Blackboard Advanced: Creating and Using Narrated PowerPoint Presentations Helen Keier Office of Distance Education John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Blackboard Advanced: Creating and Using Narrated PowerPoint PresentationsHelen KeierOffice of Distance EducationJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice

• Identify content• Create slides

• Write script• Record narration

• Upload file

Three Step ProcessIt’s easier than you think!

Create Presentation

Add Narration

Upload to Blackboard

Sample Presentation

IntroductionPowerPoint 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.

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-reference-card-RZ101848193.aspx?section=12&CTT=114

Just a few slides make a difference.Creating PowerPoint Presentations

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-add-narration-and-timings-to-a-slide-show-HA010338313.aspx?CTT=1

Connect with your studentsRecording Narration

Group Discussion:• What are some similarities in how presentations would be used in face-to-

face 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.

IntroductionUsing presentations and recordings in Blackboard

BlackboardShare 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?

• 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?

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