In my last posting I commented on how sometimes having two visual channels in use, in particular the video feed of a presenter, alongside their slideshow, can have a detrimental impact on the learner's ability to take in the messages.
So it's not surprising that I'll raise this as a consideration when talking about Zentation - a beta product at the moment - that allows you to synchronise your PowerPoint slides with a YouTube video. In fact, if you've never thought about this issue or seen an example, then do take a look at the many sample Zentation presentations and judge for yourself. In particular, after a short while, does your eye gravitate to the video feed of the presenter or do you try to block that out, to just focus on the commentary over the slides?
To use the service you first of all have to upload your video to YouTube. You'll then need to log into Zentation and create a new Account and "Add a New Presentation." Once you've entered the details of your YouTube video, you next unload your slide and use their ZenSync too to provide precise start timings for each graphic in your presentation.
The service is free is you allow your presentation to remain in the public domain. Otherwise, for a private presentation, which I'm sure will be the case for many in the corporate learning and development space, you can take out a paid subscription.
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