Microsoft PowerPointMicrosoft PowerPoint

This “Good Guide” was created by Ajmal Sultany and Linda Murray for Learnhigher. Its use of animation means that much is lost in its printing as a tutor resource. It is available in digital form on the Learnhigher website.

Microsoft PowerPointMicrosoft PowerPoint

Outline

Introduction

The Good Guide – Microsoft PowerPoint

Activities

Question & Answer

Focus on Your Story

Beginning

Middle

End

“At the end of my presentation – I want the audience to have

learnt....”

Presentation Aid

You Are the Presentation

You Are the Presenter

Too Much Text = Overload

You Are Responsible

for the sleeping of the

Audience

Student survey

SOURCE: Jo Mackiewics (2008)

Students recognized that slides filled with text are problematic.

In aswering the question: What if anything do you dislike about the way other people design PowerPoint presentations?

27.3 % (44 in the sample) specifically mentioned the use of “too much text”, “too many lines” and “too many words”.

Students also noted that text filled slides lead presenters to read the slides rather than to speak conventionally.

For example, one student wrote, “I think the biggest mistake is relying on the ppt slides too much. You should know the info (presentation) and just use the slides to help the audience”

Too much textExample

27% of students disliked the use of:

“too much text”

“too many lines”

“too many words”

SOURCE: Jo Mackiewics (2008)

44 student sample

The Visual Revolution

. Visuals .

. Graphs .

. Just wild colours .

Use Images to Complement the Spoken Language

Fonts

1. Create sufficient contrast between the font and background colour

2. Use readable fonts

3. Use large font size

4. Make use of two different font types

5. Avoid the use of ALL Capitals

Correct use of fonts means clarity

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today."

MALCOM X

Crazy Font UsageExample

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today"

Large fonts

Readable

Sufficient contrast

Avoided All Capitals

MALCOM X

Bullet points

• Purpose of

• Use sparingly

• Reveal all points at once

• Use fading technique

You the presenter

How confident are you in Using your voice (clarity and volume)? Using body language (gestures, facial

expression)? Timing (speed, detail, length)? Responding to audience (eye contact,

changing pace given cues)? Dealing with nerves?

This is a real life example

And there are 15 other slides that look exactly the

sameBullet Point MadnessExample

How confident are you in:Using your voiceClarity & Volume

Using body languageGestures & facial expression

Building rapport Eye contact & changing to cues

Dealing with nerves Before & during

Over the top Animation

Visual or Sound effects applied to individual items on a slide

e.g. Fading of words or pictures

Over the top Animation

No problem in using animation but

Avoid excessive use!

Avoid unnecessary use

Avoid use of Microsoft Clipart images

This is Animation

Over the top Animation

No problem in using animation

...and this is NOT correct animation

Slide Transition

Visual movements as one slide changes to another

Slide Transition

WARNING:

Just because Microsoft has created it – it does not mean that you should use it.

E.G.,

“The Swivel”

Create Intelligent Presentations

Move anywhere within the current presentation Open another PowerPoint presentation Open another program (e.g. Excel) Link to a webpage

Hyperlink is a reference or navigation element in PowerPoint

These are the action buttons hyper-linking to the appropriate place

Be Unique

Create your own theme by utilizing the Master View and try to either:

edit an already made template (add logo, name, slide number etc.,)

design own template from scratch

Be Unique