Recording audio for PowerPoint slides and exporting as a video (Windows)

One of the simplest ways of recording a video of your PowerPoint slides is to insert audio into each slide and then have that audio automatically play when viewed. You can then export the slides and audio as a video. Here is how to do that.

1. Make sure you have the PowerPoint app installed on your Windows computer. If you want to know how to do that for free, read these instructions.
2. Open or create a presentation and go to the first slide. Click on Insert in the menu bar.​
3. Click on Audio and the Record Audio.​
4. Type in a name (optional) and then click on the record button to start recording.​
5. When you are finished recording for that slide, click on the stop button and then OK.​
6. Click and drag the speaker icon to somewhere on the slide.​
7. Click on Playback in the menu bar and then click on the dropdown menu next to Start and choose Automatically.​
8. Once you have recorded audio for all of your slides, click on File.​
9. Click on Export, Create a Video, choose HD (720p), and the Create Video.​
10. Make sure you save your presentation as well. If you save it to your Douglas College OneDrive account, you can also share that presentation.

Here is an example of a shared PowerPoint presentation with audio recording for each slide. It also shows you visual steps of what is shared above.