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With a PowerPoint Macro, it is possible to save your slides and import them directly into Moodle Book using Import Chapter.
Attached is the Macro Code, and below you can see step by step how to do it. Note - This works on PowerPoint 2010 and should work for 2007 but not tested.
0. Load PowerPoint and the PPT file you want to Import into Moodle
1. Now, get Macros enabled on your PowerPoint (You need to see the Developer Tab). You might need admin support for this
2. Click on the Macros button, enter any Macro name (macro999), then click edit
3. Delete any code in the Macro already, and paste in the Macro in the attached file. For safety sake, you should always check any foreign Macro to make sure it isn't doing anything weird - this one doesn't but check it anyway ps - never edit the macro using Word, or it will mess up the quotes. Use notepad or notepad++
4. Before you run the macro, make sure you select the Tools tab, and References. Make sure you have Visual Basic for Applications, Microsoft PowerPoint nn.n Object Library, OLE Automation, and Microsoft Office nn.n Object Library enabled. ps nn.n = the version number, so on my PowerPoint 2010 it is 14.0 - You only need to do steps 1 & 4 once per computer, but I think you need to do steps 2 & 3 for every presentation
5. Run the Macro - PowerPoint_ExportSlidesForMoodleBookImport
6. Select your pixel width (for example 600 or 700 or 800)
7. After the Macro completes running, there will be a folder in the same directory as the original PPT file, with the same name as the PPT file. In that folder will be an HTML page and and .PNG image per slide. If you just want the pictures, you are all set. The HTML page is really only there because the Chapter Title comes from the PowerPoint slide title and Moodle needs that (saves you typing it in again!)
8. Create a Zip file, and add all the images and html sorted in Name order (that way the chapters all work fine). If you want any of the slides to be subchapters, rename the HTML files and add "_sub" to the end of the name.
9. Now go to Moodle, select the Book you want or create a new one, and select "Import Chapter", and upload the zip file. If you get an error message saying there were no chapters to import, then you created the zip file but forgot to put the HTML and Image files into it.
10. You now have your book imported nicely. You can import more chapters from another powerpoint file at the end if you want.
Finally - should this be stored somewhere within Moodle that is more useful? If yes, please say where and I can include some screenshots to help (once a few people have tested this and ironed out any glitches)
All the best!
