Narrated Lectures

This page describes options for creating narrated lectures. Please review the Instructional Design Team’s Best Practices for Narrated Lectures page for recommendations on how to create high quality narrated presentations.

Hardware Requirements

To create narrated presentations you will need a computer with a microphone. If you would like to include video of yourself as well as audio you will need a computer with a webcam.

Laptop computers (with microphones and webcams), microphone headsets, and webcams are available for checkout from CIRT.
Directions for configuring a microphone for narration on Windows and Mac computers an be found at How To Configure a Microphone to Record Narrated Presentations.

Solutions for Creating Narrated Lectures

Solution	Description	Getting Started
Canvas Studio (formerly Arc) (recommended solution)	Canvas' built in screen recording tool to narrate your lectures Platform: Windows and Mac Add to Canvas: Using the Canvas Studio tools	Directions for creating narrated lectures with Canvas Studio - Windows Directions for creating narrated lectures with Canvas Studio - Mac
Office365 (recommended for previously narrated PowerPoint files)	Office365 is a cloud based platform that allows you to store and access files from anywhere. It allows users to create and edit files using lightweight, web browser-based versions of Microsoft Office apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Platform: Windows and Mac Add to Canvas: Using Office365 integration.	Using Office365 for Narrated PowerPoints
Keynote	Keynote is a software developed by Apple for creating presentations that has a narration feature. A narrated Keynote presentation can be exported as a QuickTime movie and added to Canvas using Arc. Platform: Mac Add to Canvas: Arc	Directions for creating a narrated lecture with Keynote

Solution

Description

Getting Started

Canvas Studio

(formerly Arc)

(recommended solution)

Canvas' built in screen recording tool to narrate your lectures

Platform: Windows and Mac

Add to Canvas: Using the Canvas Studio tools

Directions for creating narrated lectures with Canvas Studio - Windows

Directions for creating narrated lectures with Canvas Studio - Mac

Office365

(recommended for previously narrated PowerPoint files)

Office365 is a cloud based platform that allows you to store and access files from anywhere. It allows users to create and edit files using lightweight, web browser-based versions of Microsoft Office apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.

Platform: Windows and Mac

Add to Canvas: Using Office365 integration.

Using Office365 for Narrated PowerPoints

Keynote

Keynote is a software developed by Apple for creating presentations that has a narration feature. A narrated Keynote presentation can be exported as a QuickTime movie and added to Canvas using Arc.

Platform: Mac

Add to Canvas: Arc

Directions for creating a narrated lecture with Keynote

CIRT uses a third-party service to provide captions and transcripts for narrated lectures. Instructors that have already recorded videos that need to be made more accessible can complete the Transcript Request Intake Form.