Creating PowerPoint Presentations  STYLISTIC_TIPS

1.  Getting to PowerPoint
 Left click on Start
 Left click on Programs
 Left click on PowerPoint  (or Office 2000 then PowerPoint)

2. Opening & Typing Your First Slide
Type  "First Year Experience" "Click to Add Title."
Type your name where it says "Click to Add Subtitle"

3. Inserting Page 2 of Your Presentation
On Menu Bar, click on "Insert" & then click on "New Slide"
Type the title and author of your book.

3.  Applying a background design template
Click on Format (towards top of screen on menu bar)
Click on Slide Design
Find one that you LOVE and left double click on the slide  (Be patient: it takes several seconds)

4. Typing the Rest of Your Presentation
Click on "Insert" from the menu bar
Click on "New Slide" 
Double Click on the  picture of the slide layout that you prefer
 (I'd suggest , under Text Layout,the "Title & Text Slide." It has a heading & bullets)

Type "General Topic" & list a few reasons why you selected this topic.
On the next slide (Insert, New Slide) type "Overview/ Highlights of Book"
On the next slides, type "Meaningful/MemorablePassages."
On the last slide, type Final Exam Question   & provide us with the answer.
Give me a copy of this last slide with your name & the book title after your speech.

5.  Save it
Click on File from the menu bar
Click on Save As
In "Save in" dialogue box, scroll down to "3 1/2 floppy A"

6 View Your Presentation
Click on Slide Show (top middle of monitor)
Click on View
        Your show is on. 
        To advance slides simply  left  click the mouse. To end the show simply right click

YOU   DID   IT

  TIP - Include a "Workd Cited" page to your PowerPoint so that the audience can further research the topic.    Consider adding an "Any Questions" or a "Thank You" page.
   

                                        
Special Effects

• ANIMATION
  • Click on "Slide Show"
  • Click on "Custom Animation"
  • Highlight the text that you want animated & click on the starred "Add Effect." 
    • Select the animation of your choice
• SOUND
  • Click on "Slide Show"
  • Click on "Slide Transition"
  • Click on SounD on the  right side of the monitor & select the sound you want.
• AUTOMATIC SLIDE TRANSITION (SLIDES ADVANCE AUTOMATICALLY)
  • Click on "Slide Show"
  • Click on "Slide Transition"
  • Click on "Advance Slide" option on right side of the monitor
    • Type in the number of seconds between each slide transition

  To see what you have done:

1. Click on the first slide you created
2. Click on "Slide Show" towards the top middle of the monitor
3.  Click on "View Show."
4. At the end of the show, right click  & then click on  To see what you have done ,  either     

To have items on one slide appear at different times:

• Click on slide show
• Click on custom animation
• Highlight the first item you wish to "appear"
• Click on Add Effect
• Click on Entrance  (& Select your favorite entrance)
• Repeat this procedure until you have separately introduced each item.  

Finding & Inserting Clip Art from computer's clip art file

• Click on Insert
• Click on Picture
• Click on Clip Art
• Click on any picture category (Many more pictures will then appear)
• Click on the specific picture that you want to insert in your presentation
• A screen with 4 options will appear. Click on the top option "insert clip art"  icon.
• Your clip art is now on your PowerPoint page

FINDING,  & INSERTING ART & ANIMATION FROM WEB     

FINDING
Minimize your presentation - click on the    minimize icon on the top right of  screen
Sign on to the Internet (Click on E  -  Internet Explorer icon when in our lab)
Find animations at one of my 3 favorite places: 

SAVING ART & ANIMATIONS
Right click on any art you like 
Click on "Save Picture As"
When dialogue box appears under "save 'in" scroll down to  floppy drive (A)
In bottom of same screen under "save as type" 
        save as  ".gif" for animated gif art and ".bmp" bitmap for still pictures  

  INSERTING
Get back to PowerPoint by either
 (l)  Minimizing the screen or
(2)  Clicking on the  PowerPoint icon at the bottom of the monitor 
Click on  Insert
Click on  Picture
Click on  From File
In the "Look In" dialogue box, scroll to Floppy Drive (A)
Click on appropriate file & click OK to insert

View your work by clicking on  Slide Show in the menu bar. Then click on "View Show."

Good luck & I hope you enjoyed this PowerPoint-made-Easy Lesson

STYLISTIC TIPS

1. Use the 6 X 6 Rule: 
   1. No more than 6 lines of text
   2. No more than 6 words per line
   3. Only include the meat of the report to garner interest. If all is on the PowerPoint, there is no need for a presenter.
2. Use real photos when possible
   1. It is professional
   2. This literacy tool will  improve recall.  We always remember real photos, but not clipart.
3. Use color wisely
   1. Yellow draws attention  (like caution signs)
   2. Red  is for emphasis
4. Bullet/photo placement
   1. The Western Civilization reads from left to right.
   2. Place photos on left where the eye is drawn to first.
   3. Place bullets on the right
   4. Such placement is more visually pleasing

    

    

Louise  Walkup

PS #1  Bonus Link to free graphic links: http://html.about.com/msubfreegraphics.htm
               Bonus Link to1000 Free Microsoft Templates http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/templategallery/
               Free PowerPoint Templates for students http://www.websiteestates.com/education/templatesindex.html

PS # 2  Quick & easy online surveys: http://www.surveymonkey.com/  

PS # # Conference calling to discuss PowerPoints per Ann

1.     Gizmo project

a.     http://gizmoproject.coma/

b.    Pros:

                                                              i.      Computer to computer conference calls are totally free

                                                            ii.      Unlimited number of participants allowed for conference calls.

                                                          iii.      For Gizmo to Gizmo conference calls, dial 1-222-xxx-xxxx where x is any number (you make it up).  Have all participants decide on the same number to call, and voila, you have a conference call.

                                                         iv.      You can request a conference number so that land lines can call in.  Again no charge except for whatever the land line’s regular long distance charges may be.  If you use a cell phone, most people have free long distance / nights / weekends anyway, so as long as you are careful when  you call and not using “minutes,” this feature is also free!

1.    http://gizmoproject.com/conf-calling.html

                                                           v.      You can play “Blasts” or sound clips over the conference call.

                                                         vi.      You can record conference calls to play back at a later date.

                                                       vii.      Various other options I haven’t explored yet.

c.     Cons:

                                                              i.      Sound quality is not as good as Skype for conference calls.  I’m not sure if this is true of calls you pay for.  I’m cheap, I just use the free stuff.

2.    Skype

a.     http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/

b.    Pros:

                                                              i.      Free conference calls, but capped at nine people.

                                                            ii.      Video calls

                                                          iii.      You can call individual computers

                                                         iv.      Conference call clarity is slightly better than that of Gizmo.

                                                           v.      Other

c.     Cons:

                                                              i.      Conference call cap of 9 people

3.    Ventrilo

a.     http://www.ventrilo.com/

b.    http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php

c.     Pros:

                                                              i.      Organizational structure – You set up your own server and can designate different chat channels.  You can also choose to cap (or not) how many people can be in a certain channel at a time.

                                                            ii.      You can see all users in all channels.  Also, icons light up whenever a person is transmitting so you always know who is talking.

                                                          iii.      Anyone who has the server’s ip address can use it, but you can password protect your server.

                                                         iv.      Push-to-talk button options

                                                           v.      Individual user volume control options – you can increase or decrease the volume of a single user if they are quieter than everyone else in the chat.

d.    Cons

                                                              i.      Someone does have to pay for server hosting, but it’s relatively cheap.  Individual users do not.

                                                            ii.      If you chose to host the server on your computer, it can eat up a lot of bandwidth if there are a lot of users.  Also, your computer must be connected for users to access the server.

                                                          iii.      You can rent a dedicated server (a computer, not your own, that will always be on to host the Ventrilo server), but again, this costs extra.  On the plus side, the server is always on and is not taking up your bandwidth.

                                                         iv.      This program is for more organized operations and is probably more than the casual user needs.  It IS great, though!

4.    JahJah

a.     http://www.jajah.com/

b.    Pros

                                                              i.      Again, another internet conference calling service.

                                                            ii.      There used to be a cap on conference calls.

c.     Cons

                                                              i.      I haven’t used it in a while – I presently use Gizmo and Ventrilo for most of my needs – so I can’t tell you much about it!

http://chronicle.com/temp/email.php?id=4aphvt8pofpsw81sajj14a94ztp18mv5    PPT article

http://www.rhymeswithorange.com/home.php?date=20050904      inner critic joke