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PowerPoint + audio + simple interactivity = Breeze

• Breeze enables you to create standalone online presentations
• Showcase
• Requirements
• Registration and setup (Download Breeze plug-in)
• Basic workflow
• Tips
• Detailed instructions

 

Breeze, powered by Adobe Presenter, is an authoring tool which makes use of PowerPoint, enabling you to add audio, video and interactivity to create standalone web-accessible presentations.

* Breeze (Adobe Presenter version 7) is currently not compatible with 64 bits version of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

Showcase

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Requirements

All you require are a computer with an internet connection, a headset with microphone and Microsoft PowerPoint (2003/2007) on Windows. It is also good to find a quiet place to minimise background noise, and to schedule enough time to create the Breeze presentation.

Registration and setup

1. Register and fill in the form. (For NEW user only, registered Breeze user proceed to Step 3)
2. Wait for confirmation email (by next working day).
3. Download Breeze plugin (Adobe Presenter) after receiving confirmation email.
4. Install Breeze plugin.
5. You will be prompted to enter the Serial Number during installation. Click to obtain the serial number.
6. Copy the serial number and paste it in the installation serial number text field.
7. Open Microsoft PowerPoint.
8. Configure Adobe Presenter Preferences (to set up publishing server). View Instructions.

Basic Workflow

Authoring a Breeze presentation

1. Open Microsoft PowerPoint.
2. Load pre-existing presentation or create a new presentation.
3. Record audio over presentation. Repeat for each slide.
4. Publish presentation to Breeze server.
5. Log in to https://breeze.nus.edu.sg/ to view your presentations.

Delivering the Breeze Presentation

1. Login to IVLE: Breeze Upload page.
2. Fill in the form with the appropriate information. Paste the URL of your Breeze Presentation in the Breeze URL field.

Tips

• Adobe Presenter menu doesn't display in PowerPoint

  Sometime you may have accidentally disabled the Adobe Presenter menu when your PowerPoint crashed. To enable back the Adobe Presenter menu, refer to the instructions here.

• Publishing Breeze outside the campus

  If you decide to publish your presentations at home, you are advised to use this alternative upload method for better speed and reliability.

  If you have inserted video or more than one hour of audio recording in your presentations, you are strongly advised to publish your presentations on campus instead. Your presentation may take a long time to upload from outside campus due to the large file size.

• Copying your PowerPoint files with Breeze recordings to another computer

  If you have recorded a Breeze presentation at home, but would like to publish it from a different computer on campus, then you must copy both the original PowerPoint presentation and the accompanying folder which Breeze creates for you. This folder will be found in the same location as your PowerPoint file.

  • For PowerPoint 2003, the accompanying folder will have the same name as your PowerPoint file.
  • For PowerPoint 2007, the accompanying folder will be the PowerPoint file name plus "_pptx".
    e.g. If your PowerPoint file is named "Presentation1", the folder created will be named "Presentation1_pptx".


• To display your Breeze Presentation in IVLE Workspace

  View Instructions.

Detailed Instructions

• NUS Breeze Guide
• Adobe Presenter User Guide

 

Copyright Notice

By applying for this service, you are declaring that you own all copyright for materials to be displayed or have obtained the necessary copyright clearance for these materials.

 

Breeze, Camtasia Relay & Ink2Go comparison

Feature	BREEZE	CAMTASIA RELAY	INK2GO
Create presentations in:	Windows only. Breeze presentations can be viewed on any OS supported by Flash Player.	Windows & Mac.	Windows & Mac.
Interface	A plugin which works only within Microsoft PowerPoint.	A virtual camera that records what is shown on your computer's desktop.	A virtual camera that records what is shown on your computer's desktop.
Audio recording	Yes. Record per slide.	Yes. Record in one take. Can crop start and end.	Yes. Record in one take.
Feature	BREEZE	CAMTASIA RELAY	INK2GO
Webcam recording	Yes.	No.	Yes.
Recording area	N.A.	Records full screen only.	Records full screen or selected area of desktop.
Multiple monitor support	N.A.	Yes.	No.
Feature	BREEZE	CAMTASIA RELAY	INK2GO
Extra tools	Insert interactive quizzes.	None.	Whiteboard. Annotation tools.
Upload mechanism	Publish to server when ready.	After recording, automatically uploads in the background whenever the computer on which you recorded is switched on.	After recording, the application uploads the video file.
Viewing	Flash-based web page, accessible from IVLE.	Video, stored on server, accessible from IVLE.	Video, stored on server, accessible from IVLE. Video file also available on the computer where you recorded the presentation.