How to Make PowerPoint Presentations and Turn them into Videos
This guide will cover the steps needed to add a narration to your PowerPoint presentation and then turn it into a video. This video can then be submitted as a Panopto video assignment. You can view the Microsoft guidance on which this guide is based, and they have made a very useful video, please see below (2 minutes).
Record a slide show with narration and slide timings
You can record your PowerPoint presentation—or a single slide—and capture voice, ink gestures, and your video presence. When completed, it’s like any other presentation. You can play it for your audience in a Slide Show or you can save the presentation as a video file.
All recording tools are in the Record tab in the ribbon, but you can start by selecting the Record button.
You can also record by selecting one of the options in the Record section of the Record tab.
If you have notes in your presentation, they’re turned into text at the top of the screen so you can use them like a teleprompter as you record.
Tip: Use the auto-scroll feature in teleprompter and set it to scroll at your preferred speed.
There are several options you can use when you record a presentation. You can turn your camera and microphone on or off by selecting the icons at the top. To change your camera or microphone, choose the Select more options <···> icon.
You can even add a customizable camera that can be resized, repositioned, and formatted to go with your slide content. Select Edit, then select Cameo. Adjust the formatting for the camera, then select Record again to return to the recording environment.
In the Select the camera mode menu, you can select Show Background or Blur Background.
You can also change the layout in the Views menu to switch between Teleprompter, Presenter View, or Slide View.
In the Teleprompter view, select the auto-scroll feature. Then adjust the scroll speed as per your preference to refer to script with ease while recording.
- When you’re ready, select Start recording and a countdown will begin.
- Use the onscreen laser, coloured pens, or highlighters in the tray below markup slides and it’ll record as well.
- To record narration for a specific slide, use the previous or next arrows.
- Note: Narration won’t record during slide transitions so let those play first before you start speaking.
- Pause the recording as needed or select Stop if you’re done.
- To review the video, select the Play button.
- To quickly delete and re-record your video on current slide or on all slides, select Delete. While Clear will delete the recorded narration, Reset to Cameo additionally replaces the recorded narration with the camera feed for an easy retake.
- When you’re done, select Export > Export Video.
- After you successfully export the video, you can view the video by selecting View and share video.
At any time, you can return to your document by selecting the Edit button.
You can reduce the size of the exported file by adjusting the resolution when you export your presentation. You may want to do this if your internet connection is slow so uploading is quicker.
Adapted from:
Microsoft (2023) Record a slide show with narration and slide timings - Microsoft Support. Available at: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/record-a-slide-show-with-narration-and-slide-timings-0b9502c6-5f6c-40ae-b1e7-e47d8741161c (Accessed: 07/11/2023)