If you have based your lecture on a PowerPoint presentation, you can use PowerPoint to record yourself as you present, and upload it to Canvas as a video.

This guide assumes you have the latest version of Microsoft Office installed.

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Important when making a video!

Make your videos short and simple, and split your content into several videos if necessary – this will be a lot easier for the students!
Length 5–15 minutes.
Emphasize the most important.
Use examples and/or stories.
Share correctly: pictures, videos , charts etc.
If you usually provide written information, you can present this in a video as well.

NB This guide consists of three parts. At the bottom of the page you will find a Next button.

Part 1 – Producing the video
Part 2 – Uploading video to Mediasite
Part 3 – Uploading video to Canvas

The reason you have to upload the video to Mediasite before you can upload it to Canvas, is that video files are too large to upload directly to Canvas.

Making the video in PowerPoint

Connect a microphone headset to your computer. This is important to do before proceeding to the next step.
Open the PowerPoint presentation you want to use.
Go to the Slide Show tab.
Click Record Slide Show and choose Start recording from the beginning.
You will now see the recording window. If you want a small frame with your face in the bottom right corner (i.e. video of yourself), turn on the camera by clicking the camera icon in the bottom right corner of the window.
When you are ready to record, click Record in the upper left corner.
The recording starts. You can click back and forth in the presentation during the recording, as in a regular teaching session.
Click Stop to stop the recording.
To hear what you recorded, go to the first slide and click Play again.
Close the recording window when you are done recording.
Now you need to make your PowerPoint presentation into a video. Click File in the upper left corner.
Click Export > Create a Video > Choose HD (720p) and click Create Video.
Save the file to Desktop.
Now the video export starts. This will take some time, depending on the length of the video. You can check the status at the bottom of the PowerPoint window.
The video has been exported! If you want to make sure everything is in order, open the video from Desktop.
The next step is to make the video accessible for the students. Here you have two options:
- upload the video through OsloMet’s video stream service Mediasite (preferred method)
- share the video through OneDrive (or SharePoint)

- Upload a video to Mediasite
  
  Share video in OneDrive

NB The reason you cannot upload the video directly to Canvas, is that Canvas is not suited for large files (like video files). You will find instructions on how to make the video accessible in Canvas at the end of these video guides.