--- title: "Converting PowerPoint" slug: "converting-powerpoint" updated: 2023-08-15T19:50:47Z published: 2023-08-15T19:50:47Z canonical: "support.smarteru.com/converting-powerpoint" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.smarteru.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Converting PowerPoint There are several options for converting your PowerPoint presentations to SmarterU. These include: - [Adding the PowerPoint slides as online course tasks](/v1/docs/converting-powerpoint#adding-slides-as-online-course-tasks) - [Converting the PowerPoint file to a SCORM course with SmarterU](/v1/docs/converting-powerpoint#converting-to-scorm-with-smarteru) - [Converting the PowerPoint file to a SCORM course using iSpring](/v1/docs/converting-powerpoint#converting-to-scorm-with-ispring) Refer to the grid below to compare the options. | | [**Add Slides as Online Course Tasks**](/v1/docs/converting-powerpoint#adding-slides-as-online-course-tasks) | [**Convert to SCORM with SmarterU**](/v1/docs/converting-powerpoint#converting-to-scorm-with-smarteru) | [**Convert to SCORM with iSpring**](/v1/docs/converting-powerpoint#converting-to-scorm-with-ispring) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Can add quizzes to course** | ✓ | X | ✓ | | **Can add other online course tasks** | ✓ | X | X | | **Resulting SmarterU course type** | Online | SCORM | SCORM | ## Adding Slides as Online Course Tasks One option for migrating your PowerPoint presentation to SmarterU is to extract the content from your presentation and add it to an online course in SmarterU. This option enables you to add other online course tasks such as PDFs, activities, and quizzes to the course. 1. [Save the PowerPoint slides as images](/v1/docs/converting-powerpoint#saving-powerpoint-slides-as-images). 2. If your PowerPoint presentation contains audio or speaker notes that you want to reuse, [extract the content](https://support.office.com/en-ie/article/extract-files-or-objects-from-a-powerpoint-file-85511e6f-9e76-41ad-8424-eab8a5bbc517). The .ZIP folder will contain a PPT subfolder. Audio files will be saved to the Media subfolder; speaker notes will be saved to the NotesSlides subfolder. 1. From SmarterU, [add an online course](/v1/docs/adding-an-online-course). 2. [Edit the online course's content](/v1/docs/editing-an-online-course#editing-an-online-courses-content). The [Course Builder Dashboard](/v1/docs/course-builder-dashboard) displays. 3. For each PowerPoint slide you want to include in the online course: 1. [Add a content slide](/v1/docs/adding-a-content-slide). 2. [Use the WYSIWYG editor to insert the image](/v1/docs/wysiwyg-editor-adding-an-image-to-content) of the PowerPoint slide. 3. You can either add audio or include narration for the slide. To include a slide's audio, [add the audio to the content slide](/v1/docs/content-slide-audio). To use the slide's speaker notes as the [content slide's narration](/v1/docs/content-slide-audio#adding-or-editing-a-content-slides-narration), copy and paste the speaker notes to the [Narration field](/v1/docs/content-slide-audio#adding-or-editing-a-content-slides-narration). 4. Click **Save**. After adding your PowerPoint slides, you can add additional [tasks](/v1/docs/tasks) to the online course. ## Saving PowerPoint Slides as Images Another option for converting your PowerPoints slides for SmarterU is to save each slide as an image. You'll need to upload each image to its own content slide in your online course. To save the slides in a PowerPoint presentation as image files: 1. Open your PowerPoint presentation. 2. From the **File** menu, select **Save As**. 3. From the list of available file formats, select GIF, JPG, or PNG. 4. Click **Save**. A message displays asking which slides you want to export. 5. Click **All Slides**. A message displays indicating the folder to which the image files have been saved. 6. From SmarterU, [add an online course](/v1/docs/adding-an-online-course). 7. For each slide you want to include in the online course: 1. [Add a content slide](/v1/docs/adding-a-content-slide). 2. [Use the WYSIWYG editor to insert the image](/v1/docs/wysiwyg-editor-adding-an-image-to-content) of the PowerPoint slide. 3. You can either add audio or include narration for the slide. To include a slide's audio, [add the audio to the content slide](/v1/docs/content-slide-audio). To use the slide's speaker notes as the [content slide's narration](/v1/docs/content-slide-audio#adding-or-editing-a-content-slides-narration), copy and paste the speaker notes to the [Narration field](/v1/docs/content-slide-audio#adding-or-editing-a-content-slides-narration). 4. Click **Save**. ## Converting to SCORM with SmarterU You can use SmarterU's [built-in converter](/v1/docs/scorm-course-main#scorm-package) to convert your PowerPoint file to a SCORM course. Refer to [SmarterU File Uploads](https://support.smarteru.com/docs/smarteru-file-uploads-1#powerpoint) for file specifications.  This option does NOT allow you to add additional content, including quizzes, to your course. If you need to add quizzes to your course, we recommend that you use one of the other two options. ## Converting to SCORM with iSpring iSpring enables you to convert your PowerPoint file to a SCORM course. After the conversion, you can upload the resulting SCORM course to SmarterU. Refer to [Publishing a SCORM Course from iSpring](/v1/docs/exporting-a-scorm-course-from-ispring) for more details. ## Related - [PowerPoint to SCORM Converter FAQs](/powerpoint-to-scorm-converter-faqs.md) - [PowerPoint to SCORM Converter Supported Fonts](/powerpoint-to-scorm-converter-supported-fonts.md)