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Power Point presentations can be distributed via Sakai

When adding lecture presentations to an LMS like Sakai the main considerations are preserving the original layout and content of the PowerPointPresentation, ease of use for students to review, access, making notes and printing, and how quickly information can be updated. The nature of your course will determine which of the following formats work best.

Adding PowerPoint presentations to Sakai can be simple, but you need to follow a few simple steps that are specific to your computer, software and teaching as simply uploading the original .ppt file often runs afoul of Internet Explorer's Blocking of Microsoft Office Files for security reasons.

This article is intended to help you ready your files for Sakai and uploading them to the Resources tool using your specific software and computer.

[edit] The common methods of exporting PowerPoint files to Sakai

[edit] PDFCreator/Adobe Acrobat/OS X

This Option is HIGHLY recommended as in most situations it is the easiest and most effective method, both pedagogically and technically.

This Option Saves Your PowerPoint Handout Print-Out As a printable, formatted, document that is the most accurate representation of your PowerPoint slides. After a few quick steps you will have a file which all Computers Can View!

• PowerPoint:PDF:PC
• PowerPoint:PDF:Mac

[edit] Export as a Flash Movie

PowerPoint does not directly support this, but the few extra steps this might take results in a YouTube-like video that can be easily played on the web.

• PowerPoint:SWF:PC
• PowerPoint:SWF:Mac

[edit] Save As Web Page - or Web Site

This option exports your PowerPoint Presentation In a format compatible with most web browsers

• PowerPoint:WWW

[edit] Pure PowerPoint File

Computers with PowerPoint installed can display the actual PowerPoint files. We do caution against this option for a number of reasons which include accessibility, consistency and security.

• PowerPoint:PPT

About Power Point and the web

Learn how to export Power Point to add to Sakai as:
PDF files (recommended)	Mac	PC
As a Flash Movie/Video	Mac	PC
Embed from a third-party site	Embed
As Web Site	WWW
Pure PowerPoint File (no export)	Mac	PC

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