not just bullet points

Your task here:

• Look through & “do” the slides first. • When you have finished, click “end show” and

look at how the slideshow was made.

Not Just Bullet PointsHow many times have you seen this

“theme”?

A list of bullet points Illustrating a talk or a lecture With a pre-designed “theme” Sometimes with snazzy (or wrongly sequenced) animations As well as (unnecessary & annoying) clip

art.

This is how you are used to PowerPoint

It doesn’t have to be like this.

Click to explore something different.

This was created by turning the background black and inserting a

white shape.

You can then write on the white shape and in the screen or on a

projector it will appear to be an oval slide.

An alternative idea

is to use simple boxes

On a plain back background.

If you add simple “appear” & “disappear”

animationsYou can achieve an interesting effect

Like this.

So that only one thing appears at a time

Just a bit more interesting

Than bullet points

The same principle could be used with an image.

Not a clue what this is. Some sort of chain / cog thingy.

These are called pistons, I think.

1. PowerPoint is a tool we could use better.

TRUE FALSE

2. You could use this to make simple screen-based interactive quizzes.

TRUE FALSE

Well done – that’s right!

Question 1. I have answered both

questions.Question 2.

Have another go!

Question 1. I have answered both

questions.Question 2.

PowerPoint is a useful instructional tool.

It can also be boring.

Content should come from learners and their interactions with you.

PowerPoint works best with minimum content.

Some final points

Some other things you might like to try.

Use interactive text boxes for students’ contributions to be

added.

Embed videos into presentations to save

you having to hyperlink.

Use the hyperlink function to flick

between slides in a flexible order.

If you want to make changes to how all slides look, use the

“Master View”