Task 1

Task 1: My language learning history + future goals

• Goal: To make a narrated PowerPoint presentation.
• What is a narrated PowerPoint presentation? It is a PowerPoint presentation in which you have recorded your voice and set the timings for each slide so that the presentation can run automatically. For example: https://youtu.be/Q420jkAc05I
• Topic: Your language learning history & Future goals
• Due date: October 15
• Length: 3-4 minutes

Language learning history
When you talk about your language learning history you should talk about the most important things in your history of learning English. You should at least talk about 3 important things. For example:

1. When you were young you went to America for a holiday. You wanted to watch TV there but you couldn't understand the English. This is why you want to study English.
2. In Junior high school you had a teacher who inspired you to study English.
3. In university you did a study abroad program in Canada.

Future goals 

• Talk about your goals and how you plan to achieve them.
• Your goals can be short term (this semester), long term (by the time you graduate), and/or very long term (in 10 years).

How to make a narrated PowerPoint presentation and upload it to your blog: 
Written instructions:
1: Create your presentation using PowerPoint.
2: Record your voice for each slide.

3: Make the sound start automatically.
Click on recorded sound icon and then click on playback. Choose the start option: Automatically.
Do this for each slide.
3: Make the sound start automatically and hide animation (Hide During Show).

4: Make the slides advance automatically. Set the time to be a little bit longer than your voice recording.

Do this for each slide.

5: Convert your presentation into a video so that it runs automatically: * I recommend using a PC rather than a Mac to convert your presentation into a video
In PowerPoint click on File -> Export -> Create a Video * Presentation Quality = Best, Use Recorded Timings and Narrations, Create Video

Convert your presentation into a video so that it runs automatically: * I recommend using Windows rather than a MacOS to convert your presentation into a video

In PowerPoint click on File -> Export -> Create a Video * Presentation Quality = FULL HD, Use Recorded Timings and Narrations, Create Video

6: Upload the video to YouTube.
Log in to YouTube using your Gmail address. Use 限定公開/Unlisted to restrict access (only people who know the URL can see your video).

7: Post this video to your blog:
a) Create a new blog post
b) Give it the title 'Task 1'
c) Click "Insert a video" in Blogger
d) Then click on 'My YouTube videos' , then choose your video, click Select.

8: Finally, click the 'Update' button to publish your blog.

If you have any problems, please ask a classmate for help or contact your teacher.
Other examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POKQcE-_A6o