I'm knee deep in creating some new workshop curriculum. I like to use videos as part of the instruction to trigger discussion or something at the end as a group bonding mechanism. Something that has eluded me is how to directly embed the YouTube Video. I've always had an elegant solution - include a hyper link to the YouTube Page.
I just discovered a way to embed the video directly in a slide. It isn't that hard to do and the above screencast will show you how. You need Powerpoint 2007 and a live Internet connection in order to make it work. This trick, along with being able to Tweet from Powerpoint is definitely going into my Trainer's Bag of Social Media Tricks.
Hi Beth.
Any time a presenter sees the words, "You must have a live internet connection", she should run for the hills. This is a recipe for disaster, because it never works as it should.
Here's the alternative, and it's easy and it works. PS if you're doing a lot of presenting, get a mac and switch to keynote. Really. It's worth it.
Anyway:
1. Visit http://keepvid.com/ and download the YouTube video you like to your hard drive.
2. Insert the video into your presentation.
there is no step 3.
Posted by: Seth Godin | March 09, 2010 at 06:58 AM
Seth is right on - especially about using Keynote. Another good tool is VideoDownloader for FireFox.
I've found that PP does not always like videos inserted into presentations either, so another reason to jump to Keynote.
Posted by: Jason Barnett | March 09, 2010 at 08:50 AM
Good suggestion about key note. VideoDownloader is a bit messy.. works fine if it is a class assignment but definitely not ideal for a formal presentation.
Posted by: Lalima | March 10, 2010 at 09:03 AM
Another suggestion
http://www.labnol.org/software/embed-youtube-in-powerpoint/9261/
Posted by: Beth Kanter | March 10, 2010 at 01:52 PM