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Embedding a webpage in a Powerpoint slide
VayaWillemenI tried ClassPoint briefly. I was hoping it would be integrated into the slide deck, but it's not really. It basically opens up Chrome in front of the slides while you are presenting, and then you can browse to where you want to go (using bookmarks if desired). But it's not really part of the slide, and it's not a specific website, just a new empty browser.
So yes, you can "stay" in PowerPoint as you browse, but it's not too much different than opening Chrome on your own (although that can be preloaded with your website of interest). And there is a large toolbar at the bottom that needs to be open during your entire presentation if you want to be able to open the ClassPoint browser on a slide.
Because again, ClassPoint is a tool to temporarily open a website while presenting, it is not adding a website to your slide deck.
So I'm not sure I'll be keeping this, even though it looked promising and may work well for others.
I understand that this "work around" of opening a separate browser in front of the presentation is not a solution for everyone's needs, it does solve my issue. When recording with OBS I have enough "self-directing" work as is with assigning actions to key-combinations, remembering these (on top of all the zoom and annotate shortcut combo's that are in place) and switching between OBS scenes at the right moment in an online class + looking in the correct camera when addressing the audience. Having to leave my presentation (and presenter screen) during a presentation + demo in virtual machines + online resources to be shown live in real-time to switch to a browser and changing scenes accordingly just wasn't it for me. And this Classpoint does provide a solution for me.