over generator with some great sounding AI voices.

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BrightCarbon

JUNE 30, 2021

I’ve been asked countless times if I can create an eLearning using PowerPoint that really feels like an eLearning; using interactivity, quizzes, and role-plays. I’ve got by by creating interactions using PowerPoint animations and triggers but as the complexity of the interactions increase, this can become laborious and headache-inducing!

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Challenge to Learn

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The reason I’m asking is because we are doing a project to support our users (most of them do not have an e-Learning background) in creating more effective and didactical sound content. They will go in with a Powerpoint mindset and create very content heavy courses without a proper didactical framework. I will explain in this post.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 23, 2013

For example, despite all the great options available for course development software, for some reason PowerPoint is still a major influence. PowerPoint presentations are rarely exciting on their own, so using it as the sole way to deliver online training is usually not received well. It pays to be concise.

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