Creating Exciting Videos Using PowerPoint Slides

A guide to taking a PowerPoint slide deck and recorded audio and pulling it all together into a polished video.

In this course, you will learn how to take PowerPoint slides and turn them into exciting videos, complete with narration.

The course starts by discussing the hardware and software you need. Then, it covers everything you need to know to create PowerPoint slides that work well for video. Then, it covers how to record and edit your narration in a free software package called Audacity. Finally, it shows you how to pull it together into a video using Camtasia.

In the advanced section, you learn how to...

• Add transitions between slides
• Add a musical background to your narration
• Create an exciting title sequence
• Make your bullet and numbered lists appear one-at-a-time
• Add moving pointers to your videos
• Show one video inside another video
• Add closed captioning

The course is a series of about 30 short videos, all created using the techniques in this course. Completing the full course will take about 2.5 hours.