1. Multimedia
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2. What is Multimedia? Multimedia
To use a combination of text, pictures, sounds, movies, and/or animation in a presentation
Ex. PowerPoint Presentations, Commercials, Websites, Online Encyclopedias, etc…

3. Types of Presentations
Informal
Overhead transparencies
Electronic
Projection device attached to a computer
Virtual
Presentations on the Internet

4. Uses of Multimedia/Presentation Graphics Software
Maps
Building Designs
Drawings
Charts/Graphs
Reports
Brochures
Meeting Presentations
Educational Presentations
Informational Presentations

5. Linear vs. Non-Linear Presentations
A Presentation moving in a straight line or path, moving from one image to another image in consecutive order
Ex. Power Point Presentation
Non-Linear Presentation
A Presentation that does not move in a straight line or path, transitioning from one image to another in a preset order, but not necessarily in a straight path.
Ex. Websites

6. Developing a Multimedia Presentation
Storyboards
A graphic organizer used for planning and developing a multimedia report/presentation. The contents, layout, and formatting of each card/slide and the way they are linked together.
Often used for:
Cartoons
Television
Movies
Commercials
Illustration
Clip art, graphics, or drawings on a computer
Animated Clip Art
A moving clip art graphic

7. Storyboard Example

8. Internet Multimedia Web Browser HTML Web Server Web Sites
A program that allows you to view pages that been created in HTML
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language, a language used to create WebPages
Web Server
The server or computer where the file or files are stored for the website
Web Sites
A site located on the internet that contains multimedia information in the form of a presentation, can contain more than one page

9. Multimedia/Presentation Graphics Terminology
Slide
an individual screen in a slide show; the basic unit of a presentation.
Title Slide
generally the first slide in a presentation; introduces the presentation to the audience.
Bulleted List Slide
a type of slide layout that allows you to enter several levels of bulleted text; each level is formatted in a different point size.

10. Multimedia/Presentation Graphics Terminology
Presentation file
the file you save to disk that contains all the slides, speaker’s notes, handouts, that make up your presentation.
Object
any element that appears on a slide, such as clip art, text, drawings, charts, sounds, and video clips.
Slide show
a series of slides displayed in sequence; controlled manually or automatically.

11. Multimedia/Presentation Graphics Terminology
Transition
a special effect used to introduce a slide during a slide show.
Outlining
allows you quickly to create your presentation using an outline format.
Graphing
allows you to create and insert charts into your presentations.

12. Multimedia/Presentation Graphics Terminology
Drawing
allows you to create diagrams using shapes such as arcs, arrows, cubes, rectangles, stars, and triangles.
Multimedia effects
adds interest and keeps your audience attentive by adding effects, such as sound and video to your presentation.
Hyperlink
a link you click to display another webpage or document with in a presentation; can consist of specially formatted text, buttons, and hotspots on graphics or pictures.

13. Planning a Presentation
Description of learner/audience
Age, target group, reading level, etc.
How will you gain attention and introduce the topic?
Present objectives and standards
How will you gather resources and information?
Pre-media use preparation
Content planning brainstorming and design layout brainstorming on paper
Consider the necessary equipment/materials/handouts.

14. Designing a Presentation
Keep it simple
Include words and images
Nice big titles
Use words or phrases
No sentences and no fine detail
Don’t clutter the slide
Leave a lot of white (blank) space
Be consistent on all your slides
Use the same design template
Same font style

15. Designing a Presentation
Project an image
Use visuals to clarify or emphasize a point
To add variety
To change focus
Organize information
It should be easy to follow such as in an outline format
Come right to the point
Create high contrast between the background and the text
Use color wisely
The slides do something (animation/transitions)

16. Creating a Basic Presentation
Start your presentation program.
Create a New Presentation.
Apply a template design that relates to the purpose of the presentation.

17. Creating a Basic Presentation
Move the mouse pointer over each Toolbar button to display its pop up name.
Select a slide view that displays an individual slide.
Create slides using relevant slide layouts provided by your software.
Check your spelling and grammar.
Return to your first slide.
Change the slide view to display all the slides in miniature.

18. Enhancing a Basic Presentation
Inserting a graphic.
Create a new slide and select a slide layout that contains a clip art placeholder.
Insert relevant clip art or a file from a downloaded file from a disk/hard disk drive.
Creating a chart.
Create a new slide and select a slide layout that contains a chart placeholder.
Select the type of chart relevant to your presentation/data.
Organizational chart
Line, Bar, Pie Chart/Graph, etc.
Enter data to create the chart.

19. Enhancing a Basic Presentation
Inserting a movie and/or sound file.
Movies and Sound can be added in several ways.
To run continuous during the presentation.
To run during an object/text animation.
To run during an object/text hyperlink.

20. Enhancing a Basic Presentation
Inserting Slide Transitions and Animations.
Explore the different transition effects and speeds.
Explore the different animation effects for text and objects.
Apply a transition effect for bulleted text
Apply a different transition effect for objects/graphics
Explore the different orders of animation
Apply the animation of a graphic before the text
Add a different sound effect to graphics

21. Printing a Presentation
Print the presentation
Explore different printing options
Slides
1 per page, 6 per page, etc.
Outline view
Handouts
Note Pages

22. Tips for Delivering a Presentation
Plan
Know the purpose of your presentation
plan your content
know your audience
Prepare
Have an attention-getting opener
Be positive
Develop a memorable closing
Outline your main points
Helps you stay focused

23. Tips for Delivering a Presentation
Talking
Don’t talk too slow or too fast
Watch your audience and take your cue from them
Present
Dress professionally (proper business attire)
Make eye contact, be natural and sincere
Involve your audience
Questions
Be sure to leave time at the end of your presentation to answer questions

24. Presenting a Presentation
Explore different slide show options
Manual Slide Advancement
Automatic Slide Advancement
Set up needed equipment
Always do a test run
Distribute handouts or notes pages if needed
Never read your presentation, add more to the presentation than what you have included

25. Internet Multimedia Tools
Navigation
The way you move through a multimedia presentation
Buttons
Features of a web browser and web sites to help you navigate form one place to another or to activate elements, such as sounds, videos, menus, etc…
Button Bar
A horizontal strip of buttons located near the top of the window providing shortcuts for commonly used commands.

26. Digital Photography Digital Crop
A document, image, etc… turned into a electronic language the computer can understand
Crop
Cutting off unwanted parts of a picture, effectively zooming in on the part of the picture you want to keep, using graphic software

27. Cropping Example:
After:
Before:

28. Imaging Compression GIF JPEG
A computer technique commonly used to make a multimedia file smaller
GIF
(Graphic Interchange Format) A file format for pictures, photographs, and drawings that are compressed so they can sent through the internet easily
JPEG
(Joint Photographic Experts Groups) A standard for shrinking graphics so they can be sent faster and take up less space