1. Powerful Presentations Powerpoint Podcasts Prezi Amy Chase Martin Towson University

2. Goals for Today Discuss what makes a presentation effective Examine PowerPoint Features Use PowerPoint Narration Feature Examine Audacity for Podcasts Examine Prezi

3. Qualities of an effective presentation Identify audience Objectives Ask questions Tell stories Limit text and extraneous ‘‘ bells and whistles ’’ Maintain focus

4. Powerful Presentations Powerpoint Podcasts Prezi Amy Chase Martin Towson University

5. Include Limited Animation and Graphics

6. Use Design Tools Effectively Can you: Animate text and images? Duplicate slides or objects? Reorder and hide slides? Create a custom show? Create SmartArt Graphics? Add recorded narration?

7. Add Narration To narrate a single slide using a microphone: 1.Display the slide 2.Click Insert > Sound > Record Sound 3.Type a name for the sound 4.Click the Record button 5.Speak with a smile in your voice 6.Click the Stop button 7.Click the Play button to hear recording 8.Click OK stoprecordplay

8. Run Your Presentation Effectively Ask for questions Pose some of your own Use these techniques to control the PowerPoint: Starts Show from Beginning Blacks Out Screen Displays that slide

9. More Audio Options Use Audacity to create recordings It allows for editing and mixing It produces mp3 or wav files It can be incorporated into many different applications

10. How to Use Audacity Download Audacity Download Audacity Download the lame encoder Download the lame encoder Launch Audacity Plug in a microphone Click Record (a) Click Stop (b) Click Play (c) to hear your recording Save the recording (File > Save)

11. How to Export Audio Files After creating and saving an audio file in Audacity: 1.Select File > Export as wav… or 2.Select File > Export as mp3… 3.Name the file 4.Click Save

12. Powerful Presentations Powerpoint Podcasts Prezi Amy Chase Martin Towson University

13. What is a Podcast? View this helpful video!

14. Find Podcasts Find two podcasts that contain subject matter that interests you. Suggested search sites: Podcast Alley http://www.podcastalley.com/http://www.podcastalley.com/ iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podc asts/ http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podc asts/

15. Podcast Best Practices Have a purpose Outline what you will say Plan ahead for topics Update frequently Be descriptive

16. Create a Podcast 1.Create an mp3 file (You may use Audacity). 2.Create an account on a web hosting site like Screencast.com 3.Upload the mp3 file into the folder you have created on the web hosting site 4.Assign rss feed properties to the folder 5.Now you will simply provide the url for the RSS feed to your intended audience

17. Powerful Presentations Powerpoint Podcasts Prezi Amy Chase Martin Towson University

18. What is a Prezi? Prezi is a web-based presentation tool Prezis can be viewed online or downloaded Brevity is key in a prezi It’s free Here’s a sample!

19. Get Started with Prezi 1.Create an account at http://prezi.com/http://prezi.com/ 2.Double-click on the canvas to insert text. 3.Drag and zoom on the canvas to move around. 4.Add objects/files using the Insert menu. 5.Create paths to define the sequence for your presentation. 6.Click the Show menu to display your Prezi.

20. Now what?  Explore different ways of capturing and sharing your instructional content.  Start small.  Be brave.  Ask for help.  Email aemartin@towson.edu with questionsaemartin@towson.edu

21. Credits http://www.kuci.org/talk/graphics /podcasting.gif