Importing from PowerPoint

Already have your training in PowerPoint? You can turn a .pptx deck into a CourseConverter course. AI reads your slides, groups them into logical modules, and brings in your text, speaker notes, and images — then you review everything before the course is created.

PowerPoint import is a Pro feature and uses AI. You''ll need an active Pro plan and your own AI provider key (added in Billing).

How it works

PowerPoint is a visual format — slides are arranged shapes, not a course structure. So importing is a little different from a clean structured file: CourseConverter extracts everything readable from your deck, then uses AI to organise it into a sensible course.

1. Extract — we read each slide''s text, speaker notes, and images.
2. Organise — AI groups your slides into logical modules and turns the content into course blocks.
3. Review — you approve the proposed outline, then review the full course, before anything is saved.

What gets imported

• Slide text — headings and body text from each slide.
• Speaker notes — often the richest content (your talking points), imported alongside the slide text.
• Images — every image is pulled in, added to your media library, and placed in the relevant module.
• Bullet lists — preserved where your slides use real PowerPoint lists.

AI decides how to group slides into modules and shapes the content into readable blocks, including a knowledge check per module where it makes sense.

What to expect (and what''s not included yet)

• Images appear at the end of each module. AI works from your text, so imported images are placed at the bottom of the module their slide belongs to. Move them wherever you like in the editor.
• Quizzes aren''t detected. PowerPoint has no real quiz concept, so we don''t try to guess. AI adds its own knowledge checks instead, which you can edit or remove.
• Charts, SmartArt, tables, and animations aren''t imported. Text from these is salvaged where possible, but the visual layout isn''t recreated. CourseConverter converts your deck into content, not a slide-for-slide copy.
• Diagram-heavy slides are simplified. Where a slide is mostly a visual diagram, the text is brought across but the layout isn''t.

Step 1 — Have your .pptx ready

You just need the PowerPoint file itself (a .pptx). Close it in PowerPoint before uploading so it isn''t locked. There''s no special export step — the deck as you have it is fine.

Step 2 — Import into CourseConverter

1. From your dashboard, click New course.
2. Choose Create from PowerPoint with AI.
3. Upload your .pptx file. Larger decks (lots of images) take a little longer to upload and process.
4. Review the proposed outline — the modules AI grouped your slides into. Adjust the course title if you''d like, then click Generate course.
5. Review the full course — every module and block. Tweak titles, then click Create course.

Your course opens in the editor, ready to refine and brand.

Tips

• Speaker notes matter. If your slides are sparse but your notes are detailed, the import will be much richer — the notes are imported as content.
• Review the module grouping at the outline step. This is the best moment to sense-check how AI organised your deck before generating everything.
• Everything is editable. Re-order blocks, rewrite text, swap images, add or remove knowledge checks — it''s a normal course once imported.

Good to know

• The bigger and more text-rich your deck (including notes), the better the result. A deck that''s almost entirely images will produce a thinner course.
• Your original PowerPoint file is never changed — you''re uploading a copy.