Blackboard Advanced:
Creating and Using Narrated
PowerPoint Presentations
Helen Keier
Office of Distance Education
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Three Step Process
It’s easier than you think!
Create
Presentation
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Identify content
Create slides
Sample Presentation
Add
Narration
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Write script
Record narration
Upload to
Blackboard
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Upload file
Introduction
PowerPoint as an instructional aid
Objective:
• Identify highlights of an existing lesson, instructional unit, or course
assignment for inclusion in a summary PowerPoint presentation.
Group Discussion:
• How do you use PowerPoint presentations?
• What makes a PowerPoint presentation effective?
• What are some ways PowerPoint can be used to focus student attention,
highlight significant instructional content, or scaffold student learning?
• What kind of instructional content can be included in a presentation?
Activity:
• Using instructional content, list items that may be included in a summary
PowerPoint.
Creating PowerPoint Presentations
Just a few slides make a difference.
Objective:
• Create a summary PowerPoint presentation detailing the highlights of an
existing lesson, instructional unit, or course assignment.
Demonstration:
• Steps for creating PowerPoint presentations.
Activity:
• Create a PowerPoint presentation using instructional content.
Resource:
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/quick-referencecard-RZ101848193.aspx?section=12&CTT=114
Recording Narration
Connect with your students
Objective:
• Record a narration for a PowerPoint presentation.
Demonstration:
• Steps for adding narration to PowerPoint presentations.
Activity:
• Write a brief script to accompany the PowerPoint presentation you created.
• Record a narration accompanying each slide.
Resource:
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/record-and-addnarration-and-timings-to-a-slide-show-HA010338313.aspx?CTT=1
Introduction
Using presentations and recordings in Blackboard
Group Discussion:
• What are some similarities in how presentations would be used in face-toface and online environments? What are some differences?
• What are some advantages, challenges, and limitations of using recorded
materials in an online environment?
• What are some ways that recordings can be used to focus student attention,
highlight significant instructional content, and scaffold student learning
unique to an online environment.
Activity:
• Identify best practices for using presentations and recordings in Blackboard.
Blackboard
Share your presentation with your students
Objective:
• Upload the narrated PowerPoint to Blackboard.
Demonstration:
• Review uploading files to Blackboard.
Activity:
• Add a narrated PowerPoint to a Blackboard course.
Review & Self-Assessment
What have we done today?
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Three step process: Create presentation, add narration, upload to
Blackboard.
Rubric for Using Narrated PowerPoint Presentations in Blackboard:
items and hints that make for successful presentations.
Sample narrated presentations? Feedback?
Q&A
Any questions?
Workshop Evaluation
Please complete our evaluation located at
http://doitapps.jjay.cuny.edu/blackboard/faculty/evaluation.
php
Contact Us
Blackboard Faculty Support Group
Office of Distance Education
Rooms 3322 and 3324, North Hall
212.484.1197
blackboard@jjay.cuny.edu