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Recording Narration in Powerpoint

You will need

• Headset with microphone • Microsoft Powerpoint 2010

1. Open the presentation you want to narrate in PowerPoint. 2. From the menu bar, select Slide Show and press the Record Slide Show button.

3. The Record Slide Show box appears. You can choose what types of recording you want to do. You can either record from the beginning or record from the current slide. Recording slide timing will remember how long you took on each slide. Make sure that the Narrations and laser pointer option is selected.

4. Click on Start Recording to begin recording. The slide show will begin. Speak into the microphone to record your voice. Click to advance each slide as you would if you were presenting live.

5. When you are done recording your slide show, right click the last slide, and then click End Show. You will be returned to the presentation. Wait a few seconds before clicking End Show so that your narrated comments don’t get abruptly cut off. Please be patient as the recording is saving in the background.

6. The recorded slide show timings are automatically saved and the slide show appears in Slide Sorter view with timings beneath each slide. Check the slide show to make sure that everything recorded correctly. If you don't like the narration, click on the bottom part of the Record Slide Show button and use the Clear feature to remove narrations and timings and record again. You may have to clear BOTH the narrations AND timings before attempting the recording again.

7. Once complete, save the PowerPoint and attach it to the assignment tool along with the text of your paragraph.

Tip To pause the narration, in the Recording shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.), click Pause. And to resume your narration, click Resume Recording.