Introduction to PowerPoint

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Introduction to PowerPoint

• Effective Teaching and Learning Department
• instructionaltech_at_baker.edu

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Overview

• Why use PowerPoint?
• How to create a PowerPoint presentation
• Steps to create a presentation
• How we use PowerPoint at Baker College

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Impact of Visual Aids

• University of Pennsylvania
• People are more likely to say yes and act on
  your recommendations and you are are perceived as
  being more professional, persuasive, credible,
  interesting, and better prepared
• University of Minnesota
• 43 more likely to be persuaded
• University of Michigan and 3M
• Retention increases 70-80

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Ohio State Research

• Survey of 700 students in 9 humanities classes
• 75 agreed that PowerPoint helped them follow
  along
• 62 agreed that the use of multimedia made them
  more interested in learning subject matter

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People remember

• 10 of what they read
• 20 of what they hear
• 70 of what they see and hear

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Learning Styles

• Auditory
• Spoken presentation
• Visual
• PowerPoint
• Tactile
• Handouts

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My Recipe

• Outline lecture/presentation
• Save the presentation
• KISS and KILL slides
• Add graphics as needed
• Review pacing and integrate questions and other
  activities
• Include visual effects for computer
  based-delivery
• Print overheads for low tech delivery
• Create handouts

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Step 1

• Outline the lecture/presentation
• Can bring outline information from Word
• Create a new slide for each major teaching point

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Outline Demonstration

• Creating a new presentation
• Selecting an AutoTemplate
• Entering text in an outline
• Changing the order of slides
• Checking the spelling
• Saving a presentation

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Outline Activity

• Create an outline of your own
• 10 minutes

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Step 2

• Save your presentation
• Give the presentation an name you will remember
  easily
• Save to a zip disk or floppy so the presentation
  is portable

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Questions

• How often should you save?
• How often do you make a backup copy?

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Step 3

• Kiss and Kill the slides
• Follow the Kiss and Kill rules in manual
• Remember audience when creating presentation
• Have someone else review the slide for Kiss and
  Kill purposes

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KISS

• Keep it short and simple
• One and only one point to a slide
• Bullets only not whole sentences
• Maximum 7 words per line / 5 lines to page

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KILL

• Keep it large and legible
• Use 24-36 point font
• 1.25 margins minimum
• Used sparingly ALL CAPITALS, Boldface, and
  italics create movement and draw attention

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KISS and KILL Activity

• Review your slides
• 5 minutes

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Step 4

• Add graphics as needed
• Use graphics

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Include Graphics

• Circles, boxes, and arrows
• Pictures
• Cartoons

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Graphics Demonstration

• Adding clip art
• Moving pictures
• Resizing pictures
• Removing bullets from a slide

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Graphics Activity

• Add graphics to your presentation
• 10 minutes

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Step 5

• Review pacing

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Two Rules of the Road

• Speed limit is 25 slides/hour
• Change lanes every 15 minutes

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Variety in Instructional Delivery

• Guest Speaker
• Demonstrations
• Questions
• Videos
• Group Activities

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Types of Questions

• Directed
• Time Bomb
• Multiple Choice

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Group Activities

• Brainstorming
• Ranking
• Grouping/Categorization
• Problem-solving
• Role Play/Debate
• Games

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Videos

• Start with a preview
• Handout with discussion questions
• What was the last line?

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Discussion

• What alternatives to lecture do you use in your
  classes?

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Step 6

• Visual Effects

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Visual Effects Demonstration

• Adding slide transitions
• Add custom animations
• Dimming text
• Viewing a slide show

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Visual Effects Activity

• Add some some flair to your presentation
• 10 minutes

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Step 7

• Print transparencies

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Low Tech PowerPoint

• Print or copy slides as overheads
• Use page protectors to organize in a binder
• Print hand-outs for absent students

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Printing Demonstration

• Printing slides
• Printing handouts

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Step 8

• Create Handouts

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Why stay for the lecture?

• Leave partially blank so audience can fill-in

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Multimedia Room Tools

• Projector and Remote
• VCR and Remote
• Computer
• Keyboard and Trackpad/Mouse
• Internet Connection
• CD-ROM
• Zip Drive

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Tips

• Check out what the publisher offers
• Use a ZIP disk for large presentations
• Bulbs cost 420 each
• Supporting Resource for other faculty
• Distribute on-line
• Test first!

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Questions?