Embedding Intelligence PostPC Embedding Intelligence 2004/5 Prof. Scott Kirkpatrick Amnon Dekel 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Today Planning and Creating Your Presentation 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

What is a Good Presentation? Any Ideas? 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

What is a Good Presentation? Gets your message across Hmm… What is your message? Interesting (not boring) Visually pleasing Not Too Long Not Too much Text Easy to Read Rich Media Used Sparingly 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

What is a Good Presentation? What is Your Message? One main Idea 2-5 sub points You should make sure that listeners understand these points and can remember them later 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

What is your message? Lets look at your projects and discuss the points you will want to make 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

What is a Good Presentation? How do you make your presentation Interesting? DO NOT READ THE TEXT OUT LOUD! BORING! They know how to read! Talk to your audience Tell them interesting stories Give them Good Examples 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

What is a Good Presentation? How do you make your presentation Visually pleasing? Do NOT use MS Clip art or word art Use colors that work well together Use a dark background color (*) Use no more than 2 colors for text highlighting Do not have too much information on a page KISS: Keep it simple stupid! fancy text 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

What is a Good Presentation? Smart use of Rich Media Use it ONLY when it helps you get a message across, not just because it is cool or fun Use it to get a complicated idea or story across in a simple fashion Have an easy way to control it (stop, rewind, pause) Not too long (i.e. no more than 30 seconds in most cases) 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Background and Foreground Colors Acceptable Unacceptable White Yellow Light Blue Orange Magenta Blue Violet White Yellow Cyan Orange Light Green Blue Light blue Black Violet White Yellow Light green Red Magenta Purple Blue Yellow White Light green Magenta Red Orange 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Presentation Tips http://202.141.137.4/vlc/dmain33.htm http://www.4-h.uiuc.edu/projects/comguides/mb0140b.pdf http://www.rte.ie/tv/askanna/2002/tips5peter.html 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Rich Media Images Animation Sound Video Interactive Simulations 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Rich Media Images What gets my ideas across best? Illustration Graphs Photographs What gets my ideas across best? 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Rich Media Sound What gets my ideas across best? Voice Music Sound-FX 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Rich Media Animation What gets my ideas across best? PowerPoint animation Other Animation tools: Stop motion animation Macromedia Director Macromedia Flash 3D tools (Studio Max, etc) What gets my ideas across best? Animation 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Rich Media Video Shooting Video Capturing Video: Script / Storyboard Shooting Script Shooting for Digital Video: some tips Capturing Video: Analog capture DV capture Editing and Compressing Video 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Rich Media Class Discussion: Your projects: What will be the best way to present them 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Video Video Script / Storyboard http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/TechHelp/Storyboarding.html 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Video Shooting for Digital Video: some tips Use a Tripod! DO NOT MOVE the Camera Use clean colored clothes no complicated graphics! 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Video Capturing Video Analog Capture: Cable (RCA, S-Video) from camera to Capture card on PC Capture Settings in Premiere Capture 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Video Capturing Video DV Capture: (ISO 1394, Firewire, etc) DV Cable from camera to Firewire card on PC Capture Settings in Premiere Capture window in Premiere Capture 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Video Editing Video Once the video is in the computer- the process is similar: Add your clips to a project Drag them to the timeline Cut them, move them, filter them, create transitions, lay soundtrack etc… Don’t forget to save your Project 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003

Video Compressing Video The last stage is compressing the video so it can be played on the computer within PowerPoint Make Movie Process Compression Settings Movie Settings Audio Settings Create, wait, wait… Voila: your new video is ready! Import into PowerPoint and Play! 11/27/2018 PostPC 2003