Effective Presentations

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Effective Presentations -
Planning

• Dont put too much on each slide.
• Each slide can hold up to 1/6 of the amount you
  might put on an A4 worksheet.
• Use lots of slides instead of cramming everything
  in.

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Effective Presentations -
Planning

• It is worth scribbling ideas for each slide on
  paper, unless you have a brain that can visualise
  things very clearly in advance.

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Effective Presentations -
Text

• All text needs a text box

• Dont make text too small. Rough rule - at
  least double the text size you would use on a
  worksheet.

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Effective Presentations -
Bullet points

• Eyes blink more often when looking at a big
  screen, so it is harder for students to keep
  track of their place.
• Use bullet points to help eyes to navigate the
  text.
• Dont use too many bullet points Rough rule -
  Divide the year group by 2, and that gives
  maximum number of bullet points.

Example 11 / 2 5.5
so Year 11 will cope best with maximum of 5 or 6
bullet points
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Effective Presentations -
Colours

• Contrast is very important. Projected images
  are harder to see anyway!

• Set colours using the Fill, Line and Font Color
  tools

• Its tiring to look at a slideshow if the colours
  keep changing. Maybe change colour schemes at
  the end of each section?

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Effective Presentations -
Colours

• Set background colour by right-clicking.

• Beware of faded backgrounds - at some point they
  will probably merge with the text

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Effective Presentations -
Colours

• Beware of using textured or photographic
  backgrounds.

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Effective Presentations -
Images

• To insert an image, click on Insert Pictures...

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Effective Presentations -
Images

• Beware of using too many images. Just one or
  two on each page will have greater impact.

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Effective Presentations -
Animation

• To animate an object, right-click on it, then
  choose Custom Animation.

• Choose an effect

• Click OK

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Effective Presentations -
Animation

• Avoid having too many animations.
• Animations will normally increase the attention
  of students, so are good for key points.
• Unfortunately, animations can be quite tiring, so
  they tend to reduce the attention span.

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Effective Presentations -
Animation
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Effective Presentations -
Animation

• You can now drag slides to their correct
  positions

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Effective Presentations -
Animation

• To change the order that animations occur,
  right-click on an object, then choose Custom
  Animation.

• Choose an object, then use the arrow buttons
  to move it up and down the order.

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Effective Presentations -
Animation

• To make animations occur automatically, click on
  the Timing tab.

• Click on Automatically, and put in a time.

• Use timings with caution they have a nasty
  tendency to keep going when a student asks a
  good question.

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Effective Presentations -
Printing

• To print, click on File Print

• If you want 6 little slides per page, choose
  Print what Handouts (6 slides per page)