How to Add a PowerPoint Presentation to Your Course

If you're transitioning from live sessions, printed decks, or manual voiceover-based slideshows, ProProfs Training Maker lets you reuse your PowerPoint presentations without starting from scratch. You can upload your slides, enhance them with audio or video narration, and even convert them into navigable course pages for smoother learner interaction.

This is especially useful for:

• Teams migrating away from static or manual-slide PPTs

• Organizations looking to track participation and tie slides to assessments

• Instructors adding voiceover or video walkthroughs to explain complex content

• Course creators converting bulk content into self-paced formats with clean UX

Here's what a PowerPoint presentation looks like in a course:

Key Capabilities Based on Customer Use Cases:

• Upload PowerPoint files to chapters or pages

• Convert slides into separate pages for structured learning

• Add audio or video narration per slide

• Control learner experience with autoplay and no manual clicking

• Combine slides with post-course quizzes, tracking, and certificates

• Maintain platform branding, limit downloads, and ensure training compliance

In this article, you'll learn:

1. How to Add a PowerPoint Presentation to Your Course

2. How to Add Audio/Video to Your Presentation

1. How to Add a PowerPoint Presentation to Your Course

You can add PowerPoint presentations to your chapters & pages. Let us take you through the process.

Adding PPT to a Chapter

Step 1: Select a chapter from the left panel and click Change Media.

Step 2: In the overlay,

• Go to the Upload tab.
• Select Presentation and Upload your PPT file.

You can upload from local or cloud storage, viz. Google Drive or Dropbox.

Here, we will proceed with the sample presentation file by clicking Use Sample Presentation.

After adding the PPT, you can do the following:

1. Preview the PPT slides

2. Convert slides into individual pages of your chapter

When you convert the PPT slides into pages, they will look like this. In the TOC, you can edit the page title and reorder the pages. 

Adding PPT to a Page

Step 1: Select a page under a chapter and click Change Media.

Step 2: In the overlay, 

1. Switch to the Upload tab

2. Select Presentation

3. Choose to upload a PPT file from your local or cloud storage. Google Drive or Dropbox

2. How to Add Audio/Video to Your Presentation

Step 3: You can also add audio and video to the PPT. To do so, click Add Audio/Video.

Step 4: On the next page, you can do the following:

1. Switch between audio, video, and PPT.

2. Click the mic button to record audio for individual slides or upload a pre-recorded file.

3. Enable Auto Play if you want it to play automatically as soon as the user lands on the slide.

Click Done when you have made all the required additions. Your PPT is now ready.

What Happens After Uploading?

• Converted slides become part of your course structure — you can add quizzes, documents, or checkpoints after each slide

• Learners can go through slides at their own pace or follow the auto-navigation with narration

• You can track engagement, issue certificates, and even restrict downloads for data-sensitive content

Best Practices

• For compliance training, pair your narrated slides with final quizzes and minimum passing scores

• Use Auto Play + Voiceover to avoid manual clicking fatigue — a request made by multiple users migrating from manual-slide narration setups

• Upload decks to pages (not chapters) if you plan to add narration or videos

• Use slide conversion to pages when you want granular tracking or plan to add follow-up content

• Want to sell your presentation-based course? Add it to a paid plan and integrate with Stripe for instant access post-purchase

FAQs

Can I edit the PowerPoint content once it’s uploaded?

No. ProProfs uploads your slides as static images. You can’t edit text or elements inside the slides. If you need to make changes, update your original PPT file and re-upload it.

Will embedded animations or transitions in my PPT work?

No. Animations and transitions are not supported. The slides are uploaded as flat visuals, so all interactive effects from PowerPoint will be removed.

Can I add a quiz after a specific slide?

Yes. If you convert your PPT into individual pages, you can insert a quiz, document, or assessment between any two slides to reinforce learning or test comprehension.

Can learners download the PowerPoint?

By default, learners can’t download the presentation unless you provide a file attachment separately. This helps preserve training integrity and complies with content protection requests (e.g., Corey Smith's team).

And that's it! If you encounter any issues or have any questions, don't hesitate to contact our support team.