Recording Presentations with Keynote

Recording a slideshow with audio presentation in Keynote is fairly simple and does not require any additional software. Here are the steps.

• After completing your slide show, select the show or hide document and audio options button in the upper right-hand corner of the window

  

• Select the Audio tab and click the Record button

  

• This brings you to a presentation screen that shows options to make a Recording

• Make sure the mute microphone button is grayed out and you see an audio level when you talk or audio will not be recorded

  

  

• Click the red record button and you will see a three second countdown after which your slides and audio are being recorded

  

  

• As you talk, use the forward and back arrow keys to navigate through your slide show

• When you are finished, click the red record button again to stop recording

  

• On the bottom of the screen there is a navigation bar that you can drag to see your slides and/or trash the recording

  

• If you wish to see the recording, click the play button or to see it full screen, select the escape key to bring you back to keynote's navigator view. The green highlighted waveform indicates there is a recording

  

• On the top of the window is a play button. Click it and choose Play Recorded Slideshow

  

• If you are happy with the recording go to File> Export To> Movie

  

• Then save it as a Slideshow Recording

  

• Keynote saves the movie as a .m4v file which can be viewed on many computers. An example follows:

If you want to view some YouTube videos demonstrating this procedure and a way to include a video of you giving the talk, check out these videos. If including a video of yourself, additional software is required.