1. Perfecting PowerPoint Presentations Gareth Johns IT Skills Development Advisor 1

2. Course Aim 2 To introduce tools, techniques and concepts for creating professional, accessible presentations.

3. Objectives By the end of this session you should be able to: Describe design ideas that should be considered when creating a PowerPoint presentation. Apply design themes and customise colours, fonts and background colours appropriately to suit the material and audience. Use the layout feature to align material neatly. Add multimedia content to your slides to create interesting and memorable slides. Use appropriate animation effects to enhance your presentation. Create memorable, well-designed presentations that enhance your presentation, rather than detract from it. 3

4. PowerPoint Slide Design Tips Keep It Simple. Consider your material and audience. Consistency in design. Short bullet points. Don’t overuse bullet points. 4

5. 5 “While long bullet points are not very effective as a visual enhancer, displaying quotations…can be a very powerful technique.” Reynolds (2008)

6. 6 A picture…

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8. Accessibility Issues Consider your font Size 28+ Sans serif Contrast Use correct punctuation & case. Background Light room – light background Dark room – dark background Consider glare 8

9. Animation Effects Animation controls the entrance… and exit of text. 9 Objects can be animated too. Animation can be subtle It can be used to emphasise Or focus the audience On the relevant point.

10. Subtle = professional Don’t distract audience. Progressive disclosure & fade to emphasise Know your material/audience. Animation should have a purpose Animation 10

11. “Conditional Formatting is a method of formatting cells based on their value” (Answers.com) 11

12. Recap By the end of this session you should be able to: Describe design ideas that should be considered when creating a PowerPoint presentation. Apply design themes and customise colours, fonts and background colours appropriately to suit the material and audience. Use the layout feature to align material neatly. Add multimedia content to your slides to create interesting and memorable slides. Use appropriate animation effects to enhance your presentation. Create memorable, well-designed presentations that enhance your presentation, rather than detract from it. 12

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