1. Kapi’olani Community College
Art 155 Information Architecture
In-class Presentation
Week 4B

2. :: Calendar

3. :: Example An example of a simple client pitch Power Point document
Inspiration Furniture
We will also take a look at some of last year’s client pitch documents.

4. :: Lesson An Introduction to Power Point
How to use Slide Masters to design your document layout
control the both the title screen and the slide screen layouts
set the backgrounds
set the font
How to use simple shapes to design your layout
How to insert pictures from Photoshop or Illustrator
How to insert quick and easy diagrams

5. :: Lesson Power Point Tips Set up a folder structure and use it
Use only one font
Be brief (no more than 6 bullets/points per slide) A good rule of thumb is to cut paragraphs down to sentences, sentences into phrases, and phrases into keywords. Another is don’t use more than eight words per line or eight lines per slide .
Use key words to help audience focus on your message.
Use appropriate fonts: big (min. 18pts) and clear (sans-serif). If possible, test your slides: run the slide show and see if you can read your slides from the last row of the room where you will be presenting.
Use appropriate colors: not too bright, high contrast, consistent. Remember that what looks good on your monitor does not necessarily look good on the big screen.
Limit the number of slides . A good rule of thumb is one slide per minute.
No animation.
Avoid hard-to-read color combinations such as red/green, brown/green, blue/black, blue/purple. Aim for high contrast between background and text.
No reading while presenting. Face the audience, not the screen.

6. :: Reading Assignment Power Point Tips
Read Microsoft’s tips on Power Point Presentations entitled “10 do’s and don’ts”
Read the first part of Chapter 4 from Usability for the Web on task analysis:
Read Pages
Skim the rest of the chapter

7. :: Assignment due :: 02.12.07 Client Pitch Document
Create a client pitch document in Power Point. Design the look and feel and create all of the content to be included in the pitch. This is a hypothetical document that you would bring to a hypothetical client meeting to win the business of redesigning their web site. Be prepared to present it during an in-class critique. Use Power Point’s notes functionality to prepare what you are going to say during the presentation. The presentation should be less than 10 minutes (5-7 minutes is ideal).
USE YOUR DESIGN SKILLS!!
Choose a good typeface
Design the layout of your presentation
Include the following:
Primary Goals/Objectives of the redesign
A summary of what is currently wrong with their present site
include results/scores from the full Forrester Test
include site interaction examples of their target users coming to the site
A list of new features that will play a major role in the redesign
Optional: Include any new technology that will play a major role in the redesign
Format: Microsoft Power Point Document
Post the Power point document on your class web page before the start of class