2. Lesson Objectives
At the end of tis lesson, the students should be able to:
1. Use hyperlinks to improve their slideshow(s)
2. Embed files and data to their slideshow(s); (and)
3. Maximize Slideshow(s) as an effective visual aid tool.
3. Creating an Effective Presentation
1. Minimize
-Keep slide count to a
2. Clarity
-Avoid being fancy by using font style that is easy to read.
-Make sure it is big enough to be read by the audience.
3. Simplicity
-Use bullets or short sentences.
-Summarize the information on the screen.
-Limit the content to 6 lines and 7 words per line
4. Creating an Effective Presentation
4. Visuals
-Use graphics to help with your presentation.
5. Consistency
-Make your design uniform.
6. Contrast
-Use light in front of dark and vice versa.
5.
6. Using Hyperlinks in Microsoft Powerpoint
Ways to insert Hyperlinks:
1. Select an object or highlight text.
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8. Link to options:
a. Existing file or Web page
-Creates hyperlink to website or a file saved in your hard drive.
b. Place in this document
-Creates hyperlink that allows you to jump to a specific slide
c. Create a new document
-Creates a hyperlink that once clicked, creates a new document
on a specified location.
d. E-mail Address
-Creates a hyperlink that opens Microsoft Outlook that
automatically adds your specified recipient on a new E-mail.
10. Embedding objects in Microsoft powerpoint
1. Go to the Insert tab
2. On the text group, click on object.
3. The insert object dialog box would appear.
Designing your presentation is the fun part of creating a report for it give you the chance to be creative but whether or not the features you add would help is up to you.
it could distract the audience rather than help.
So here are some quick tips in creating an effective presentation.
1.Minimize -Keep slide count to a minimum to maintain a clear message and keep audience attentive.
2. Clarity -Avoid being fancy by using font style that is easy to read. Make sure it is big enough to be read by the audience. (consider how big the screen during your report)
tip: a font size of 72 is about an inch(depends on screen size) a one inch letter is readable 10 feet away, 2 inch letter is readable 20 feet away.
3.Simplicity -Use bullets or short sentences. -Summarize the information on the screen. to have the audience focus on what the speaker is saying than reading the slide.
-Limit the content to 6 lines and 7 words per line(This is known as the 6 X 7 RULE)
4. Visuals -Use graphics to help with your presentation. But not too many -in addition, instead of using a table of data, use charts and graphs
5. Consistency -Make your design uniform. Avoid using different font and background.
6. Contrast -Use light in front of dark and vice versa. This is done so that it is easier to read.
-in most instances it is easier to read on screen if the background is dark, this is due to the brightness of the screen.
Here is an example
As you can see, not al information are presented in the visual aid.
Using hyperlinks in your powerpoint presentation is an easy way to navigate slides during your presentation
2. Go to insert> hyperlinks or press Ctrl+K
With this option you can insert an excel file that would look like a table to a presentation.
