PowerPoint for teachers and students C MacFadyen, Dec 2008

Keep in Mind… Readability. Less is more. Design matters. Compatibility. Not all students have Powerpoint 2007 at home. Package your presentation if you want to share it.Package Readability. Less is more. Design matters. Compatibility. Not all students have Powerpoint 2007 at home. Package your presentation if you want to share it.Package

Instructional Use Powerpoint can help you Organize your (multimedia) lesson. Maintain class focus. You can also Create sharable notes. Use with an interactive board. Save as a web site. Powerpoint can help you Organize your (multimedia) lesson. Maintain class focus. You can also Create sharable notes. Use with an interactive board. Save as a web site.

First things First To view/present the slide show click on the icon at the bottom of the screen. To exit the show, hit Esc the key. To continue the show at a particular slide, click on the slide and then the icon.

Find x How did Charlie make this slide? 2x+7=11 It’s after the 2 and before the plus sign! Try this

On average, how many hours per day does a cat sleep? 10 hours 12 hours 16 hours 20 hours How did Charlie make this slide? Here’s another…

On average, how many hours per day does a cat sleep? 16 hours a day. You can put the answer on a separate slide

Here’s a Jeopardy template that Corey C shared.Jeopardy template Look on the web for other pre-designed presentations.

Working with Slides Home  Slides  New Slide (use pull-down arrow to choose the layout) To re-order slides, click and drag. To apply a Theme, use Design  Themes (hover to preview). Home  Slides  New Slide (use pull-down arrow to choose the layout) To re-order slides, click and drag. To apply a Theme, use Design  Themes (hover to preview).

Working with Images Insert Pictures from File or Clip Art, rather than “copying and pasting” or “dragging and dropping.” Warn students with Macs about this!

Working with Text To add text, first create a text box (Insert  Text). To delete a text box, click on the boundary of the box and hit Delete. To make your text box pretty, go to Home  Drawing  Quick Styles To make your text appear one line at a time (like in this text box), Animations  Animate: By 1 st Level Paragraph To add text, first create a text box (Insert  Text). To delete a text box, click on the boundary of the box and hit Delete. To make your text box pretty, go to Home  Drawing  Quick Styles To make your text appear one line at a time (like in this text box), Animations  Animate: By 1 st Level Paragraph

Working with Video The YouTube video above may not work, but it can be done

Working with Sounds Musical Soundtrack Save or “rip” the music to your computer (consider copyright!). Go to the first slide. Insert  Sound  From File Browse for the music, click OK Choose “Automatically” when prompted. In CD Audio Tools menu, check “Loop until stopped” and “Hide during show”, and for “Play Track” choose “Play Across Slides.” Narration Insert  Sound  Record Sound Click the red Record button Click the square to stop Click OK Drag the icon to where you want it. You can also add a control to play media files (Developer tab- similar to YouTube Video process)YouTube Video process

Hyperlinks Create web-site like navigation.navigation Can link to external resources or from slide to slide. Insert  Links  Action  Hyperlink To… Create web-site like navigation.navigation Can link to external resources or from slide to slide. Insert  Links  Action  Hyperlink To… First Slide Student Work My web page

Office button Publish  Package for CD Give it a name Choose Copy to Folder to save on the computer, or Copy to CD. Click OK. Powerpoint will include all the media files (and even a viewer) necessary for playing your show. Sharing Your Presentation You can also save as a web page (Save As  Other Formats)

Student Use e-books Multimedia presentations Digital “posters” e-books Multimedia presentations Digital “posters”

Student Issues Working on a Mac. Linked media files. Overuse of colors, etc.

Making a Multiple Choice Game Write the question Insert a text box Put the choices on separate lines (i.e., use Enter between each) Method 1 (harder, but cooler):Make a rectangular box that covers one of the wrong choices Change the fill color and line color of the box to match the background color (in this case, black) Copy the rectangle, paste, and drag over a second wrong response. Do the same for the other wrong repsponses Go to Animations  Custom Animation Click on one rectangle and choose Enter  Appear Repeat for the other rectangles Method 2 (easier): Put the answer on the next slide. Back

Making a “Reveal the answer” Insert a text box Write the question on one line. Hit Enter Write the answer on the next line. Go to Animations  Animation: By 1 st level Paragraphs When you play the show, the question will appear on the first click, and the answer on the next click. Back