Give your PowerPoint Superpowers Amyr Haq Office Mix Evangelist [email protected] / @amyrhaq on Twitter mix.office.com
Dec 28, 2015
Give your PowerPoint SuperpowersAmyr Haq Office Mix [email protected] / @amyrhaq on Twitter
mix.office.com
Challenges for Online Presentations• Difficult to author online
lessons
• Difficult to make them engaging
• Difficult to publish and share
• Difficult to get relevant analytics
What is Office Mix?What is Office Mix?
1. Free add-in for PowerPoint that that gives it Superpowers!
2. Free analytics that show you if your students watched it and how they performed on your quiz
3. Students can watch your lesson on all devices (Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, iPads)
4. Record your screen, voice, insert quizzes, videos from YouTube, etc. Its as easy as clipart!
Office Mix Demo
What you just saw• Authoring familiar and simple as
PowerPoint
• Start from or revise existing decks
• Adding interactivity simple as adding clip-art
• Share easily and securely
• Rich playback on all devices
• Built-in analytics for insights
• Free
• Publish to thousands of sites and platforms via
• oEmbed
• embed.ly
• SCORM
• Supported: LTI Integration
Embed Experience
SharePoint
BlogsFacebook Twitter
LTI (sample)MoodleedX
And thousands more
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We built this for YOU!http://mixforteachers.com
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Some Example Mixes
Math and science teachers• https://mix.office.com/watch/18t946yrxiv01
• https://mix.office.com/watch/7llhx8x60jna
• https://mix.office.com/watch/2dhwh9vlfmfx
• https://mix.office.com/watch/1cymc9f28i4jw
English and language arts teachers• https://mix.office.com/watch/16ek109czjvfc
• https://mix.office.com/watch/1mzfew5bnch2m
Younger students• https://mix.office.com/watch/1dq7aydog
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Professional development• https://mix.office.com/watch/1hhtqzwus
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Tips and Tricks• If old PowerPoint deck, then open and save as “pptx” with PowerPoint 2013.
• Use external webcam. Better A-V quality. No stylus noise.
• Audio is key. Adjust microphone volume with slider in recording pane until signal-bar shows activity until middle of scale. Consider external microphone like Blue Yeti, Nessie.
• Record first slide, and playback to see all ok before recording other slides.
• Pause briefly between slides. It makes it easy to re-record individual ones.
• Use video where essential, but audio-only allows greater focus on content and delivery.
• Ensure video check-box off when uploading, until close to final version. It considerably slows down the publishing process.
Useful LinksFor users:
• Office Mix: http://mix.office.com
• Office Mix for Education: http://mixforteachers.com and https://mix.office.com/watch/14iqkll3cdyv
• Teacher? See if your school qualifies for free Office: http://office.com/teachers
For IT administrators and developers:
• Apps for Office: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj220082(v=office.15).aspx
• Office Mix Labs: https://github.com/officedev/labs.js
• Player.JS: http://playerjs.io/
• edX integration: https://github.com/officedev/xblock-officemix
• Moodle Integration: https://msopentech.com/blog/2015/01/19/moodle-office365
AdministratorsProfessional development
Leadership communications
StudentsProject reports
Storytelling
Communication Skills
TeachersBlended learning and flipped classrooms
Sharing best practices and lessons with colleagues
Online Presentations for Education
Extending Mix
Apps for Office• Standard for MS Office
• Office.js and Labs.js
• Add new types of interactibles
Player.js• Open source Player APIs
• Host can manage player easily
• Adjust look and feel
2Player implements Player.js
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Interactive elements are Apps for Office (HTML5+JS)