1. Presenting with Prezi.com: Using Mind Maps for Virtual Lectures
James Falkofske
St. Cloud Technical and Community College, MN

2. The Problems with PowerPoint
6x6 format “does not cut it” online
Not event context
Not enough narrative
Difficult to show relationships of ideas
Click, clickity-click, click, click… “I’m DONE!”

3. What is Prezi.com?
FREE ( s with a .edu get 500MB online storage) Online Web 2.0 Animated Mind-map organized Allows seamless navigation “big picture” to “tiny detail”

4. Benefits
Visually stimulating Has the potential to put all the content of a module on 1-page Easy to build (students can develop projects too!) Easy to distribute (just a simple link or embed) Can be downloaded (persistent object)

5. Demonstrations – Feel free to explore

6. The Zebra

7. Zebra Extra
Clicking the + button opens additional options. Easily resize and move groups of objects by using the SHIFT key to select more items. Push items forward and backward (can create very complex shapes from shape elements. Duplicate to create extra “same sized” items for edit.

8. Sharing and Embedding

9. Choose Sharing Model Viewable by: Public & allow copy Public Private
Invite Editors…

10. FIRE IT UP!
You will need an address with .edu address IS your Username (when your school domain changes… it is PAINFUL!)

11. Design Recommendations
LAYOUT is important!
Outline your ideas graphically
Create relationships spatially (closely-related ideas = closer proximity)
Size provide “relative importance”
Hiding the details (hide text inside of text) helps clean the interface
Group frame sets of elements (helps to “create a picture” for viewers)
Group-frame images (to avoid pixelation)
Don’t make people dizzy

12. Design Tips
Write everything in Word – then Cut & Paste Create some frames (containers) to figure out positioning Figure out items which should have same relative size and tilt, set zoom view to that proportion, and enter all text-boxes at same time (avoids lots of “resizing” time) Pre-size graphics (conserve your 500MB) Gather all text and graphics files in same directory Path to “container views” then zoom to elements (path forces “just that item” to fill the screen)

13. Media?
Audio embed through YouTube (with Closed Captions) or add your transcript adjacent to Audio/Video Links to YouTube videos through hyperlinks (in text-edit box)

14. Make it “All Yours”
Text Pictures and graphics Videos

15. Converting PowerPoint to Prezi – Tips
Save As >> Outline / RTF (easier to edit text) On images – Right-Mouse-Click >> Save As Picture (filename appropriately)