What is Office Mix?

A new PowerPoint addin that is free from Microsoft. Follow the download directions to install it into your PowerPoint program. Once it is installed you will see a new tab called Mix that will give you the abilty to create your Mix media.

So what is Mix? If you are aware of TechSmith's Camtasia and the way that it works with PowerPoint Presentations, then my explanation is simple. It is Microsoft's version of that function. Mix allows you to automate your PowerPoint presentation and save it as a video for sharing. It has many other features built into it but one of the things that it does that is useful in classroom situations, is to allow you to create quizzes with in the presentation. It also provides screen and sound capture that you can insert in a slide, insert other video files, insert audio and then do playback/recording your narration of your slideshow. You can then publish this recording to your online onedrive storage area and share it with whomever you wish.

It's pretty slick. Once you get the general function of it, then it becomes very easy to use. All you have to do is dream up and produce your content and then deliver it to the world.