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Put a Powerpoint Presentation into WebCT Add a Converted Powerpoint Presentation to an Organizer Page

Add a converted PowerPoint Presentation to an Organizer Page

Add an Organizer page to the home page then add each PowerPoint presentation to the Organizer page as a Single Page. The benefit of this option is that you can selectively release items on your Organizer page eg. release your lecture notes after the lecture has been delivered.

• From your WebCT Unit homepage, select Designer Options
• Select the Add Page or Tool from Designer Links
• Under the Pages column, select Organizer Page
• Enter a title for your organizer page, eg. Lecture Slides HTML
• Click on an Organizer Page
• Check the radio button beside Link shows item title
• Choose an icon, if you would like to use one
• Click the Add button.

The browser will refresh to display the organizer page.

The new Organizer page will be blank. You can perform actions that will allow you to customise the page by selecting from the Options Menu. To add your PowerPoint presentation, you want to:

• Click on the Add Page or Tool link
• Under the Pages column, select Single Page
• Enter a title for your presentation (eg. Lecture3.html)
• In the Page Filename textbox
• Browse to your My-Files directory and Pick the first page of your presentation (eg. Lecture3.html).

Once you have selected and picked the first page of your presentation, eg. Lecture3.html:

• In the Add Single Page area
• Select Open in New Browser Window
• Decide where to show the link (Recommended: On an Organizer Page and select the name of the organizer page you created for your presentations)
• Choose between Link Shows item title and Link shows icon, or you can choose both options
• Click the Add button.

A confirmation screen will appear. Return to the Organizer page.

To Selectively Release your presentation:

• From your Organizer Page, select Designer Options
• Select the radio button next to the link you created (eg. Lecture3.html)
• From the Modify Selected Link menu
• Select Specify Selective Release
• Release based on the criteria you specify, eg. "Release after January 1, 2003, 14:00"

To test the page

• From the Homepage, click on the Organizer Page
• Select the student View from the top menu bar

• Click the presentation link (eg. Lecture3.html).

The presentation will now open in a new browser window.