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For instructors who use Compass Chat/Whiteboard, pre-loading slide shows for display during a chat-based session has great potential for streamlining and enhancing the online experience. While these preloaded slides can be any .gif or .jpeg image file, instructors who are comfortable with PowerPoint may find the following procedure helpful as it allows them to convert PowerPoint slide shows to Compass Chat/Whiteboard slide shows.
In your PowerPoint presentation, go to File and select Save As.
From the dropdown menu next to "Save as type:" select JPEG File Interchange Format.
You will probably be asked if you want to save every slide in the presentation or just the current slide. Choose Every Slide.
By default, the folder of images is named the same as your PowerPoint presentation. Right click on the folder and select Send To, then select Compressed (zipped) Folder. This puts all of the images into one .zip file for easy handling.
Inside your Compass course site, go to the File Manger (select the Build tab, and under Designer Tools select File Manger).
In the File Manager find your .zip file, click on the gray dropdown arrow, and select Extract.
Your .zip file will be extracted into a folder of the same name. If you open the folder, you should see another folder that contains all of your .jpeg files.
Next, go to the Chat tool (select the Build tab, and under Course Tools select Chat).
Enter a Chat/Whiteboard, by selecting Go to Chat Room.
The Chat will open in a new window. Click the Slide Shows button.
Click the Create Slide Show button.
Select Add Slides.
In the pop-up window that appears, click on Class Files and select the folder that contains your PowerPoint presentation slides. Once you click on it, there will be another folder inside that you need to open as well.
You should see one .jpeg image for each slide in your slide show. Click the Check All box in order to select all slides. Hit OK.
You will return to the chat room. Next to Slide Show Title, enter a title. Click Save Slide Show.
You will now see your slide show in the list of slide shows. To show the slide show via Whiteboard, select your slide show. Click Load Selected Slide Show.
Your slide show will load in the Whiteboard.
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