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Articulate converts PowerPoint presentations to Flash for online delivery. The software allows instructors to add narration and animation to the presentation prior to the final conversion.
Once Articulate is installed it is accessible within a PowerPoint menu. The menu options enable instructors to add narration to individual slides by importing sound files or recording live narration with a microphone. Once the slides are narrated you can add addtional elements to each slide such as PowerPoint's animation effects, Flash movies, videos and other web objects.
Articulate also includes interactive objects such as simple quizzing and gaming activities that can be integrated anywhere into a presentation. Instructors can customize color schemes and the navigation controls for the user interface, and they can either setup a presentation to automatically advance or allow the student to move forward in the presentation when ready.
The software is easy to use and intuitive. Faculty can create highly interactive and media rich online lectures by combining PowerPoint animation effects, Flash objects, narration and links to web resources. A streaming server is not necessary in order to deliver the presentation. Nearly all computers have the Flash plug-in installed so there should be fewer issues with students ability to access and run the presentation.
OTEL has a copy of this product available in the Faculty Resource Center. Instructors may also record narrated PowerPoints in their office or home and have OTEL convert the lectures with Articulate.
