Making SlideShare SlidecastsMike Bogle

Educational TechnologistLearning & Teaching @ UNSW

About Slidecasts“Slidecasting is a new multimedia

format for viewing slide decks synchronized with an audio file. It is for conference talks, musical slideshows, audio picture books or whatever else you can imagine.”

http://www.slideshare.net/faqs/slidecast

Software / Components• PowerPoint, Keynote

OpenOffice, or other supported programs

• Microphone• Audacity (for audio)• Hosting for audio file• Slideshare for the

presentationShure 55S by jschneid – shared under CC-by-NC

Supported File FormatsSlideShare supports a

variety of formats including: – PowerPoint (ppt, pps,

pot, pptx, ppsx, potx)– OpenOffice files– Apple Keynote– PDF– Microsoft Word, Excel

sheets, and text files.

OK by sillygwailo– shared under CC-by

Download AudacityAudacity is a free, open-source audio

editing program for Windows, Mac & Linux

http://audacity.sourceforge.net

See “Overview of Audacity” on Blip.TV: http://blip.tv/file/1645986/

Audacity: Set-up, Recording, Exporting

The General Idea• Create a presentation in a supported format• Record an audio file (MP3 recommended)• Upload the presentation to SlideShare.net• Upload the MP3 to a web-visible location• In SlideShare, choose Create Slidecast• Follow the instructions to locate the file &

synchronise the slides to the audio track

See the Slideshare FAQ on slidecasts at http://www.slideshare.net/faqs/slidecast

Slideshare: Synchronization Workspace

Eh! VoilàOnce processed a

yellow sign is displayed, indicating “Slidecast: Audio track inside”

Slidecasts are available anywhere, including embedded instances.

The End. By toolmantim - shared under CC-by-nc

Questions?Mike Boglem.bogle@unsw.edu.auhttp://techticker.net