How To Add Narration To Your PowerPoint Presentation

[@davidforbes7772]

With face to face classes cancelled due to COVID-19, I am having to go to on-line methods of teaching. Since I use Powerpoints extensively, this is most helpful.

[@sail2byzantium]

I'm in the same boat--and this is the best explanatory video I've found thus far. Thanks, Tech Train!

[@english-with-marki1802]

Same here

[@emlmm88]

As a student who also has to present research and oral reports online, this has also been helpful for me.

[@hellocalifornia3059]

Hi please can you help me put ? You know this KZbin channel "Bright side ", please do you have any idea of how to do those kind of explainer videos with pictures and words attached to it ? Is it with power point? Thank you

[@english-with-marki1802]

@@hellocalifornia3059 yes, PowerPoint has the option of being turned into a video once u r done recording ur voice there

[@imnew2nm324]

One of the best tutorials I have ever seen, and I am a college teacher. Thank you.

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you found it useful!

[@saramaher3839]

Perfect timing as I need to present and cannot have a large group present with the current COVID -19 precautions. Very easy to understand.

[@steventyler3985]

2:50 to skip the intro

[@hanjoolee9205]

So much unnecessary talking.

[@kdmkicks3448]

goated

[@InHisService772]

OMG! Thank you so much!!! The intro was unnecessarily LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!

[@FosterWKrupp]

Carefully, he's a hero.

[@ebenthuralayilabraham1029]

Thank you so much indeed for taking the time and putting the effort to provide a basic idea about narrated PowerPoint. I have seen this presentation repeatedly as your pace in teaching is great. It is absorbed instantly. Keep up your good work.

[@dwaynelattimore819]

One of the only people online who explains it the way it should be explained! Thank you sir for your contribution to the tech world!

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you so much, I'm very glad you found it helpful. 👍

[@tahjeebroomfield5666]

Best and most explanatory video I have found on this subject thus far! Thank you for your clear and in-depth instructions!

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you! I'm so glad you found it useful.

[@juleevisnaw7401]

Thank you so much! Very informative; I was able to follow along easily and understood everything. Thank you, thank you!

[@sagefoole]

Fantastic presentation, brilliantly taught! I wish you made videos about Kaltura, the ones I find are terrible. They all manage to answer every single question under the sun-except mine.

[@TheTechTrain]

Glad to hear you enjoyed this video - thank you for your comment! I haven't used Kaltura myself, but will look into it.

[@hilaryoreschnick1468]

February 2021 and I think this is fabulous. I bet you forgot you'd made this all that time ago. And so good to hear a British voice presenting. (I'm a Brit in the USA) Cheers!

[@TheTechTrain]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@carolinaarratia426]

I am teacher in Venezuela, South America and this will be so useful for my EFL students as we are all quarantined. Thank you!

[@tariqamir1015]

My wife needed PowerPoint slide shows to teach her students online. She does not know an iota of Power Point and made my life miserable. And your wonderful video saved the day. Many many thanks.

[@samiabasravi7997]

This is an excellent video for an amateur such as myself. Very clear and easy to understand and best of all you did not speed through it. Thank you for your help.

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you Samia Basravi, I'm so glad you liked it.

[@JoeyJavierReyes]

With online classes becoming a necessity in the COVID19 period, thank you for this most helpful guide.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you found it helpful. Good luck with your classes.

[@laxrocketeer]

This is the best of all the ones I've watched. It answered an important question near the end: powerpoint automatically goes slide to slide if you make sure to click the right button for automatic, not manual.

[@tonimarquez6794]

Thank you for a very clear explanation on adding a narrative to a PowerPoint presentation. The pace was easy to follow.

[@dmregino49]

I have never done a narrated Powerpoint presentation and you have made it look like a piece of cake! Thank you!

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you found the video helpful. How did your presentation go?

[@elizabethvendley3459]

Very helpful. I'm not a techie and you are definitely a gifted teacher.

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you very much! 😊 I'm so glad you found it helpful.

[@keithhowe2105]

Very clearly explained. Spot on. Perfect for people who have to do presentations, but dislike public speaking!

[@triptajainjain7038]

I am a college prof. and needed to teach my students online and this video has been so helpfull. Its so easy. Thank you for this video and is one of the best I've ever seen.

[@frankcairney5523]

I'm doing a PGCERT and this was very useful. Thanks very much!

[@sheryllynnpareti7594]

Thank you much you are a life saver. There is very little information on how to do narration presentation and I just started grad school online and my 1st assigbment is a complex powerpoint with audio narration must be submitted by tomorrow night. Thank you thank you.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad I could help. Good luck with your assignment!

[@tigerman1016]

Saved me the hassle of typing out my script. Thank you!

[@TheTechTrain]

You're very welcome!

[@umeweall]

Thanks! Enjoyed the presentation and it was very helpful!

[@hardindon8361]

Thank you so very much for taking the time to put this together. During these very challenging times, this is going to help me and my students a great deal!!! Your service in this way is much appreciated.

[@Ruhani]

You have made my life so much easier by making this video. Thank You!

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[@mrattner333]

Really helpful as I move my lectures fully online in response to COVID-19 directives. I already have the Powerpoint slides created for each lecture, and now am adding my audio comments. Almost as good as face-to-face lectures, and students can access at their convenience, as many times as they wish. Thanks!

[@ianbolton9135]

This is excellently explained, thank you it’s very helpful.

[@jenniecreel594]

Your tutorial is amazing and I am so grateful for it. I was in dire need to produce a video for a certification and, as I'm good at power point, I will be using your tutorial to produce my video. Thank you so much!

[@TheTechTrain]

Hello Jennie, that's fantastic, I'm so glad you found the video useful.

[@princekwamiso]

Cool, you just allowed me to do my final assignment. Now ready to record and send my presentation just a few hours before the deadline. Your video is short and direct to the point. Unlike other videos that kinda confuse us with so much unnecessary information. Thanks

[@stevehowey5449]

Just what I needed. Concisely and carefully explained for non-tecchies like me to follow

[@amandalynnart]

Thank you, I needed to learn this for my science class.

[@pamelahickman4196]

Instructions were clear and easy to follow.

[@CraigBuhlerMusic]

Great video! A few questions: 1. How do i edit out mistakes in the narration? 2. My Power Point includes musical clips (the little speaker icon at the bottom of my slide). How do i begin those audio clips? 3. In places, i want the audience to see my face as i am talking. Can this be done? 4. How do i transform the Power Point into an mp4 video to place on KZbin? Thank you for your assistance.

[@accourtporatevegan4218]

Thank you so much for the video, very useful for my course project. I am so excited now to do this project based on the ease of your lesson :)

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you liked it Courtney Moon

[@elisamaebellezaegos1819]

THANK YOU, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL AND USEFUL FOR STUDENTS LIKE US!!!

[@josephknight1471]

I have an assignment due in a few days that is required to be a narrated presentation. This is very helpful. Thank you.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you found it helpful Joseph Knight. How did your assignment go?

[@krunalkumarvasudevbhaipand7687]

thank you for sharing this video it really helps me coz i didn't sleep till 2 days and i've just one hour left to submit the video. thanks

[@darellrivera7674]

Badly needed this. One of the best tutorial ever! Thanks!

[@michaelacrisell1304]

By the way - brilliant tutorial - so easy to follow- and wish I'd seen this 5 weeks ago now!

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you found it helpful!

[@LumberjackDE]

Thank you from Durban South Africa. We plan to use this for educational presentations for our paragliding club license requirements.

[@harlemscott9041]

Doing one of these atm and was worried like crazy on how to do it but I just hope when I go to upload to the Dropbox that the file will fit. Thanks for the video its very helpful

[@dalsieallen-thompson2639]

The information was very infomormative and educative. Thanks

[@shobhakm8774]

Very very neatly explained sir tq soo much. One question sir can u pls show on how 2 insert ourself explaing the narration in the form of video through out the slides instead the volume image.

[@tankersmit]

Fantastic thank you and very clear and concise!! I have 2 quick questions ; do you have to use presenter view with 2 monitors? Can you not just use your one pc?? (Eg over skype). 2nd thing that Im unsure about is if you have to show it on skype to an investor for example how can you stop that person from taking a picture of your idea or slides , or saving it to copy...!? Hopefully this can help others to!! Thank you!!

[@chickengardenslovermlovers9038]

It is very helpful thank you. Needed it for my online class presentation.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm glad you like it

[@BilGriffith]

Very good presentation . I'm planning on using a laser pointer so I guess I will have to figure out how to do this I assume that it is straightforward but you might include a demonstration of it as well.

[@sarasrikanthan8638]

Great video! I do have a question though - how can we replace our voice by a system recorded voice? So when the slideshow is presented it would be read by the computer instead with same timings?

[@gkbala7784]

Thank you so much for this video - it really helps me to kick-start transferring classroom materials onto online materials. Greatly appreciate you taking the time to make this video:)

[@lanajthomasm.s.healthpsych7814]

Hello and thank you for your presentation. I want to inquire about the bulleted text you used, and it advanced with each click. Did you have to set the bullet points up and animations or does it work to click while in record?

[@apageor2]

Really like this presentation as I have been looking for something which I can create a narrated PPTX for an online seminar. I believe your explination is one of the better I have come across as it gives me the best of information expecially when saying I can pause. That is a relief being a college professor. =) Thanks so much!

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[@maryjean0601]

Very helpful. Just what I needed. Thank you.

[@aseemasinha5566]

This is a clear and simple video; very useful. Can a voice narration be edited after its been recorded once? Thanks

[@calebereid]

Thank you so much, my professor sent us PowerPoint slides and I had no clue how to start it.

[@VybzUK]

This is great, thanks so much. Very useful to be able to do this.

[@TheTechTrain]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kittyhead13]

I've got a question - when I've finished recording and I want to save the presentation, do I do that in the usual way?

[@cristinadinupopa]

Hello. Thank you for the video. When the presentation is ready, how do i save it in order to send it? I export it as a video?

[@TheTechTrain]

The best thing to do if you're wanting to share it is to save it as a video. You can do this by going to the File menu, and then changing the file type to MP4.

[@eslwithdana]

Thank you for your help! Kind regards from a pre-service teacher having technical hurdles with my math assignment! Much appreciated!

[@salinger007]

Nice video. I have a couple of questions: 1) When you are recording the narration, what is the one icon that looks like a start over button, and 2) how do I make this presentation into a movie, like an mpeg4 or something of that sort. Thanks!

[@francesxu3082]

Thank you for this tutorial. I learned something new today.

[@drumbilicus]

A very good presentation and I am just about to try it. One question is, can you edit the narration on individual slides after you have reviewed you presentation?

[@drumbilicus]

seems straightforward

[@gbx1570]

Thank you for the video, it was very informative as I am about to submit my presentation and I wanted to add narration to make it more creative and formal

[@SSTChemistry]

Hi there I liked your video very much. I have a question. Can I upload the ppt file with narration(which you say that its a video) in the KZbin ? How can you edit it ? Can you record using a Screenrecording software ? Please advice. I am a KZbinr, using PPT with a screerecording software. Is this what you told is an alternative to that ?

[@clairemorphy8367]

Absolutely great resource thank you. Can I ask. if you have 2 screens, can you record the full screen and still be able to see your presenter notes?

[@TheTechTrain]

No, I have three screens, and the notes still appear at the top, but I reduce the font size right down so I can see all of the text clearly at once. Alternatively, copy and paste the notes into a separate document and have that on the other screen.

[@pennyjaffray6892]

Thank you so much. This is a fabulous tutorial and I'll be trying it out now. What I would like to know is if I will need a microphone for such a presentation or should my computer's mic be sufficient?

[@MuhammadAsad-fu3gm]

Amazing wow..very useful video. Thank you

[@chickenpotatogod]

you are better then my actual teacher

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you so much! I'm very glad you're enjoying the channel. 😊

[@chickenpotatogod]

@@TheTechTrain no problemo

[@pwanlass]

Thank you for the video. Do you just save the powerpoint as usual or are there additional steps to save this file with narration?

[@MicahJohns]

Hey, I put this video on my KZbin University playlist for Powerpoint. Thanks for making this helpful content.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm delighted that you found the video useful - thank you Micah. Do let me know if you have any further suggestions or requests for topics for me to cover.

[@unleashyourskills]

Thank you very much for such a great information. It was wuute helpul for my presentation.

[@Romany1001]

I am having to do an online presentation on strategic management due to COVID-19 and this is a great tutorial, thank you!

[@georgetucci9443]

What saving format do you recommend that would allow me to email the finished product to my students? Very nice job by the way!

[@SuperRidar]

Oh this was such a great video. Well presented.

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you very much!

[@HoonGarage]

Well explained, thank you.

[@TheTechTrain]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.

[@adzmanariffin8715]

great presentation. thanks very much.

[@keylalovos2658]

Perfectly well explained. Thank you.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad, thank you.

[@mandysingh4044]

i got it all about narration, From India. The way you Teach is Highy Understandable. Thank you Sir.

[@TheTechTrain]

You're very welcome!

[@maireadstewart3062]

Very helpful indeed. Is it possible to use my narration and also another recording, such as a musical recording, on the same slide. This would be extremely helpful tome.

[@mazasher5587]

So useful for enhancing my university assignment presentation!

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm glad it helped

[@romaricasantos891]

Very informative. Thank you so much!

[@TheTechTrain]

Glad it was helpful!

[@josephwaye7870]

Thank you! Now, my slides can talk! Thank you!

[@chineduibeh8036]

Thank you for the awesome presentation. Do I need a microphone for this exercise as I use an old version of powerpoint which is suggesting that I should set microphone level? Can phone earpiece take the place of a microphone? Thank you

[@TheTechTrain]

You'll need a microphone for good quality audio if you're planning on presenting this

[@oscar9363]

One of the best and most helpful videos ever!

[@gfriendwewillwait5972]

This is a big help...Thank you for this tutorial..

[@lakdiva]

Thanks for a useful video. Some of us do our best in front of a live audience. I do have a few such video recording where PowerPoint captured is however out of focus or incomplete as they focused on the speaker. Can I include the soundtrack from that video to the PowerPoint used changing slides to get the timing and get a narrated PowerPoint?

[@ningaysing7601]

Hi there. I was so happy to find this video. I just finished my first PP and was wondering how to narrate it without having somebody video or record me. So I'm thrilled. I am told I can now upload my presentation using Office Presentation Services if I have a Microsoft account, which I do. So is that a good way to get it posted online so that it can be viewed by others. Or do I have to be doing a live presentation that way? Or better yet, can you direct me to one of your videos that shows how to do this next step?

[@harrietekole2303]

Thank you very much. With this covid-19 . This is most valuable. Much appreciated

[@KartKing4ever]

I'm just here so I can help my dad not have a meltdown.

[@thatrandomgirl5879]

Same 🤣🤣

[@bryanturner8726]

Excellent presentation. You answered all my questions.

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad, thank you.

[@amalfaraj-lloyd1294]

Hi, thanks for the video-very helpful. I wanted to ask if I could insert a recording to the recording on on of the slides (let’s say I missed saying something and now wants to add it without deleting the whole recording on that particular slide). Thanks

[@jeanclaudebertoni6262]

Great video. May I ask how to stop and start the process if the PP is very long and you cant finish it in one session. Is it best to do smaller PP and then combine when all done? Many thanks

[@marycinatl7071]

Very clear and helpful. Thank you.

[@jazeldorado1874]

Thanks. This will be of great help in my teaching

[@TheTechTrain]

I'm so glad you found it helpful Jazel

[@writetoexcite]

Thank you for that very helpful video. I was wondering if it is possible to avoid the split-second muting of your voice when you transition from one slide to the next? I am really struggling with that - and I tend to use a lot of slides. Much appreciated! Ryan

[@rodrigoalejandrotirapegui1003]

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[@chesnes0191]

Hi there. This was really helpful. My problem is that when it comes to playing back my recordings, the volume is very low. I'm not sure how to correct that.

[@TheTechTrain]

Go into your control panel, go to sound settings, find your microphone and increase the volume.

[@chesnes0191]

@@TheTechTrain Hi there. Thanks for your reply. I did try that and everything's at maximum volume. Now the PowerPoint is not even recording at all. I go through the first steps, then when I try to play back it's like nothing has been recorded at all. I have to record some lessons for my year 9's. It's really frustrating. Not sure what else to do.

[@Qasim78644]

LOVE U .... LIVE LONG AND KEEP ON MAKING THE WAYS EASY FOR THE PEOPLE

[@jaynestupple]

Many thanks . Super , easy to follow and really helpful 😊👍🏻

[@karenangelucci1048]

I am doing a slide show with narration and I want to have one of the slides be a video with me teaching some movements can that be done and included In the playback to my audience? Thanks for making the adding narration to slides easy to follow.

[@charlesdietz3064]

Very well done....Thank you. I do have a couple of technical questions: 1) besides saving the standard PPTX presentation in a PPTX format, where are the other components of the overall presentation / Narration stored? Is all of the the audio stored in an MP3 file, or ??? How about any drawing/ink on the screen? MP4 or something else? I have tried recording a 20 minute show using MP4, and the size became astronomical. I am looking for a solution that doesn't have this problem. Replies to my questions greatly appreciated.