How to provide a lecture for the Supercourse Supercourse Akira SekikawaAkira Sekikawa MD, MPH, PhD Department of Epidemiology Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh Readings

Learning Objectives 1. Learn how to prepare a lecture for the Supercourse as the web presentationhow to prepare a lecture for the Supercourse 2. Learn basic concepts of the Supercourse - excitement driven, hypertext comic bookshypertext comic books 3. Learn basic rules of web presentation using slides - fast image transfer and readability of slide

Performance Objectives 1. How to put notes to the slide 2. How to search relevant sites to the lecture in the Internet 3.How to put hyperlinks from within the slide 4.How to put hyperlinks from the note

Assumptions of this lecture You have basic skills of Powerpoint identifying relevant resources on the Internet You have a set of slides of a lecture an access to a lecture provider

Before building slides for web presentation, you have to thoroughly understand the lecture contents, then n n provide learning and performance objectives of the lecture,learningperformance objectives

Next, n n description of the lecture provider, how the lecture provider become interested in the topic, and why the lecture provider is excited about the topic,

Finally, n n arrange the total number of slides up to 30.

Building slides for Web Presentation n n Fast image transfer n n Readability n n Putting notes n n Putting hyperlinks

Example of the slides

Fast image transfer n n Choose a single color for the slide background (avoid white) n n When using WordArt for the text, avoid gradient colors n n When containing images, process the images using a graphic software such as Adobe PhotoshopAdobePhotoshop

Readability n n Size of the font should be 36 or bigger n n Use as big font as possible n n Total lines on one slides should be less than 9 n n You can use a few color for text in the slide

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Putting notes n n In the left down side of the powerpoint screen, there is a tool bar. n n From the left, there are ‘Slide View’, ‘Outline View’, ‘Slide Sorter View’, ‘Notes Page View’, and ‘Slide Show.’ n n Click ‘Notes Page View,’ then note appears saying ‘Click to add text’.

Putting notes You can put notes in the Notes Page, which may explain or add information to the slide. For the notes page, 100 words or less are preferred.

Putting Hyperlinks n n Identify relevant Internet sites Go to Supercourse Resource PageResource Page Epidemiology for the Uninitiated Statistics at Square One Global Health Network Global Resource - Organization Global Resource - Information Go and use some Search EnginesSearch Engines

Putting Hyperlinks to the text and images in the slide 1. Open the relevant Internet site in thebrowser. 2. Select the text or images you want to be hyperlinked in the slide. 3. From the Powerpoint tool bar, click Insert Hyperlink. A Window pops up. 4. Type the URL into the window, then hit OK.

Putting Hyperlinks to the text in the notes page 1. Open the relevant Internet site in thebrowser. 2. Write ‘ ‘ before theword(s) you want to put a hyperlink. 3. Insert the URL between “” using ‘cutand paste’ from the browser. 4. Write after the word(s) you put the hyperlink.

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