Presentation Pizzazz
This course will focus on the use of Microsoft® PowerPoint® as an instructional aid for teachers and a presentation tool for students. The course covers basic concepts, including creating slide shows, incorporating features such as animation, speaker notes, video, and Internet links.
Topics and Objectives
Introducing Presentation Skills
- Critique the use of PowerPoint® in educational settings.
- Identify presentation terminology.
- Examine basic features of slides (e.g., view, rulers, toolbars, arrangement, saving, copying slides).
- Apply Help features to troubleshoot PowerPoint® presentations (e.g., office assistant, index, question).
- Describe qualities of effective presentations.
Building Presentation Skills
- Identify target audience.
- Create presentation slides with text.
- Apply design templates to build presentations.
- Explore color schemes and backgrounds for presentations
- Insert a table into a slide.
- Generate a basic presentation.
Improving Presentation Skills
- Compare and contrast clip art to images from an educational view.
- Insert images into slides.
- Identify file image formats.
- Apply various PowerPoint® tools to visually improve slides (e.g., charts, diagrams, draw tools).
Enhancing Presentation Skills
- Integrate audio and video into presentations.
- Animate text and objects using PowerPoint® tools.
- Apply appropriate slide transitions and special effects.
Presenting Slide Shows
- Employ Table of Contents to organize presentations.
- Examine features that allow a presentation to run automatically.
- Insert hyperlinks and action buttons.
- Integrate speaker notes into the presentation.
- Design an integrated, full-featured presentation.