Course Information
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Course Overview
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.
Course Content
- 3 section(s)
- 34 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Creating Videos
- Section 3 Advanced Editing
What You’ll Learn
- How to use PowerPoint to create JPEG files
- How to record and edit narration in Audacity
- How to combine the JPEG files and narration to create a video
- How to enhance the video with slide transitions
- How to add music to your narration
- How to add a title sequence to your video
- How to make your bullet points appear one-at-a-time
- How to add moving pointers to your videos
- How to play one video inside another video
- How to add closed captioning to your videos
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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CCarlos Flores
I think the title of the course is misleading because the course teaches you how to produce videos with PowerPoint, but the videos it produces, are not really "exciting", and the name of the course is Creating Exciting videos with PowerPoint.
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DDr. Troy Walls
Explained well with clear English
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VVictoria Chaaban
Fast paced, pros and cons of hardware & software.
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NNhlanhla Ntombela
Great so far