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Keep It Simple Keep It Simple (Text) Too many colors TooToo Many Fonts and Styles The 6 x 7 rule –No more than 6 lines per slide –No more than 7 words.

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2 Keep It Simple

3 Keep It Simple (Text) Too many colors TooToo Many Fonts and Styles The 6 x 7 rule –No more than 6 lines per slide –No more than 7 words per line

4 Keep It Simple (Text) Instructional Technology: A complex integrated process involving people, procedures, ideas, devices, and organization, for analyzing problems and devising, implementing, evaluating, and managing solutions to those problems in situations in which learning is purposive and controlled (HMRS 5th ed.) Too detailed !

5 Keep It Simple (Text) A process involving people, procedures & tools for solutions to problems in learning (HMRS 5th ed.) Instructional Technology: Much Simpler

6 Falling Leaves Observed ChristchurchDunedinWellington January11,532,23414,123,6543,034,564 February1,078,45612,345,56716,128,234 March17,234,7786,567,12316,034,786 April16,098,89710,870,9547,940,096 May8,036,89710,345,39414,856,456 June16,184,345678,0954,123,656 July8,890,34515,347,93418,885,786 August8,674,23418,107,11017,230,095 September4,032,04518,923,2399,950,498 October2,608,0969,945,8905,596,096 November5,864,034478,0236,678,125 December12,234,1239,532,1113,045,654 Too detailed !

7 Falling Leaves in Millions In 10 6 ChristchurchDunedinWellington January11143 February11216 March17616 April16107 May81014 June1604 July81518 August81817 September4189 October295 November506 December1293 Much Simpler

8 Keep It Simple (Picture) Art work may distract your audience Artistry does not substitute for content

9 Keep It Simple (Sound) Sound effects may distract too Use sound only when necessary

10 Keep It Simple (Transition) This transition is annoying, not enhancing "Appear" and "Disappear" are better

11 Keep It Simple (Animation) 7 ft Too distracting !

12 Keep It Simple (Animation) 7 ft Simple & to the point

13 Make It Clear

14 Make It Clear (Capitalization) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE DIFFICULT TO READ Upper and lower case letters are easier

15 Sanserif Z Serif Z Make It Clear (Fonts) busy clear

16 Serif fonts are difficult to read on screen Sanserif fonts are clearer Italics are difficult to read on screen Normal or bold fonts are clearer Underlines may signify hyperlinks Instead, use colors to emphasize Make It Clear (Fonts)

17 Make It Clear (Colors) Use contrasting colors Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colors

18 Make It Clear (Contrast) Use contrasting colors Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colors low contrasthigh contrast

19 Make It Clear (Contrast) Use contrasting colors Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colors This is light on dark

20 Make It Clear (Contrast) Use contrasting colors Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colors This is dark on light

21 Make It Clear (Complement) Use contrasting colors Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colors These colors do not complement

22 Make It Clear (Complement) Use contrasting colors Light on dark vs. dark on light Use complementary colors These colors complement

23 Make It Clear (Size) Size implies importance

24 Make It Clear (Size) Size implies importance

25 Make It Clear (Focal Points) Focal points direct attention

26 Make It Clear (Focal Points) Focal points direct attention

27 Be Consistent

28 Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract

29 Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract This tick draws attention

30 Be Consistent Differences draw attention  Differences may imply importance oUse surprises to attract not distract These differences distract!

31 Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract This implies importance

32 Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract Confusing differences!

33 Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract This surprise attracts

34 Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract These distract!

35 The End


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