2. Help & Support

This quick guide pulls together a number of concepts and tutorials, and takes you through the general process of using Adobe Presenter.

The Process

1. Create your slide set – It is recognised that you will likely be using Power Point presentations used and designed for face to face teaching as a basis for your content. Reflect on this and how this will fit into the learning pathway for a particular session.
   Look for natural breaks in content; consider activities while designing a session.
   Students should be capable of engaging in social-constructivist activities as part of their learning.
   Consider what is different from facilitating learning face-to-face, compared to online, at a distance, synchronously and asynchronously.

   Do you rely on student input at every topic or bullet point? This interaction is best moved to discussion boards or webinars.

2. Create a folder structure for your working files and published presentations to exist in.
3. Record the voice over audio for each slide.
4. View a preview of your presentation to ensure you are happy with the results.
5. Publish your presentation for Blackboard.
6. Upload to Blackboard – This is a very important step which should be done in a specific way to make sure that the content is accessible and that you don’t accidentally over write previous presentations.
7. Link the presentation in Blackboard – Once the presentation is in Blackboard it needs to be linked within a content area so that students can access it.

 

Before recording

• Find a quiet room.
• If the room has a blind of curtains close them. This reduces the sound refection from the glass.
• Writing a script/cue cards to help make your presentation flow better and become more elaborate.
• Practice speaking before recording presentation, allows more confidence.
• Either standing or sitting down whilst performing the presentation.
• You may also want to use hand gestures to help you explain more elaborately and possibly help you to relax.
• Check that headphone set is comfortable and the microphone is at a good position to allow a clear tone of voice.
• Make sure record audio box is away from any text within the presentation when reading off slides.
• Do not worry about any stuttering, pausing, or ‘umms’ throughout the duration of the presentation.
• You may want to keep a glass of water beside you when pausing during the recording to stay hydrated.
• Try to make sure each presentation slide has it’s own title.
• Each recording should kept as short as reasonable possible; 15-20 minutes is a good rule of thumb. Try and avoid exceeding 30 minutes in a single recording.