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Convert a PowerPoint Presentation to a WBT Course

You can convert a PowerPoint presentation to a WBT training course by uploading your slide deck to a Lesson within Frontline LMS. 

There are two procedures available for converting PowerPoint presentation to a course (WBT):

  • Upload a PowerPoint presentation (default): This procedure physically uploads your PowerPoint presentation to Frontline server. 
    • Once uploaded, each PowerPoint slide is converted to a PNG (default) image file asynchronously on the Frontline server. The author is notified by e-mail when the conversion is complete.
    • The benefit of this procedure is that your learners can complete the course from outside the office or it can be made available to your other divisions not connected to your intranet. As the PowerPoint file is physically uploaded, there is a restriction on the file size of 381 MB.
  • Upload PowerPoint slides as Images: This procedure stores the PowerPoint Slides as image files (PNG, GIF, or JPG file types) on the Frontline server.
    • A WBT created using this method will be visible to learners outside your network. This procedure should be used if your PowerPoint file is larger than 381 MB in size.

In either procedure, you can insert questions and remediation, and also have a final test if needed. The minimum permission needed to perform this task is Division Author.

How to Upload a PowerPoint presentation

  1. Select Author > Lessons
  2. Select New.
  3. Enter the Lesson Title and Lesson Code.
  4. If desired, enter the Copyright/Footer text.
  5. If desired, click the "..." next to the Navigation style box and select an option to change the style for the lesson.
  6. If desired, change the default selection of Linear Navigation (recommended) to Free Navigation.
  7. If desired, Select an audio feedback from the drop-down boxes for Correct or Incorrect Answers for the question cells. To hear your selection, click "...".
    1. This step is not necessary if you do not plan to insert questions/answers in your WBT course.
  8. In the section Publish PowerPoint Content, click Upload a PowerPoint Presentation.
  9. Enter the total Number of Slides in this presentation.
    1. To upload your PowerPoint as Images, click Upload PowerPoint Slides.
    2. Browse to the PowerPoint image file and select the images in sequential order (e.g., Slide1, Slide2, Slide3)
      1. If your PowerPoint has not already been converted to Images, review the below section to convert it.
  10. Does the training item for this lesson already exist?
    1. If Yes, select Existing, enter the search criteria, using % as a wildcard, if necessary. Click Search and select the training item from the list.
    2. If No, enter the Training Item Title and Item Code.
  11. Select Save.
  12. Select Preview if you would like to view the content as the learner would. 

The PowerPoint presentation will be uploaded to Frontline server and each slide will be converted to PNG or Flash file format. You will be notified by e-mail after the conversion is complete (process takes about 15 minutes).

If the slides are blank, the converter has not finished uploading your PowerPoint.

How to convert your PowerPoint into images

  1. Launch the PowerPoint presentation to be converted to WBT in PowerPoint.
  2. Select Save As... from the PowerPoint menu.
  3. In the Save As type box, select the file type as PNG, GIF or JPG.
    1. These are compressed file formats designed to play in a browser. PNG results in the smallest file size, followed by GIF, and then JPG being the largest.
  4. Browse to the folder where you want to save your slides. The folder must be on a network drive and accessible to all learners.
  5. Select Save and then Every Slide.
    1. A message that every slide has been saved as a separate file in the folder name you specified. Each file is named sequentially. 
  6. Select OK. 
By default, the folder is named same as the PowerPoint file and is saved in the same path as the original PowerPoint. So, if the original PowerPoint file is on your C drive, you will need to be careful about the path selected for the folder.
As a rule of thumb, larger the file size, better the resolution and the image quality, but it is slower to load. Image quality also depends on the content of the PowerPoint (text, graphics, theme used, etc.), so you should experiment with all three formats to get the best quality image.