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Creating instructional videos is a simple way to support students who miss class. Too often a student misses instruction and returns to class, only to find they have to turn to their friends to catch up on the instruction they missed.It is easy to do, and once they are done, you have them forever! This web site contains resources to help you learn how to create these materials.

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Cluster 4		 This cluster contains materials to help you create narrations, insert them into a PowerPoint™ presentation, and adjust the transition timings. This is a useful skill to master to make your instructional PowerPoint™ presentations even more valuable to students who miss instruction. This cluster also contains materials to help you convert PowerPoint™ slides into JPEG images, which can later be used in instructional videos.

Recording and inserting Narrations into PowerPoint™ Presentations
Link to Handout The link to the left will take you to a PDF file of illustrated instructions on how to record and insert audio narrations into a PowerPoint™ presentation. It requires Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded here.

The presentation at left explains how to to record and insert audio narrations into a PowerPoint™ presentation.
The video below explains how to record and insert audio narrations into a PowerPoint™ presentation. 
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Adjusting the Transition Timings in a Presentation
Link to timings handout The link to the left will take you to a PDF file that will explain how to adjust the transition timings in a presentation. To view it you will need Acrobat viewer installed on your machine. You can get the free download here.
The video below explains how to adjust the transition timings in a presentation
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Converting Slides into JPEG Files
Link to slides to JPEGs The link to the left will take you to a PDF file of illustrated instructions on how to how to turn slides into JPEG files so that they can be used in different media formats. It requires Acrobate Reader, which can be downloaded here.
The presentation at left explains how to turn slides into JPEG files so that they can be used in different media formats.
The video below explains how to convert slides into JPEG files.

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Creating Instructional Media to Support Students Who Miss Instruction by Mark Hall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.