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4 steps to Creating PowerPoint 2000 as HTML and Uploading into Blackboard



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  1. Creating New Folder
  2. Saving Presentation as Webpage
  3. Zipping Your Files
  4. Uploading to Blackboard

**Also see how to upload PowerPoints to Blackboard without converting to HTML

Step 1. Creating New Folder

We are going to create a folder that we will use to store files from a PowerPoint Presentation.  We will then use these files to be zipped, uploaded, and unzipped into a Blackboard course website to be made available for students to view as a presentation.
  • From your active desktop, right click the mouse. 
  • Select New, from the menu that appears.
  • Once you have selected New, another menu will appear. From this menu, at the very top you should select Folder.
This will create a new folder on your desktop that we will be able to use to save our documents as we learn how to transform a PowerPoint presentation into an HTML file and then upload it into a Blackboard course.

Now, let's open a presentation to use for this demonstration, and go to the "Normal View".

Step 2. Saving Presentation as Webpage

  • From the "File" drop down menu, select Save as Web Page.
  • Then select Tools from the upper right hand corner of the window that appears.
  • Next select Web Options.

Under the General tab:

  • deselect the boxes next to Show slide animation while browsing and Resize graphics to fit browser window.

Under the Files tab:

  • deselect Organize supporting files in a folder and Office is the default editor.

Under the Pictures tab:

  • be sure both boxes are deselected
  • Click OK at the bottom of the "Web Options" menu.

 

Notice: When we complete this step we will NOT click Save. We WILL click Publish

Before we publish, there are a few things left to do on the "Publish as Web Page" menu.

  • First let's deselect Display speaker notes for now.
  • Also select Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later.   
  • If you would like to change the title of your web page you may select "Change." and then type in the new title. 
  • To select a location and/or change the default file name select "Browse".
  • You may want to Open published Web page in browser so let's select that button. Now when we publish our web page we can view it right away.    
  • Okay, let's do it!  Click the Publish button on the menu.

Step 3. Zipping Your Files


The next step in the process is to "zip" all the files in the presentation folder.  To do this find your WinZip program from the "Start" menu (Hint: this is not your zip drive). Note: For Mac users, using MacZip, this setup will be a little different. If you are using PKZip, then you will find instructions starting on page 16 in the back of this handout.To download software for your PC or Mac visit: http://www.twocows.com or try any other site that you know of that allows you to download software.
  • First, let's open WinZip
  • When prompted, simply select, I Agree, and proceed.
  • Once you have reached the WinZip main menu select New to create a new archive.
  • In the New Archive window that opens, create a filename so that you will be able to find it once it has been created. In the example it is called "Archive".
  • Now click OK and that launches the Add files window.
  • In the ADD interface, find the drive and folder that contain your presentation files.
  • Be sure to add all of the files that are stored in your presentation folder. The quickest way to do this is to single click on the very first file, so that it is highlighted. And then while holding down the Shift key, move to the very last file and single click on it.  This should make it so that all of the files are now highlighted. 
  • At this point you may now select Add.
Once you have successfully completed the steps mentioned above, a window should open that lists all of your presentation files as they have been zipped. 
  • Simply close that window and we will proceed to the next step of moving the presentation into Blackboard.

Notice that you do NOT need to save your archive after adding files.


Step 4. Uploading to Blackboard


  • At this point open Blackboard.  Please follow along as we go through the steps.
  • Click the Control Panel button.
  • From the Content Areas section, choose the area and folder where you want to place your PowerPoint Presentation.
  • Click Add Item.
  • In the Name field, select "Other -- Add Text Below." 
  • In the or specify your own name field, type a document title (for example PowerPoint as HTML Document).
  • The content will be in the attached file, but you may still want to use the Text field to enter a brief description of the file you are attaching.

  • A new window will appear, asking you to define the starting point for your presentation.
  • Select the shortest file name - it consists only of the file name and the htm extension.
  • Click on Submit.
  • In the Item Attachments area, click the Browsebutton and locate the ZIP file you created in step 3.
  • In the Name of Link to File area, type a link name, or leave it blank
  • The Name of Link to File becomes the linked text that the user clicks on to open the file.
  • Leave the Special Action set to the default "Unpackage this file."
  • Click Submit.

  • Return to the Student View of the course by clicking the CourseID in the navigation path in the upper left corner of your course.
  • Click on the Course Material button in the navigation menu of the Student View.
  • Within the Syllabus folder you will see your "syllabus as Word Document" item, with a link to the document titled "syllabus". Click on the link (Microsoft Word document)link to view the document. The word processing program will launch and open the file on your computer.
Note:

Depending on the combination of browser and word processor you are using, the file may launch differently.

Netscape browsers will typically ask whether you want to Open or Save a Microsoft Word document (select Open ), and open the document in a separate Microsoft Word window, leaving a greyed-out pane in Blackboard.

Microsoft Internet Explorer will open a Microsoft Word document within the browser itself instead of launching Word separately. Various combinations of browsers and applications can affect how a document will be launched.

  • Close the document if it opened in a separate window.

Appendix

In order to use PKZIP to zip and compress your files follow these instructions.

Open PKZIP. Go ahead and click OK to the window that appears. Then find the folder that stores your files on the desktop.

Click on it and they will appear.

Next click New.

 

Use the strategy you learned in WinZip to

  • select the first file and highlight all of them by holding the shift button as you select the file at the end of the list.
  • Then click Compress.
  • To complete click Done.

Follow the steps as you would above in Step 4 to upload the files into Blackboard.

 

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