ELearning Techniques using PowerPoint Effective and engaging learning experiences David Miller

What are the course topics? Lesson 1 – Quick Overview of PowerPoint Lesson 2 – Developing Course Notes and Slide Text Lesson 3 – Creative Instructional Techniques Lesson 4 – Developing Course Activities Lesson 5 - Developing learner assessments Introduction

Introduction What are the learning objectives? Create PowerPoint slides with instructional text and formatting features. Develop course notes that are concise and clear. Use methods to break lectures into chunks. Use other options for bullet points such as photos, graphics and text boxes. Animate and embed objects to enhance learner understanding. Create learning activities. Develop learners assessments such as multiple choice, matching and true/false items.

Lesson 1 Quick Overview of PowerPoint ELearning Techniques using PowerPoint

Lesson 1 Quick Overview of PowerPoint Select the PowerPoint program Begin with a blank slide This will be your title slide Creating a presentation

Selecting a slide design Click Design for the Design Template Select a slide design Lesson 1 Quick Overview of PowerPoint

Fonts Size Color Select a font from the list of fonts Select a font size from the list Select a font color from the list Click to add the title of the presentation Formatting features

Bullets Numbering Bolding text Click New Slide for the next slide Type text next to bullets and/or numbers Add a title for the new slide Click here to add numbers Click here to add bullets Click Bold button Select text to be bolded Press Enter key for new lines Formatting features Lesson 1 Quick Overview of PowerPoint

Creating Text boxes Slide Enhancements Lesson 1 Quick Overview of PowerPoint Click Text Box Click Insert Click the Line Color icon Click the Fill Color icon This is a text box Type text in the text box

Slide enhancements Inserting clipart and pictures Click Clipart icon Click Graphic from Clipart pane Lesson 1 Quick Overview of PowerPoint

Slide enhancements Inserting slide transition Click Slidesh ow Click a transition Click speed of transition Click Slide Transition Lesson 1 Quick Overview of PowerPoint

Editing features Deleting and copying text To Delete a Slide Click on the slide and press the Delete key To Delete Text Select the text and press the Delete key To Copy Text 1. Select the text and click the copy icon 2. Right click where the copied text is to be placed. 2 Click Paste. Create a new text box to copy the text into Lesson 1 Quick Overview of PowerPoint

Saving your presentation Type the name of the file and click Save 1. Click File 2. Click Save as Lesson 1 Quick Overview of PowerPoint

Viewing your presentation Click the Slideshow icon Lesson 1 Quick Overview of PowerPoint