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Packaging a PowerPoint Presentation for Blackboard

You will:

1. Generate HTML Files for the PowerPoint Presentation
2. Zip (Compress) the (HTML Files)
3. Upload the Zipped (Compressed) Package into Blackboard
   

Information provided in this document is based on the use of Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 (or higher) and Windows XP.

How to Generate HTML Files Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

1. Create or open your PowerPoint presentation in MS PowerPoint 2000.  (If you create a new presentation, save a copy in its original format.)
2. From the “File” menu, select Save as Web Page.
3. Under the “Save in:” drop-down menu at the top, choose Desktop (or specify a location).
4. Click Publish (near the center of the window).
5. Under the “Publish What?” section, make sure Complete Presentation is selected.
6. Under the “Publish What?” section, determine if you want to display speaker notes (these may have been placed in your original PowerPoint presentation). If so, check the box next to Display Speaker Notes.
7. Under the “Publish What?” section, click the Web Options button to review other options. Click OK if any selections have been made.
8. Under the “Browser Support” section, select All Browsers Listed Above.
9. Click Publish.
10. Your HTML files should now appear on the desktop (or the location you selection in Step 3).  On the desktop, you should see two (2) new items, which will have similar names: the original presentation saved as a web page (HTML file) (the web page should have an .htm extension) and a folder with the same name (should have _files added to the name).  The web page (with the .htm extension) will be used later as the “point-of-entry” file in Blackboard.
11. Create a new folder on the desktop – name the folder using all lower case letters, with no spaces or special characters.  Place the web page (.htm extension) and the folder (with _files added to the name) in the new folder.

How to Zip (Compress) the HTML Files Using Windows XP

1. Locate the new folder that you created on the desktop – do not open the folder.
2. With your right mouse button, click on the folder.  A menu should appear.
3. Click Send To  and select Compressed (zipped) Folder.
4. You will receive a Compressed (zipped) Folder pop-up.  Click Yes.
5. The compressed file will now appear on your desktop.  The file will have the same name as the folder, but the icon (image) will be different.

How to Upload the Zipped (Compressed) Files into Blackboard

1. Open the course in Blackboard where the zipped (compressed) PowerPoint presentation will be placed.
2. Determine the content area that will house the presentation.  Click the appropriate button (or text link), or access the content area using the Control Panel. (If you clicked the button or text link, you must click Edit View button in the top right-hand to edit this section.)
3. Add an Item, Folder (and Item), or Learning Unit (and Item), or modify an existing Item, Folder, or Learning Unit (to add the presentation).
4. Add the content information (name, text, etc.) under the Content Information section (1).
5. Under the Content section (2), you will Browse to add the presentation.  When you click Browse, locate the zipped presentation on your desktop and double-click on the item or click on the document once and then click Open.  You must use the zipped file and NOT the folder you created.
6. You can now add a text link for the presentation in the Name of Link to File field. This is the link the user will click to open your presentation.  This step is optional.
7. Under the Special Action section, select Unpackage this File from the drop-down menu.
8. Under the Options section (3), select any other options that you want to apply to your document.
9. Click Submit.
10. You will be taken to the File Options page.  Under Package Entry Point, you must identify the page of the presentation that will be the starting point or “primary entry point”.  This will be your original .htm file (from Step 10 under “How to Generate HTML Files”.  The file will probably be the first item on the list).  Select the item.
11. Determine whether you want your presentation to open in a new window.  If so, place a check in the box after Launch in a New Window.
12. Click Submit.
13. You will receive a Content Added receipt.  Click OK.
14. You will now have a link to your packaged PowerPoint presentation.