Category Archive: powerpoint

Apr 10

Embed YouTube Video and PowerPoint Into Blackboard

Ingredients 1 – Computer with access to the Internet 1 – Instructor access to a Blackboard course (the screencast features BB Enterprise 8 ) 1 – Optional – Accounts with YouTube and SlideShare to upload your own videos and presentations Directions You will need to obtain the “Embed code” from individual video pages from YouTube, …

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Jan 05

Create a PowerPoint photo album presentation

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Watch a screencast of this recipe. Ingredients 1 – Computer 1 – PowerPoint program ( for this example, PowerPoint 2007) Directions Open PowerPoint 2007. From the Insert ribbon, click the Photo Album button. In the resulting Photo Album window choose the File/Disk button under “Insert picture from…“ Navigate to the folder where your photos are …

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Dec 19

Compress photos in a PowerPoint presentation

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Watch a screencast of this recipe. Ingredients 1 – Computer 1 – Original PowerPoint presentation file 1 – PowerPoint program ( for this example, PowerPoint 2007) Directions Open the original PowerPoint presentation in PowerPoint 2007. Click on the “Office button” and choose Save As… Choose from either the standard PowerPoint presentation, PowerPoint Show, or an …

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Dec 10

Embed YouTube video in PowerPoint

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Watch a screencast for this recipe. Ingredients 1 – Powerpoint program (any recent versions) – note: this is for Windows users. 1 – Internet Connection 1 – Firefox web browser (preferred) 1 – Video Download Helper Firefox Add-on (plug-in) 1 – WinFF program Directions Open the Firefox web browser. Make sure you have established a …

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