iMovie Presentation

							                Encoding your Slideshow: Sharing your Powerpoint and Keynote Slideshows on the Web
                                     By Paul “Pablo” Martin, pmartin@miracosta.edu


Agenda:
   I.   A sample slideshow converted to a web video
   II. Look at different approaches: A) uploading slideshows versus movies; B) will slideshows be narrated with
        subtitles or will you have detailed slides without narration?
   III. A brief overview of the entire production and conversion process
   IV. How to prepare a slideshow for the Internet step-by-step
   V. Preparing and upload your own slideshow to the Internet




               IV. A step-by-step guide to converting a slideshow to video and preparing it for the Internet
I. Converting your slideshow to a movie (in Keynote or PowerPoint)
        Keynote:
        1. Open your slideshow (add narration or slide timing if you haven’t done so already)
        2. Go to the “Share” menu and select “Export”
        3. Inside the export option, you have several choices (Quicktime, PowerPoint, PDF, etc.); select Quicktime
        4. Underneath the lower drop-down menu “Formats,” select “Custom” so that you can control the file size (i.e.
            make it much smaller!)
                a. I change the “Video” to “Half Size” (“Full Size” works too, but the file is bigger—8 MB versus 115
                    MB as a .mov; after conversion with flash, 17 MB versus 36 MB as a .flv)
                b. I also change the “Audio” setting to “Mix Audio”—once you do this, you can click on “Settings”
                         i. Under “Format” I select MPEG4 Low Delay AAC
                        ii. Under “Channels” I select Mono
        5. Next you’ll be asked where you want to save your video and what title you want to give it (if you’ll be
            converting with Flash later, use a short, clear, and consistent file naming system; I also suggest creating a
            distinct folder that is separate from your web site where you can store all of these movies)
        6. Click “Export”
        7. Your slideshow has now been converted into a video that you can immediately upload to YouTube or, with
            one or more steps, can be uploaded to Photobucket or your own course page


        PowerPoint (based on PP for Macs):
        8. Open your slideshow (add narration or slide timing if you haven’t done so already)
        9. Go to “File” and “Make Movie”
        10. Next you’ll be asked where you want to save your video and what title you want to give it (if you’ll be
            converting with Flash later, use a short, clear, and consistent file naming system; I also suggest creating a
            distinct folder that is separate from your web site where you can store all of these movies)
        11. Click on “Save” (or “Next”) to adjust the movie settings
                a. For “Optimization” I leave it as “Automatic”
                b. For “Movie Dimensions” I change those to “Current screen size”
                c. For “Media Settings” I leave all settings to the default
                d. For “Save” I check off “Include original presentation data” (I am not sure how well this works)
        12. Your slideshow has now been converted into a video that you can immediately upload to YouTube or, with
            one or more steps, can be uploaded to Photobucket or your own course page


II. Posting to Web (using YouTube, Photobucket, or something else—this is the easiest option!)
        13. See handout
        14. Once you’ve uploaded your movie, copy the URL the service provides you and post it to your course page,
            email it to your students, etc.


III. Flash Conversion
        15. Select “Create New” and select “Action Script 2.0” (I believe it’s the most straight forward)
        16. Under “File” select “ImportImport Video”
        17. Direct Flash to your file (click choose to navigate there) and click “Continue”
        18. On the next screen select “Progressive download from web server”
        19. On the next screen, click “Continue” unless you want to play with the settings here (I leave them at the
            default—“Flash 8 – Medium Quality”)
        20. On the next screen, select “ClearOverPlaySeekMute.swf” (this is a ‘skin’ to create video controls)
        21. On the next screen click “Finish” (you will be asked where you want Flash to save the two new files it’s
            going to create—specify one folder, usually a specific web-folder, and then be sure to put all videos and
            Flash files in that folder!)
        22. In the Finder, go to the folder you specified above, and rename the .flv file to match the .fla file (The Flash
            default is to save the converted movie as using the original title followed by .flv. This is why it’s best to
            identify a naming system early on and stick to it.)


IV. Posting using Dreamweaver
        23. In Dreamweaver, I place my cursor where I want my movie to appear and then under “Insert” I select
            “Media Flash Video”
        24. Browse to the movie file that Flash converted for you (the one that you renamed above; only the .flv files will
            be available choices)
        25. Specify the skin that you want Dreamweaver to use (I choose “Corona Skin 3” as it disappears when the
            cursor is not over it—this is important for subtitles!)
        26. I leave everything else as it is and click “OK”
        27. Dreamweaver then does the rest—it places the .fla file (and any others!) where it needs to be
        28. Synchronize your site with the server