1. Academic Media Videoconference Services Designing Computer-based Materials for Videoconferences: Text and Color Donald Dover Videoconference Operations Manager

2. Academic Media Videoconference Services Objective Adapt your computer-based course materials to videoconference technology Academic Media Videocoferenc Services

3. Academic Media Videoconference Services Why does it matter? Computer monitors and TV screens differ TV 640 x 480 resolution Interlaced scanning PC 1024 x 768 resolution Progressive scanning

4. Academic Media Videoconference Services Technology upgrade: Two connections People Content Hi Def TV PC TV

5. Academic Media Videoconference Services When designing slides, think about: Fonts Sizes Color Contrast

6. Academic Media Videoconference Services Size Matters— Sometimes fonts are large (40) Sometimes they get smaller (32) Sometimes they are even smaller (24) Hopefully someone will not go smaller than this (20) But occasionally someone feels the need to go this small (16) Finally you may have a great deal of trouble reading this line (12)

7. Academic Media Videoconference Services Font Styles (& Sizes) Times New Roman is a good large font (32) But can reduce readability as the size decreases (24) Courier in a large font (32) Courier is more difficult to read (24) Arial is a great large font (32) It works well in a medium font size (24) And still holds up well in a smaller font than recommended (18)

8. Academic Media Videoconference Services Font Styles (& Sizes) Monotype Corsiva needs a much larger font (32) to appear large enough to be seen (24) Arial Narrow in a large font (32) Easier to read than Brush script (24) Univers is a great large font (32) But as the letters get smaller you lose detail (24) And you lose the ability to see definition between letters (18)

9. Academic Media Videoconference Services Colors Background/text colors Contrast

10. Academic Media Videoconference Services Colors Background/text colors Contrast

11. Academic Media Videoconference Services Colors Background/text colors Contrast

12. Academic Media Videoconference Services Colors Background/text colors Contrast

13. Academic Media Videoconference Services Colors Background/text colors Contrast

14. Academic Media Videoconference Services Summary Text size Font Colors

15. Academic Media Videoconference Services Be Creative Creativity should support communication Know the technology’s limitations

16. Academic Media Videoconference Services Questions? Contact your operator your site coordinator Donald Dover Videoconference Operations Manager dover@wsu.edu