Import a slide deck

Bring an existing PDF or PowerPoint into a Roo as content activities instead of rebuilding it by hand.

If you already have a presentation, you don't have to rebuild it activity by activity. Tikroo can import a slide deck and turn each slide into a content activity you can present and interleave with questions.

What you can import

  • PDF files, and
  • PowerPoint (.pptx) files.

Each page of the deck becomes an image-based content activity inside your Roo.

How to import

  1. In the editor, choose to import a slide deck from the add/upload menu.
  2. Select your PDF or PowerPoint file.
  3. Tikroo processes the file and adds the slides as content activities, in order.

Larger decks take a little longer to process — give it a moment.

After importing

Your slides are now ordinary activities, so you can:

  • reorder them by dragging,
  • delete slides you don't need,
  • and — the whole point — slot interactive activities between them. Import your teaching slides, then add a quiz question after each section to check understanding.

Tip: imported slides come in as images, so text on them isn't editable. Keep the original file if you'll want to change wording later, or add a Text content activity alongside for anything you need to edit live.

Tidy up

Deck exports sometimes include a blank title or end slide. Delete any you don't want before you present so the session flows cleanly.