Hi!
Today we continue our series of tutorials about creating course narration.
Last time we learned about audio recording, today we are going to take a look at how to
record video and add it to your course.
I already have my project open in PowerPoint.
First, I will make sure I am on the iSpring Suite tab and then I will head on over to
our narration tools.
I could go right ahead and click the Record Video button here but I prefer to go into
Manage Narration tool because it gives me a better experience when recording video.
To record Video Narration Select Record Video from the toolbar and you will see the Record
Video Narration panel appear.
I can now choose to add video narration to one slide at a time or several.
If you want to limit your narration to a single slide, make sure to check the Process current
slide only box.
I want to record multiple slides at once, so I am going to leave it as is.
If you have made any notes on your slide they will appear here in the Slide Notes section
of the viewer.
This is a great place to put your script so you can read along, it will also help you
maintain eye contact with the screen, so you aren’t having to look down at notes.
You can also copy and paste a script here or edit it at any time.
Now I am ready to record so I will go ahead and hit the Start Record button , then, when
I am finished that slide I can select Next Slide to move on.
If you aren’t quite ready to begin recording on the next slide just hit the Pause button
to give yourself time to prepare.
And then whenever you are ready select the Resume Record button to start it back up.
If you already have a video recorder you can also choose to import an already existing video file
by selecting Video from
the Top bar.
You can even select multiple videos at once.
Now I am given some import options.
I can choose to insert the video clip at the current cursor position or at the beginning
of any slide in my presentation.
I can also turn on Adjust slide duration to automatically adjust the slide length to fit
the length of the video.
Then, when I am satisfied with my settings I can select Insert.
If you already have video clips in your timeline you will be given a choice to cancel, or delete
clips.
I am going to go ahead delete this clip from my timeline and replace it with the video
I want to insert.
Before moving on I want to play my video back
by selecting the Play button.
You can also edit your clip by selecting the Edit Clip button from the toolbar.
Now it’s time to synchronise my video with slides and animation effects.
It is pretty awesome because iSpring lets me choose the exact moment an animation should
appear while watching the video.
All I have to do is select the Sync button and a sync panel will appear above the timeline.
To begin syncing, I will select the Start Sync button, this will begin playing my recording.
Now I can see that the beginning sync button has changed into a Next Slide or Next Animation
button depending on what will be the next step.
When I am ready for the next slide to change based on my recording I will select the Next Slide
button.
I can continue to do this to sync the whole presentation.
Of course, I can Pause and Resume the process at any time and when I am done I will select
Done.
Now what I have to do is Save and Close.
I am almost ready to publish but before I hit that button I just want to change the
Player. To do that I am going to select the Player
button then under the Select Player category in the top toolbar I will change from the
Universal player which will show my slides as they are set up in PowerPoint to Video Lecture
which will allow both my slide presentation and my video lecture to shown side by side.
This will change the player for the whole course.
There, now I am all set to Apply and Close.
Now it’s time to select Publish.
I can see here that under Output Options under Player that Video Lecture is selected
and if I wanted to change the player from here I could.
And there it is.
I really like the Video Lecture format with this presentation.
Thanks for watching.
Stay tuned for our next tutorial where I’m going to show you how to edit audio and video
with iSpring Suite.