Presentation Manager is a tool within the Unity classroom that creates, edits, and manages presentation files.

A presentation file contains one or more slideshow URLs. The slideshow URL refers to an XML file that provides information about the slideshow and references for all the slides within the slideshow. From the Presentation Manager you select a slideshow from the currently open presentation file. This slideshow is then sent in a Presenter window to all the users within the Unity classroom. The Presenter window loads and displays the slides specified in the slideshow XML file. Every user within the classroom will receive their own copy of the slideshow within their Presenter window. A slide can be an image, video, or iSpring animation.

For information on viewing the slides in a Presenter slideshow, see Presenter.

For information on using Presenter to show slides to the participants of a Real Time Session, see Presenter for Instructors.

Content

• Open Presentation Manager
• Create a Presentation
• Open a Presentation
• Rename a Presentation
• Edit a Presentation
  • Add a Slideshow URL
  • Remove a Slideshow URL
  • Change the Slideshow URL Order
• Delete a Presentation
• Validate a Slideshow URL
• Send a Slideshow to the Class
• End the Class Slideshow

Open Presentation Manager

To start Presentation Manager:

1. Login to a Unity classroom.

2. Select PRESENTATION MANAGER from the ADMIN TOOLS menu on the Unity navigation bar at the top of the Unity window.

    

   This starts the Presentation Manager window.

    

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Create a Presentation

To create a presentation:

1. Within the Saved Presentation URL List:, navigate to the folder where you plan to keep your presentation files.
   For more information about Unity folders see Managing Unity Folders.

2. Select <Create New Slideshow> from the Saved Presentation URL List:.
   This will clear the Presentation Title:, Presentation URLs: list and the Presentation URL: fields.

3. Enter a slideshow URL in the Presentation URL: field.
   See below:

   

   Selecting the ADD button moves the slideshow URL from the Presentation URL: field and adds it to the Presentation URLs: list.
   See below:

   

   Repeat this step until you have all the slideshow URLs for the presentation listed in the Presentation URLs: list.

4. Enter a title for the presentation in the Presentation Title: field.
   This title will be used as the filename for the presentation file when it is saved to the Unity folder.

5. Select the SAVE button to save the presentation to the currently open Unity folder. See below:

   

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Open a Presentation

Within the Presentation Manager window, in the Saved Presentation URL list:, left click on the presentation filename. The presentation file will open and populate the Presentation Title: and Presentation URLs: list.

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Rename a Presentation

1. Select and open a presentation file.

2. Change the Presentation Title: field to the desired filename.

3. Select the SAVE button.

4. When prompted "Do you want to create a new file instead of renaming the existing file?" select the NO button. The presentation file will be saved with the new title as the filename.

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Edit a Presentation

After opening a presentation file, the slideshow URLS for that presentation are displayed in the Presentation URLs: list. The contents of the Presentation URLs: list can be modified and then saved back to the presentation file. The acceptable actions are:

• Add a slideshow URL to the Presentation URLs: list.
• Remove a slideshow URL from the Presentation URLs: list.
• Change the slideshow URL order in the Presentation URLs: list.

When you have the slideshow URLs in the Presentation URLs: list arranged to your liking, save the slideshow URLs to the filename specified by the Presentation Title: field by selecting the SAVE button.

Add a Slideshow URL

1. Enter a slideshow URL in the Presentation URL: field.

2. Select the ADD button to move the slideshow URL from the Presentation URL: field and add it to the Presentation URLs: list.

Remove a Slideshow URL

1. Select a slideshow URL in the Presentation URLs: list.
   When a slideshow URL is selected, it becomes highlighted and the slideshow URL is copied to the Presentation URL: field.

2. Select the REMOVE button.
   The selected slideshow URL will be removed from the Presentation URLs: list.

Change the Slideshow URL Order

1. Use the up and down arrow buttons to move the slideshow URLs up or down in the Presentation URLs list.

   

2. When the slideshow URLs are in the desired order within the Presentation URLs: list, select the SAVE button. The presentation will be saved and the slideshow order preserved within the presentation file.

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Delete a Presentation

1. In the Saved Presentation URL list:, select the presentation file.
   The presentation file will open and populate the Presentation Title: and Presentation URLs: list.

2. Select the DELETE FILE button. When prompted "Are you sure you want to delete this item?", select YES.

3. Select <Create New Slideshow> from the Saved Presentation URL list: to clear the Presentation Title:, Presentation URLs: list and the Presentation URL: fields.

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Validate a Slideshow URL

To test that a slideshow URL specifies a valid Presenter slideshow (XML file):

1. Open a presentation file.

2. Select a slideshow URL in the Presentation URLs: list.
   When a slideshow URL is selected, it becomes highlighted and the slideshow URL is copied to the Presentation URL: field.

3. Select the TEST button.
   If the URL is invalid or the specified file is not a valid XML slideshow file, an error message will display in a pop-up window.
   If the URL is valid, the slideshow title will display in the Presentation Title: field.

4. Select the <Create New Slideshow> to clear the Presentation Title:, Presentation URLs:, and the Presentation URL: fields.

WARNING: Validating a slideshow file will replace the presentation filename in the Presentation Title: field with the slideshow title. So don't save the presentation after testing a slideshow URL.

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Send a Slideshow to the Class

1. Open a presentation file. The slideshow URLS for that presentation will be displayed in the Presentation URLs: list.

2. If there is more than one slideshow URL in the Presentation URLs: list:
   1. Select the URL for the slideshow you want to send to the class. Make sure it is high-lighted.
   2. Use the up-arrow button to move the selected URL to the top of the Presentation URLs: list.

3. Select the SEND button. Every user in the Unity classroom will get a Presenter window displaying the specified slideshow.

Please note that only one slideshow may be sent/displayed at a time. You will have to end the current slideshow before opening the next slideshow in the presentation file.

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End the Class Slideshow

1. Select the END button in the Presentation Manager window.

2. Select YES when prompted "Are you sure you want to close the Presenter for everyone?"
   This will end the class slideshow and close the Presenter window for all users in the classroom.

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