It's typical!
You wait for one PowerPoint and 2 come along at the same time!!
For various reasons, our organisation is only now starting its move from Moodle v1.9 to v2 (v2.5 is the current stable version available). I've been looking for a good presentation for our teaching staff covering the new improved features.
There are lots of 'Top 5 Features' presentations but I wanted a quick overview of all the new bits that teachers should look out for as they start to test the new setup. None of these really did the job I wanted.
I sat down and created my own presentation (see slideshare below).
Having completed my presentation, I then came across another one that would have done nicely, even if rather American in flavour. It is more detailed than I wanted but I'll give the link below because it can act as a second step.
I'll keep updating my presentation as new versions and features develop so do come back after each major Moodle revision.
If you want the full detail of changes, use the following link and change the _2.0_ bit to _2.1_ or _2.2_ etc for each revision so far: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.0_release_notes
I feel the weekend is calling - TGIF
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Friday, 4 October 2013
Friday, 30 August 2013
Embedding Youtube Video in PowerPoint 2010
As resources become much more media rich, learners (and teachers) need to know how to find or create audio and video clips and then use them in their teaching/assessment materials.
This post describes how to embed a Youtube video into PowerPoint 2010 and what to do when that doesn't work!
In PowerPoint 2007 the only video you could easily add to your presentation was one that you had on your computer as a video file. Techie types were able to create and edit a Shockwave Object to embed a Youtube video (see later for details).
Firstly, find a Youtube video that you want to embed in your presentation.
Underneath the video, click on Share and then on Embed.
Make sure that the Use old embed code box is ticked and then copy the code and paste it into the PowerPoint dialogue box (see below for how to open the dialogue box).
PowerPoint 2010 added an option to use 'Video from website' (click on Insert and then under Media click on Video then on 'from website').
A dialogue box opens ready for you to paste in the Youtube embed code. However, the embed code from Youtube DOESN'T WORK (at the time of posting) but there is a fix.
The embed code looks like this:
In the PowerPoint dialogue box, edit your embed code as shown below:
value="// should be edited to value=http://
src="// should be edited to src=http://
version=3& should be edited to version=2& (this appears twice)
Click on the Insert button and a black box appears on your PPT slide.
Right click on the Movie box and select Preview. The movie start image and controls should appear ready to play.
If you prefer, you can watch Ron Bosch's movie of embedding a video and fixing the code problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V0gm98Xj4g
PowerPoint 2007
A friend gave me the following PowerPoint that contains a slide with a Shockwave object that you can copy into your PPT 2007 presentation and then edit for your chosen Youtube clip. The instructions are on the slide also.
Download and save a copy of the PPT file from Google Drive:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4qrMq-w6bVwN0JkRmFkWXFvWDA/edit?usp=sharing
Have fun with these over the weekend ....
TGIF
This post describes how to embed a Youtube video into PowerPoint 2010 and what to do when that doesn't work!
In PowerPoint 2007 the only video you could easily add to your presentation was one that you had on your computer as a video file. Techie types were able to create and edit a Shockwave Object to embed a Youtube video (see later for details).
Firstly, find a Youtube video that you want to embed in your presentation.
Underneath the video, click on Share and then on Embed.
Make sure that the Use old embed code box is ticked and then copy the code and paste it into the PowerPoint dialogue box (see below for how to open the dialogue box).
A dialogue box opens ready for you to paste in the Youtube embed code. However, the embed code from Youtube DOESN'T WORK (at the time of posting) but there is a fix.
The embed code looks like this:
In the PowerPoint dialogue box, edit your embed code as shown below:
value="// should be edited to value=http://
src="// should be edited to src=http://
version=3& should be edited to version=2& (this appears twice)
Click on the Insert button and a black box appears on your PPT slide.
Right click on the Movie box and select Preview. The movie start image and controls should appear ready to play.
If you prefer, you can watch Ron Bosch's movie of embedding a video and fixing the code problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V0gm98Xj4g
or embedded in Blogger (this does work OK :-)
PowerPoint 2007
A friend gave me the following PowerPoint that contains a slide with a Shockwave object that you can copy into your PPT 2007 presentation and then edit for your chosen Youtube clip. The instructions are on the slide also.
Download and save a copy of the PPT file from Google Drive:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4qrMq-w6bVwN0JkRmFkWXFvWDA/edit?usp=sharing
Have fun with these over the weekend ....
TGIF
Friday, 8 June 2012
Webinar Software - Reviews and Reality
Next week a small group of us will be trying out 4 different webinar software packages. The aim of the test is to experience the software as both presenters and attendees in an attempt to choose one package that we can all use across our different institutions. Regional staff development is the end goal.
A traditional seminar is a small group of students that meet regularly under, the guidance of a tutor, to exchange information, discuss theories, etc. The important word here is 'exchange'. The idea is that ALL of the group contribute so a web based seminar (or webinar) must allow both tutor AND students to communicate freely and to present their own work. The focus then is on software that provides a type of virtual classroom approach rather than on webcasting (squirting video onto the web for a largely anonymous and passive audience) or webchat/conferencing (a discussion using one or more of text, audio and video).
Today I will show the review sites and later I'll update the post with our experiences.
One really useful site provides reviews and comparisons of 35 different software packages. The top 10 (on 8 June 2012) are shown below;
From our reading of these review sites the group decided to try a practical comparison using GoToMeeting, WebEx, Fuze and Adobe Connect.
I'll post soon on the practical reality.
Until then - TGIF
A traditional seminar is a small group of students that meet regularly under, the guidance of a tutor, to exchange information, discuss theories, etc. The important word here is 'exchange'. The idea is that ALL of the group contribute so a web based seminar (or webinar) must allow both tutor AND students to communicate freely and to present their own work. The focus then is on software that provides a type of virtual classroom approach rather than on webcasting (squirting video onto the web for a largely anonymous and passive audience) or webchat/conferencing (a discussion using one or more of text, audio and video).
Today I will show the review sites and later I'll update the post with our experiences.
One really useful site provides reviews and comparisons of 35 different software packages. The top 10 (on 8 June 2012) are shown below;
Other packages listed include some names that will be familiar with most teachers; InstantPresenter (15 - 8.6), Skype (18 - 8.2), Blackboard Collaborate (29 - 7.4). The reviews are based on the following evaluation guide:
- MEETING TYPES
- Web conference
- Webinar
- Webcast
- 2. COLLABORATION TYPES
- Desktop sharing
- Virtual room
- 3. SUPPORTED COMMUNICATION CONTENT
- Web conference
- Audio conference
- Video conference
- 4. IMPLEMENTATION TYPES
- Shared hosted service (SaaS)
- Local installation
- Hybrid installation
- 5. MOBILE USE & PLATFORM INDEPENDENCE
- 6. SOLUTION TYPES
- Specialized solution (focus on web conferencing)
- Integrated solution (unified communications)
- 7. SPECIAL BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
- Virtual classroom
- 8. VENDOR STABILITY, SUPPORT & REFERENCES
Another review site (http://www.voip-sol.com/an-analysis-of-the-best-webinar-services/) lists their top 10 which has some similarities with the above but probably not enough overlap to provide a clear winner.
- MegaMeeting
- GoToWebinar
- Microsoft Office Live Meeting
- Fuze Meeting
- WebEx
- ClickMeeting
- Adobe Connect
- InstantPresenter
- GatherPlace
- Dimdim
From our reading of these review sites the group decided to try a practical comparison using GoToMeeting, WebEx, Fuze and Adobe Connect.
I'll post soon on the practical reality.
Until then - TGIF
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