TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Overview
• Record Your Presentation in PowerPoint
• Upload Your Recorded Presentation to myLesley
• Additional Resources
  • Download Microsoft Office
  • PowerPoint Tutorials
  • Edit Captions in Kaltura Media
  • Support and Training

Overview

Microsoft PowerPoint makes it easy to record a presentation that includes your voice, ink gestures, and even your webcam. Once you have recorded your presentation, you can export it as a video file and share it in your myLesley course via Kaltura Media.  

Creating your recorded presentation in PowerPoint and sharing it in your course via Kaltura Media provides a lot of advantages, including:

• Convenience: You can create and record your presentation all in one tool. You will not need to use one tool to create your presentation and a second tool to add your narration and/or video. Additionally, your audience will be able to watch the video directly in myLesley without the need to use additional tools.
• Compatibility: Kaltura videos will play at the best quality and resolution supported by each audience member's device.
• Accessibility: Kaltura will automatically caption your video content. Accurate captioning of audio and video content ensures that people who are Deaf and hard of hearing can understand your content. Additionally, captions are very useful to non-native English speakers, viewers watching in a sound-sensitive environment such as a library, can help viewers with learning disabilities or attention deficits maintain concentration, and can help all learners improve comprehension.
• File Size: Your audience will not need to download content. Instead, the video is hosted on Kaltura's servers and streams through myLesley. Additionally, uploading your video to Kaltura does not impact your overall course file size (all courses have a 5 GB data limit and communities have a 50 MB data limit).
• Privacy and Security: Kaltura videos cannot be downloaded by anyone who is not the owner, nor can they be shared on other websites. 

Record Your Presentation in PowerPoint

The following instructions will walk you through recording your presentation using the desktop version of PowerPoint for Microsoft 365. 

If you are using an older version of PowerPoint, please refer to the Record a slide show with narration and slide timings support article and select your version of PowerPoint for detailed instructions.

Please note that, at this time, the online version of PowerPoint, PowerPoint for the web, does not support recording a slide show. If possible, use the desktop application.

To record your presentation, click on the Record button in the top app bar.

You can also record by clicking on the Record tab and selecting one of the options.

The recording screen displays the recording options at the top of the screen. If you have slide notes, these will appear above your slides so that you can use them as a teleprompter as you record your presentation. You also have the option to record your webcam alongside your presentation.

If you are recording your webcam, you have the option to Show Background or Blur Background. Click on the Select the Camera Mode to select your background mode.

You may change your recording view in the Views menu. You may switch between Teleprompter, Presenter View, or Slide View.

Once you are ready to record, click Start Recording. A countdown will begin.

As you record, use the onscreen laser, colored pen, or highlighter tools to call attention to your slide content.

Use the Previous or Next arrows to navigate through your slides. If you added slide transitions, you will not be able to narrate while those are playing. You will need to let the transitions play before you resume your narration.

Once you have finished recording, click Stop.

Once you are satisfied with your recording, click Export to save your recorded presentation as a video.

Give your video a name and select Browse to choose your save location. Then click Export Video to save your video. Your video will be saved as an mp4.

Additional information and a tutorial video may be found on the Record a slide show with narration and slide timings support article. 

Upload Your Recorded Presentation to myLesley

Once you have recorded your presentation and exported the video, you may upload to your myLesley course via Kaltura Media.

Ultra Course View

You may add your recorded presentation directly into your course anywhere you see the Content Editor, including Ultra Documents, Discussions, Assignments, and more. 

Locate the place where you want to add your video and click the Insert Content (+) button in the content editor. This will open a menu. Select Content Market.

This will bring you into the Content Market. Scroll down to Institution Tools and select Kaltura Media.

This will take you to your Kaltura My Media area. The My Media area is where all of your Kaltura media is stored. From here, you may select previously added media, upload new media, or record new media.

To upload your recorded presentation, click on the + Add New button at the top of the page. This will open a menu. Select Media Upload.

This will open a new window. You may drag and drop your file to the Media Upload area or click Choose a File to Upload to locate the file on your computer.

Once you have selected your file, your video will begin to upload. Depending on the size of your file and your connection speed it may take several minutes. Once your video has uploaded, you will  be prompted to edit the title and (optionally) add tags and a description. Once you have finished, click Save at the bottom of the page. Next, click </> Save and Embed at the top of the page.

Once you have selected your media, you will be brought back into your course. The Insert Content Market Item window will pop up. You may edit your video's display name and click Insert to insert your video.

Your video will be embedded into your content. Make any other changes to your content and Save or Submit.

Original Course View

You may add your recorded presentation directly into your course anywhere you see the Text/Content Editor, including Items, Discussions, Assignments, and more. From the content editor, click the Add Content (+) button.

Scroll down to the Additional Tools section and select Kaltura Media.

This will take you to your Kaltura My Media area. The My Media area is where all of your Kaltura media is stored. From here, you may select previously added media, upload new media, or record new media.

To upload your recorded presentation, click on the + Add New button at the top of the page. This will open a menu. Select Media Upload.

This will open a new window. You may drag and drop your file to the Media Upload area or click Choose a File to Upload to locate the file on your computer.

Once you have selected your file, your video will begin to upload. Depending on the size of your file and your connection speed it may take several minutes. Once your video has uploaded, you will  be prompted to edit the title and (optionally) add tags and a description. Once you have finished, click Save at the bottom of the page. Next, click </> Save and Embed at the top of the page.

Once you have selected your media, you will be brought back into your course. Your video will be embedded into your content. Make any other changes to your content and Save or Submit.

Additional Resources

Download Microsoft Office

All current and active students, staff, core faculty, and emeritus faculty are eligible to download and install Microsoft Office on their personal devices while they are attending or working at Lesley. For more information, refer to the Downloading Microsoft Office 365 support article.

Adjunct faculty, alumni, and retirees may use the web version of the Microsoft applications or purchase the Microsoft Office Suite for their personal devices.  

PowerPoint Tutorials

Microsoft's support site has resources to walk you through designing, creating, presenting, and sharing presentations: PowerPoint Help & Training support site.

Edit Captions in Kaltura Media

When you upload a video to Kaltura Media, Kaltura will automatically caption your content using automatic speech recognition (ASR), commonly known as machine captions. Machine captions are considered to be 80% accurate and accuracy may vary depending on the audio quality, clarity of speech, background noise, etc. We recommend using the machine captions as a starting point and editing them for accuracy.

For more information and detailed instructions, refer to the Kaltura Media: Captioning Video Content support article.

Support and Training

Reach out to eLearning and Instructional Support (eLIS) at elis@lesley.edu if you run into any issues, have questions or to request a 1:1 or small group training.