visual aid

1. Microsoft PowerPoint
TOOL (VISUAL AIDS)

2. 3 Reasons of Using Visual Aids
1. Speed
2. Accuracy
3. Retention

3. Using Visual Aid
 Enables the audience to:
– Acquire information FASTER
– Acquire information more ACCURATELY
– Retain information for a LONGER period of
time

4. Obtaining Information By 5
Senses
 Touch – 3%
 Smell – 6 %
 Taste – 6%
 Hear – 13 %
 Sight – 72%

5. Using Visual Aid
 Consideration Points:
– Effectiveness with the audience
– Based on an objective
• one slide has one point or object
– Use pictorial description

6. Role of a Slide
 Present the key points/summary
 Time Reduction - Reduces the time to
write words or draw a picture on the board
 Impression - Impresses the audience
through graphical presentations
 Support of understanding
 Get the audience’s attention span

7. Slide Design
 Standardization of Layout
– Title font size and position
– Description font size and font type
– Use of symbols
– Use of colors

8. Slide Design
 Composition
– Balanced layout
– Use all space in a slide
– Importance of images
– Use arrows effectively and present directions
properly

9. Slide Design
 Information’s Quantity
– One theme on one slide
– Few points on one slide
– Use pictures

10. Slide Design
 Simplification
– Select only the essential part of the topic
– Express essential parts by a keyword, a
graph or a picture
• as simple as possible

11. Slide Design
 Font
– Preferably Gothic type
– Size should be larger than 16 points
– Distinguish three sizes for the body, title and
subtitle
– Considerable interlinear space

12. Slide Design
 Use of Diagram
– Describe concept or logical information in
short sentence, phrase or word
– Enclose keywords using various figures
• Make relationship between them using lines and
arrows
– Consider the structure by meaning and
priority of keywords
– Consider balance and eye movement
visualization

13. Slide Design
 Usage of Color
– Use up to three colors
– Image of color
– Consistency of colors

14. Slide Design
 Variety of Emphasis
– Highlighting keywords
– Thickness/Type of character
– Size of character

15. Slide Presentation
 Slide Background and Layouts
 Overlaying
 Visual Effects

16. Slide Presentation
 Slide Background and Layouts
– Background design of a slide must match
with the font color used
– Slide layouts should be used depending on
the point included in the slide

17. Slide Presentation
 Overlaying
– Shows the item gradually
• Upper and left part of slide has higher priority
• Showing information from left upper to right lower
is natural

18. Slide Presentation
 Visual Effects
– Select appropriate effect
• Effects should not distract audience attention
– Too artistic effect should be avoided in formal
presentation

19. Placing of Equipment
 The projector, PC and the presenter
should not block the screen from any
audiences’ angle as much as possible.
 The best arrangement is to set a screen to
the corner, at less than 45 degrees’ angle.