perfecting powerpoint presentations gareth johns it skills development advisor 1
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Perfecting PowerPoint Presentations
Gareth Johns IT Skills Development Advisor
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Course Aim
To introduce tools, techniques and concepts for creating professional, accessible presentations.
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Objectives
By the end of this session you should be able to:• Describe design ideas that should be considered when
creating a PowerPoint presentation. • Apply design themes and customise colours, fonts and
background colours appropriately to suit the material and audience.• Use the layout feature to align material neatly.• Add multimedia content to your slides to create interesting
and memorable slides. • Use appropriate animation effects to enhance your
presentation.• Create memorable, well-designed presentations that
enhance your presentation, rather than detract from it.
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PowerPoint Slide Design Tips
Keep It Simple. Consider your material and audience. Consistency in design. Short bullet points. Don’t overuse bullet points.
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“While long bullet points are not very effective as a
visual enhancer, displaying quotations…can be a very
powerful technique.”Reynolds (2008)
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A picture…
Tower Bridge (built 1886–1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, over the River Thames.
It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name.
Contrary to popular belief, the song "London Bridge is Falling Down" has nothing to do with Tower Bridge. They are completely different bridges.[1]
It has become an iconic symbol of London.
Is worth a thousand words
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Accessibility Issues
Consider your font• Size 28+• Sans serif• Contrast• Use correct punctuation & case.
Background• Light room – light background• Dark room – dark background• Consider glare
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Animation Effects
Animation controls the entrance… and exit of text.
Objects can be animated too.
Animation can be subtleOr not! • It can be used to emphasise• Or focus the audience• On the relevant point.
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Subtle = professional Don’t distract audience. Progressive disclosure & fade to emphasise Know your material/audience. Animation should have a purpose
Animation
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“Conditional Formatting is a method of formatting cells based on their value” (Answers.com)
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Recap
By the end of this session you should be able to:• Describe design ideas that should be considered when
creating a PowerPoint presentation. • Apply design themes and customise colours, fonts and
background colours appropriately to suit the material and audience.• Use the layout feature to align material neatly.• Add multimedia content to your slides to create interesting
and memorable slides. • Use appropriate animation effects to enhance your
presentation.• Create memorable, well-designed presentations that
enhance your presentation, rather than detract from it.
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Thank you for attending
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Additional Information
Session hand outs and other resources available at:
tsr.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Learning/Help/Training/
Upcoming training sessions:• Course 1 title goes here – Date of sess• Course 2 title goes here – Date of sess• Course 3 title goes here – Date of sess
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Contact Us
Visit an IT Advisor in the Learning Centres
029 2041 7000 7000