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Thanks for this Gary. We've been using Impatica for PowerPoint for a while and it's pretty useful, albeit there's an occasional glitch / hiccup for which we've had to seek help from Impatica's tech folks. I think we've discussed PowerPoint to HTML conversion before,around March of this year, but for anyone new to this, here's what we do: 1. Create a new folder 2. Put your new PowerPoint file into the folder. 3. Open the new PowerPoint then click to "save as" a web page. 4. Click on "Publish" 5. Click to open "Web Options" then set these so that you have browser colors (General tab), files organised into one folder with links updated (File tab)and pictures set to 800x600. You might also want check that IE4 and upwards can see it (Browsers tab). 6. Now click "Publish", et voila! To upload to BB: 1. Zip together the html file and the folder with your converted pages. 2. Upload your site, remembering to ask BB to "unpackage this file". So far this has worked fine for us, making PPT presentations available to our financially challenged students. Do you think Microsoft will give me a discount /commission too? Terry Corcoran IT & eLearning Co-ordinator School of Nursing, Midwifery & Community Health A329 Govan Mbeki Building Glasgow Caledonian University G4 0BA The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient at the e-mail address to which it has been addressed. It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than this addressee, nor may it be copied in any way. If received in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views or opinions of Glasgow Caledonian University, unless specifically stated. -----Original Message----- From: CLAY Gary M [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 09 October 2003 11:19 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Powerpoint in Blackboard We are about to consider the use of Impatica for this. Their web site I believe is at www.impatica.com - if anyone from the company is watching, could they provide us with a discount (100%) for this bit of advertising ;-) ---------------------------------------------- Gary Clay Learning Development Manager Information Services Telephone 01785 35 3648 e-mail [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Crowe David Dr (LIB) l151 [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 08 October 2003 18:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Powerpoint in Blackboard Sounds like the problem addressed in the Blackboard knowledge base entitled "Microsoft Office XP documents are not accessible in Blackboard 5.5.1" We had a problem with Powerpoint presentations only and this did the trick. The fix described in the knowledge base is aimed at those running the server on a Microsoft platform. Something similar works for a Unix box. The fix is to find the perl module ContentFileTools.pm, and edit the line that starts my @exts_video (about line 22), using a text editor, eg. vi in Unix or Notepad in Windows. You just have to add the extensions ppt, pps and possibly doc to the line. Line 22 before modifications: my @exts_video = qw(avi mpg mpeg mpe qt mov moov wma asf); Line 22 after modifications: my @exts_video = qw(avi mpg mpeg mpe qt mov moov wma asf ppt pps doc); If you need any more details Kathy, you can email me. ________________________________________________ David Crowe Senior Systems Developer The Library University of East Anglia Norwich Phone 44 (0)1603 593501 Mobile 0770 2055 958 -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Boyer [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 08 October 2003 16:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Powerpoint in Blackboard We are having great difficulty in getting powerpoint presentations to work in Bb if they have been saved as web pages. Anybody got any quick fixes for a frustrated team? Kathy Boyer VLE co-ordinator Shipley College