Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Chapter 6 Preparation and effective delivery of presentation using good oral, visual, posture and movement skills

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Today’s Objectives : Students will be able to: a) Designing Effective PowerPoint Presentations

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Designing Effective PowerPoint Presentation Simple Consistent Clear Big Progressive Summary

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Big

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make it Big (Text) This is Arial 12 This is Arial 18 This is Arial 24 This is Arial 32 This is Arial 36 This is Arial 44

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make it Big (Text) This is Arial 12 This is Arial 18 This is Arial 24 This is Arial 32 This is Arial 36 This is Arial 44 Too Small

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Big (How to Estimate) Look at it from 2 metres away 2 m

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Keep It Simple

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Keep It Simple (Text) Too many colours Too Too Many Fonts and Styles The 6 x 7 rule – No more than 6 lines per slide – No more than 7 words per line

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Keep It Simple (Text) Instructional Technology: A complex integrated process involving people, procedures, ideas, devices, and organization, for analyzing problems and devising, implementing, evaluating, and managing solutions to those problems in situations in which learning is purposive and controlled (HMRS 5th ed.) Too detailed !

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Keep It Simple (Text) A process involving people, procedures & tools for solutions to problems in learning (HMRS 5th ed.) Instructional Technology: Much Simpler

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Falling Leaves Observed ChristchurchDunedinWellington January11,532,23414,123,6543,034,564 February1,078,45612,345,56716,128,234 March17,234,7786,567,12316,034,786 April16,098,89710,870,9547,940,096 May8,036,89710,345,39414,856,456 June16,184,345678,0954,123,656 July8,890,34515,347,93418,885,786 August8,674,23418,107,11017,230,095 September4,032,04518,923,2399,950,498 October2,608,0969,945,8905,596,096 November5,864,034478,0236,678,125 December12,234,1239,532,1113,045,654 Too detailed !

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Falling Leaves in Millions In 10 6 ChristchurchDunedinWellington January11143 February11216 March17616 April16107 May81014 June1604 July81518 August81817 September4189 October295 November506 December1293 Much Simpler

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Falling Leaves Too detailed !

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Falling Leaves Much Simpler

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Keep It Simple (Picture) Art work may distract your audience Artistry does not substitute for content

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Keep It Simple (Sound) Sound effects may distract ( يشتت ) too Use sound only when necessary

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Keep It Simple (Transition) This transition is annoying ( مزعجه ), not enhancing "Appear" and "Disappear" are better

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Keep It Simple (Animation) 2 m Too distracting !

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Keep It Simple (Animation) 2 m Simple & to the point

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Capitalisation) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE DIFFICULT TO READ Upper and lower case letters are easier

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Sanserif Z Serif Z Make It Clear (Fonts) busy clear

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Serif fonts are difficult to read on screen Sanserif fonts are clearer Italics are difficult to read on screen Normal or bold fonts are clearer Underlines may signify hyperlinks Instead, use colours to emphasise Make It Clear (Fonts)

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Numbers) Use numbers for lists with sequence For example: How to put an elephant into a fridge? 1. Open the door of the fridge 2. Put the elephant in 3. Close the door

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Numbers) How to put a giraffe into a fridge? 1. Open the door of the fridge 2. Take out the elephant 3. Put the giraffe in 4. Close the door

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Bullets) Use bullets to show a list without Priority Sequence Hierarchy, …..

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Colours) Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Contrast) Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours low contrasthigh contrast

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Contrast) Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours This is light on dark

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Contrast) Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours This is dark on light

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Complement) Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours These colours do not complement

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Complement) Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours These colours complement

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Size) Size implies importance

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Size) Size implies importance

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Focal Points) Focal points direct attention

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Make It Clear (Focal Points) Focal points direct attention

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Be Progressive

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Complexity of Interactions Mode of Instruction IndividualPairGroup Direct Instruction Guided Inquiry Discovery Learning Individual Instructive Tools Individual Constructive Tools Social Constructive Tools Social Communicative Tools Informational Tools Types of Instructional Tools Too many in one go!

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Complexity of Interactions Mode of Instruction IndividualPairGroup Direct Instruction Guided Inquiry Discovery Learning Individual Instructive Tools Individual Constructive Tools Social Constructive Tools Social Communicative Tools Informational Tools Types of Instructional Tools Progressive & thus focused

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Understanding Technology Floppy disk User interface CPU I/O Error Backup system Software Mouse Debugger Function key Main Storage Too many & not focused

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Understanding Technology Floppy disk User interface CPU I/O Error Backup system Software Mouse Debugger Function key Main Storage Progressive & thus focused

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Be Consistent

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract This tick draws attention

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Be Consistent Differences draw attention  Differences may imply importance oUse surprises to attract not distract These differences distract!

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract This implies importance

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract Confusing differences!

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract This surprise attracts

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract These distract!

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim In Summary Big ( نص بحروف كبيرة ) Simple ( بساطة الكتابة ) Clear ( الوضوح ) Progressive ( تقدمي : يتم العرض خطوة بخطوة ) Consistent ( التوافق - الثبات )

Communication Skills Dr. Maisara Mohyeldin Gasim Some Final Words Communication is the key Text to support the communication Pictures to simplify complex concepts Animations for complex relationships Visuals to support, not to distract Sounds only when absolutely necessary