Upload and manage slides in the video portal

Last Modified on 04/14/2025 6:35 pm IDT

About

Slides add synchronized visual elements to your video. You can upload full slide decks or individual slide images to appear at specific points in your timeline. Slides are visible in the player and enhance the viewing experience alongside your content.

The Chapters module must be enabled before using this feature.

In KMS and KAF instances that are set with remote storage configuration, slides on entries are stored and played from the remote storage. 

Add slides

  1. Move the cue point to where you want to add the slide(s).
  2. Click the arrow below the slides icon and select Upload Full Deck to add a series of slides (the supported formats are PPT, PPTX, and PDF), or Upload Single Slide to upload one slide (image file types only are supported).

Can’t see Upload Full Deck? Ask your admin to enable it in the Chapters module.

Upload full deck

  1. Click the upload icon.

    2. The Deck upload window displays

  2. Choose the resolution (default is Normal), then drag and drop the desired file or click +Choose a file to upload.
    3. You can return to the timeline while the upload is processing by clicking Back to Timeline.

  3. After the upload and processing have finished, the slides will be equally spread across the timeline and you can manually rearrange them.

Arrange your slides

  1. Click and drag the slide to the desired position in the timeline.

  2. In the slide information section, enter a name, description and tags (optional) for the slide.
  3. Click Save.
    4. Repeat this process for each slide.

Upload single slide

  1. Click the upload icon.

    2. The upload window displays.

  2. Choose a file to upload (image file only).

  3. Click Save.
  4. Enter name, description, and tags (optional). The exact time of the cue point is shown, and you can modify it if necessary.

    5. Click View in Player any time to see your changes.

  5. When you are happy with all your configurations, click Save.

    6. The slides appear on the player. To learn more about viewing slides on the player, check out our article Dual Screen.

Delete slides

  1. In the timeline, click on the slide you want to delete.
  2. Click Delete Slide

    3. A confirmation message displays: Are you sure you want to delete this slide? 

  3. Click Delete to confirm. 

You can only delete one slide at a time.

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