• PD sem 2. Session1: Mix

    Welcome to this mini-session on using Mix

    These resources are designed to be 'self-directed', in that you should be able to work though these tasks yourself to meet the objectives, it should take you abut 30-60  minutes. Please ask us (FliT) if you need help.

    Learning Objectives are:

    1 You will be able to create a Mix from an existing Powerpoint

    2 Share your Mix with others via email or Moodle

    3 Add an interactive element to your mix

    Resources:


    What is Office mix?

    Office Mix is a powerful tool that you can use to turn your PowerPoint presentations into interactive lessons. For example, you can record:

    • Audio of yourself narrating a lesson
    • Video of yourself speaking to students
    • Record audio or video of other applications in action and insert them in your slide show
    • Insert content that users can interact with, like quizzes, polls, and simulations
    •  Ink being drawn on your slides

    What can Mix do?

    After you create a slide show, you can add the following elements to it using Office Mix:

    • Audio and/or video narration
    • Inking
    • Interactive content (quizzes, polls, simulations)

    What are the steps to create a Mix?

    1. Open a PowerPoint file
    2. Add your audio/video etc
    3. Publish it onto the Mix site
    4. Make it available either by email, any Website such as Moodle either has a link or embeded withing the page

    What do you need to use Mix?

    1. PowerPoint 2013 (or later) file
    2. Mix installed (should be on all NMIT PCs) but is available to download for free
    3. Camera and,or microphone

    • My rough example - took me about 5 minutes -as you can tell!

    • Flipped Activity

      You should have  already watched this intro video which was sent with the email, if you haven't please do do now. After watching you should be able to answer this question - Why would i use Mix in my class?

    • Activity One 

      - understand how mix works

      Watch the video below covering the 2 main steps: 1 Record your mix, 2 publish and share your mix

    • Activity Two

      Create your own Mix

      You need to find and open an existing PowerPoint file (must be in .pptx format)

      Now follow the instructions below:

      Help

    • Activity Three

      Upload and share your own Mix

      Now you have created your first mix you need to 'export' it and then share your mix

      Once you have exported it to Mix you can send the mix link via email or add to any Moodle site as a link, or embed it, if you know how (ask FLiT if you need help with this)


    • Activity Four

      Add interactive content in your Mix

      How To: Use Interactive content

       Interactive content is ready made content that you insert into a mix and that viewers can interact with directly. Quizzes, polls, science and math simulations, and videos from You tube or Khan Academy are all examples of interactive content. They provide a level of interactivity above and beyond what you can create in PowerPoint alone.

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