Saving PowerPoint As Web Page & Uploading to WebCT

Instructors have several options for showing a Power Point presentation in WebCT. (see save as pdf and uploading a .ppt file)

No matter which option you choose, you should first follow the instructions for Building an Accessible Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

This process converts your presentation into HTML, makes a zipped archive file which is uploaded into a WebCT course, unzips the archive, and makes a link on your course homepage. Menu and command names may differ depending on your version of PowerPoint.

Pros: Opens up as a web page. Quicker loading for students, can save with your notes for students to read.
Cons: Some formatting changes can occur in process. Web page format is frame-based and therefore not web-friendly in all browsers.

  1. Make a folder on you desktop and give it a name. Give the folder a simple, one-word name – no spaces or punctuation.. This is where you will save your converted presentation. (TIP: Use a word that is related to the subject of your presentation.)
  2. Open your .ppt presentation in Powerpoint.
  3. Pull down the File menu and select Save As Web Page.  A Save window appears.
  4. In the Save window, navigate to your desktop.
  5. Open the new folder you just created in step one . (This may happen automatically).

save as web page screenshot

  1. Save the presentation with the name default.htm – this is an important step.  Do not name your presentation something other than default.htm.
  2. When the save is complete, quit Powerpoint.
  3. Close or minimize any open windows or applications so you can see your desktop.  Find the presentation folder you made in step 4.  (If you open it, you'll see a file named default.htm and a folder named default_files.  All of these have to be uploaded into WebCT.) Close the window so you can see the folder on your desktop.
  4. Right click (or control+click) on the newly made presentation folder.
  5. On Windows, select Send to Compressed Zip Folder (or, Add to Zip). On Mac OS X, select Create Archive.
     A new icon will appear on your desktop. It is the zipped archive of your presentation folder and files.
  6. Open a web browser and login to WebCT6.
  7. Open your WebCT6 course where you want to add the presentation.
  8. Make sure you are on the Build tab. Go to File Manager.
  9. Click Get Files.
  10. Browse for the zipped version of the folder you created and open/select it. WebCT will upload the file.
  11. In your WebCT files, you should see your folder with .zip at the end. Click on the Action Link next to it and select extract.The extracted presentation folder is now in the list of files.
    (Click once on it, and it will expand to reveal the default.htm and default_files folder.)
  12. Now you may link to the presentation. Go to the page or tool where you want to add a link. For example, if  you want to add the link to the Home (Course Content) page, click Add File. Browse to the presentation folder and click once to open it. Find the default.htm file and choose this file. Click Add Selected.
  13. To test your link, go to the student view and click on your presentation icon. It should open in a new window and display the first slide of your presentation.

Note: if you’re not using Internet Explorer, you will get a message saying the slides are best viewed in Internet Explorer.  This message is Microsoft’s way of making you think you need to use IE.  Click the Continue link and you will proceed to the first slide.