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== Preparation ==

The Xibo software requires the presentation to be in video format to display correctly in all situations. This means that the prepared Powerpoint presentation needs to be converted before uploading it to Xibo. Luckily this functionality is already available in recent versions of Powerpoint. To convert your existing presentation, do the following:

Open your presentation (the file usually ends in .ppt or .pptx), and then click on the "File" menu in the top left corner, as shown below:

[[File:ppt_file|frame|none|The File menu in Microsoft Powerpoint]

Then choose "Save As", and select "Browse":

[[File:ppt_browse|frame|none|The File menu in Microsoft Powerpoint]

Now choose a location to save the file, give it an appropriate name and select "MPEG-4 Video" as the file type in the dropdown list. Now press save.

[[File:ppt_saving|frame|none|The File menu in Microsoft Powerpoint]

Powerpoint will display a progress bar at the bottom of the window indicating the progress of the conversion process. This may take a minute, depending on the size/length of your presentation. The screenshot below shows an example of this progress indicator.

[[File:ppt_progress|frame|none|The File menu in Microsoft Powerpoint]

== Login to Xibo ==

Navigate to [https://it-digitalsignage.stb.sun.ac.za/login it-digitalsignage.stb.sun.ac.za] and enter your credentials, as shown in the screenshot below:

[[File:xibo_login.png|frame|none|The Xibo login form]]

Please see [[#Questions]] below if you have forgotten your password.

== Upload a new presentation ==

To upload a new presentation, [[#Login to Xibo]] and open the Media menu on the left hand side, as seen in the screenshot:

[[File:xibo media.png|frame|none|The Media item in the sidebar]]

And click 'Add Media' in the top right:

[[File:xibo_upload.png|frame|none|Adding new media to the library]]

The upload form will display as shown below:

[[File:Xibo_upload2.png|frame|none|Uploading files to the library]]

Now click "Add Files", and choose your converted presentation (the file should end in .mp4). Once you have chosen the file, click on "Start Upload", and wait for the process to complete. This can take a few minutes depending on the size/length of your presentation. Once the progress bar has filled and the filename displays underneath the buttons, you can click "Done" to complete the upload. If you have uploaded the wrong file, search through the list of files (you may need to page through the items) and click on the triangle on the far right of the item, then click Delete.

== Change the live presentation ==

== Questions ==