How to put a
YouTube video into a PowerPoint Presentation
There are 2
activities
that must occur in order to accomplish the task:
1.
Download the video
2. Import
the movie into PowerPoint
Before you can download
a video, you must install a capture/converter program. Here's how:
1. Use the FireFox web browser.
2. From the Tools menu choose
Add-Ons
3. Click on the Get Add-ons tab
4. In the Search box type Media
Converter
5. Click Install Now
6. Accept all the dialogs asking
you if it's OK
7. Restart FireFox
After installing Media Converter you'll see a new icon that sorta looks
like a bird next to the web address field.
From now on, all you have to do is go to YouTube, then click on a
video. To download a video:
1. In step 1 of Miedia Converter, set the file type
to WMV and then give the file a name
2. Click the Next button to get to
step 4 (don't change any settings - just take the defaults)
3. Click the big Download icon in
step 4. (Remember to note where you are saving the WMV file).
The YouTube movie will be downloaded as a high quality WMV file.
Import
the movie
into PowerPoint
Getting the movie into
PowerPoint is a cinch.
Mac (PowerPoint 2008):
In PowerPoint,
turn on the Movie toolbar by using the VIEW menu. From
the VIEW
menu choose the submenu TOOLBARS and then MOVIE.
The first button on
the
toolbar is INSERT MOVIE. Click it.
Select the movie in the dialog box, then click the CHOOSE button.
Click on the
Insert menu and choose Movie