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Pedagogical
Directional
Text heavy ◦ Main points are included ◦ Sub points are included ◦ Full sentences may be used Image lacking ◦ Presenter relies on text to teach instead of images ◦ Presenter cannot count on readers making connections Redundant... or at least repetitive at times ◦ Main points are stressed – if not repeated ◦ PPTs used as reference guidelines
Guide Focus
Pertinent to text Helpful to text Expand on text In other words, images should refer to images and vice versa.
Hand outs Print outs
Appropriateness Audience Needs
Times New Roman (27 point font) Arial (27 point font) 18 point font 20 point font 28 point font 32 point font
Text should be aligned. Text should readable. Text can fill up white space. Text can leave some white space. Text can be hidden by graphic ‘boxes’ Text can go here, for example. Text can also go here.
Text goes here. Text goes here, too. Text can go here and here. Text can go here.
Contrast Repetition Alignment Proximity
Bolded Headings (TNR 27 pt.) ◦ Subheadings (23 pt.) Body of text (21 pt.) Bolded Headings (Arial 27 pt.) ◦ Sub headings (23 pt.) Body of text (21 pt.) Bolded Headings (Mistral 27 pt.) ◦ Subheadings (23 pt.) Body of text (21 pt.)
Visual elements of an idea throughout ◦ Colors ◦ Shapes ◦ Textures ◦ Spatial Relationships ◦ Line Thicknesses ◦ Fonts ◦ Sizes ◦ Graphic Concepts
Alignment One ◦ Alignment Two Alignment Three ◦ Alignment Two Alignment Three
Group related items together ◦ Instructions – Images ◦ Data - Charts
NameData 1Data 2Data 3Data 4 John Mary Harry Sinead Harold Jule Gavin Miranda Amber Brandon
Photographs Clip Art Mixture? No...
Point 1Hello
FFade... FFly In... UUnfold...
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