Effective Presentations -Planning Don’t put too much on each slide. Each slide can hold up to 1/6 of the amount you might put on an A4 worksheet. Use lots of slides instead of cramming everything in.

Effective Presentations -Planning It is worth scribbling ideas for each slide on paper, unless you have a brain that can visualise things very clearly in advance.

Effective Presentations -Text All text needs a text box Don’t make text too small. Rough rule - at least double the text size you would use on a worksheet.

Effective Presentations -Bullet points Eyes blink more often when looking at a big screen, so it is harder for students to keep track of their place. Use bullet points to help eyes to navigate the text. Don’t use too many bullet points Rough rule - Divide the year group by 2, and that gives maximum number of bullet points. Example: 11 / 2 = 5.5 so Year 11 will cope best with maximum of 5 or 6 bullet points

Effective Presentations -Colours Contrast is very important. Projected images are harder to see anyway! Set colours using the Fill, Line and Font Color tools It’s tiring to look at a slideshow if the colours keep changing. Maybe change colour schemes at the end of each section?

Effective Presentations -Colours Set background colour by right-clicking. Light Background needs Dark Text Dark Background needs Light Text Beware of faded backgrounds - at some point they will probably merge with the text Light Background needs Dark Text Dark Background needs Light Text

Effective Presentations -Colours Beware of using textured or photographic backgrounds.

Effective Presentations -Images To insert an image, click on Insert… Pictures...

Effective Presentations -Images Beware of using too many images. Just one or two on each page will have greater impact.

Effective Presentations -Animation To animate an object, right-click on it, then choose Custom Animation. Choose an effect Click OK

Effective Presentations -Animation Avoid having too many animations. Animations will normally increase the attention of students, so are good for key points. Unfortunately, animations can be quite tiring, so they tend to reduce the attention span.

Effective Presentations -Animation To view your animations, click Press to move back Press space or to move forwards Press Esc to stop the show

Effective Presentations -Animation If your slides are in the wrong order, click You can now drag slides to their correct positions To go back to the normal view, click

Effective Presentations -Animation To change the order that animations occur, right-click on an object, then choose Custom Animation. Choose an object, then use the arrow buttons to move it up and down the order.

Effective Presentations -Animation To make animations occur automatically, click on the Timing tab. Click on Automatically, and put in a time. Use timings with caution… they have a nasty tendency to keep going when a student asks a good question.

Effective Presentations -Printing To print, click on File… Print If you want 6 little slides per page, choose Print what: Handouts (6 slides per page)