How to insert powerpoint slides, embed

[JudyWolfe]

How do I do this step by step: To insert your powerpoint slides, click post and then insert. From the dropdown menu, click insert document and then choose your file. You will then, embed your Canvas Studio presentation by clicking the plug icon above your textbox, choose view all, and select arc media. Find your video and click it. 

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hi there, @JudyWolfe ...

The subject line of your question says "PowerPoint", but the body of your question is referring to Canvas Studio.  These are two separate things.  If you are asking about embedding a video from Canvas Studio...  Canvas Studio is a paid add-on product from Instructure (the folks who make Canvas).  I'm not sure if your school has chosen to pay for Studio.  If you do have Studio, you would see a "Studio" icon on the far left-hand global navigation menu within your Canvas environment.  The icon would look similar to what is shown in this Guide:

How do I access Canvas Studio? - Instructure Community - 1690 (See the illustration under the heading "Canvas Global Navigation Menu")

If you do not see the "Studio" icon within this menu, then your school has not paid for this product.

Now...if you are asking about how to embed a PowerPoint presentation instead, you can use the instructions found within this Guide:

How do I upload a document in the Rich Content Edi... - Instructure Community - 618233

In this Guide, the example used is a Microsoft Word document, but the instructions for linking to a PowerPoint file would be the same...and it can be displayed as an embedded file within your course.  (See the bottom of the linked Guide under the heading "View Link Options" for different display options available to you.)

I hope this will be of some help to you.  Sing out if you have any other questions about this...thanks!

[JohnHaver]

I had the same issue and ended up exporting my PowerPoint slides as images and then uploading them to Canvas Studio one by one. It’s a bit of a workaround, but it kept the look consistent. This method also worked great when I used timeline templates in my presentation since I could keep the visual layout the way I wanted without losing formatting.