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Impatica for PowerPoint Overview

Overview

Impatica for PowerPoint is desktop software, available for both Windows and Mac, that enables simple delivery of animated, narrated PowerPoint presentations to any user. It reads and interprets PowerPoint files and produces a compressed file that can be streamed over the Internet. It is currently used at over 1,600 colleges and universities for distance education, e-learning, and online communications.

Additional Resources To learn more about Impatica, view the Impatica Product Overview. To learn more about how other higher education institutions are using Impatica, view Impatica in Higher Ed.

Here are some highlights of Impatica for PowerPoint:

Reach

All recipients can view the presentation:

• On any computer, any operating system
• Even on a dial-up connection
• Without the need for any plug-in or player, PowerPoint, or any additional software

Ease Of Use

• Simple drag-and-drop on desktop
• Delivery from any Web server or by e-mail
• Seamless integration with learning management systems, including WebTycho

Multimedia Presentation

All features contained in PowerPoint are maintained, including:

• Sound or narration
• Pictures
• Animations
• Transitions
• Hyperlinks
• Video

High Compression

• Typically 80%-95% reduction of original file size

Additional Resources To see a sample Impatica file, review Impatica Example 1 or Impatica Example 2. To see how UMUC faculty are using Impatica for PowerPoint, visit the Faculty Innovators Web pages.