Showing a YouTube Video in a PowerPoint Presentation
When displaying PowerPoint slides to students, it is often inconvenient to display a YouTube video by exiting the slideshow and opening up a separate browser window. If you have an active internet connection, there is a technique for pointing to the YouTube video and having it run right inside your PowerPoint slide. Just follow the easy steps laid out in this week’s tech tip.
Sending Students to YouTube without All the Clutter
YouTube videos can contain valuable instruction, but if you send students directly to YouTube to watch a video, they will be exposed to additional clutter beyond your intended video. Distracting advertisements, user comments, and other related videos, all outside your direct control, fill their viewing window. An alternative is to provide them a URL that displays the YouTube video in a relatively clean environment. This tech tip shows you how.
Downloading a YouTube Video to Your Computer
With the newly acquired campus-wide YouTube access, the next few tech tips will focus on how to effectively use YouTube in the classroom. This week’s tech tip specifically teaches you how to download YouTube videos to your computer to use when you may not have internet access.
The Power of Right Clicks
Want to save a little bit of time and simplify your workflow? Then these tips are for you. After all, the less mouse clicks the better. Right?
Tech Tips in collaboration with the office of Academic Technology.