PowerPoint Presentation

I have had a few technical issues with powerpoint as i was doing my assignment on EDEL2001. This has helped me have a fair share of exploring powerpoint. I created a powerpoint presentation using windows 2007, i then later on uploaded the file i made to a machine which uses windows 2013, i did this because of the extra features that powerpoint 2013 has over the 2007 version.

My presentation had voice narration and background music as well, please note i was using powerpoint version for mac 2013, because part of the assignment in EDEL2001 required an upload of a youtube video i had to convert my presentation to a movie, after about four hours i realised that powerpoint version 2013 cannot convert the audio narration into quick time, therefore i had to use the other alternative which was to use keynote presentation, i found it very user friendly and easy to use as compared to yes, powerpoint. Notice i wanted to use the feature of converting powerpoint into a movie across various operating systems and devices, otherwise despite this technical hiccup powerpoint has many advantages and i use it on a daily basis.

I am going to share with you 2 exact presentations that i made with voice narrations, one with powerpoint and the other using keynote, i have drawn a conclusion that whenever i want to make a movie presentation i will use keynote because of the smooth output quality of my presentation especially the voice narration and the ease of converting into a movie, i will use the powerpont however for other linear presentations simply because i use windows and mac software and hence i save time on trying to convert the technologies to become compatible.

See below the movie i made using keynote presentation and i uploaded to youtube notice the good sound quality as compared to the powerpoint and draw a conclusion.

The presentation below shows the power point 2013 presentation that has been converted into quicktime movie, i lost all my voice narrations, the out come was a movie without any audio output.

Conclusion

From this particular experience i had with powerpoint, the tools that one uses for a presentation should be appropriate for the kind of presentation and also the audience . I have also learnt that other forms of presentations have features that make them suitable for use in certain situations. Powerpoint is a good presentation tool that as facilitators we should learn to unpack it and put it to full use especially in this digital age were software is updated regularly. This blog is a reflection of pros and cons of powerpoint during my exploration of its technical features.