LEARNING TO CREATE PRESENTATIONS

Vera Weber

PRESENTATIONS USE A STORYBOARD Storyboards are a lot like comic strips that

tell a story

SOMETIMES, PRESENTATIONS SHARE INFORMATION

PRESENTATION VOCABULARY TO KNOW

Slide Presentations don’t use

pages, they use slides. There are several different Slide Layouts to choose from

PRESENTATION VOCABULARY TO KNOW

ObjectsSlides contain objects that can be moved and manipulated. Text Images Videos Sounds

Are all examples of objects

PRESENTATION VOCABULARY TO KNOW

Transitions The movement between

slides in the presentation Transitions add

movement to the presentation

PRESENTATION VOCABULARY TO KNOW

Transitions The movement between

slides in the presentation Transitions add

movement to the presentation

PRESENTATION VOCABULARY TO KNOW

Transitions The movement between

slides in the presentation Transitions add

movement to the presentation

PRESENTATION VOCABULARY TO KNOW

Animation

The movement of objects on a slide

Animations also add movement and excitment to the presentation Warning: Too many animations

can be distracting and make your audience lose interest!

PRESENTATION VOCABULARY TO KNOW

Slide Design The background images of the slide.

Changing slide designs will alter how your slide looks

Once one slide is changed, they all change

Slide designs even have different color formats within each design… making for hundreds of design choices.

YOUR CHALLENGE TODAY IS TO CREATE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ABOUT YOURSELF

The Presentation must contain: 5-6 slides

3 different slide layouts

Different objects on each slide

Transitions between slides

A slide design

CREATE A TITLE SLIDE From the Home Menu Ribbon, click on the drop

down menu for New Slide and select Title Slide.

Most of the time, a new presentation will start with a Title Slide

ADD ANOTHER SLIDE WITH AN IMAGEFrom the Home Menu Ribbon, click on the dropdown menu for New Slide and select a one of

the following: Title and Content Content with Caption Picture with Caption

Click the Insert Picture from File icon anddirect the computer to a picture of yourself.

CONTINUE ADDING SLIDESYou will need to add 3 different slide layouts for slides that tell about:

Your favorite animal

Something you enjoy doing outside of school

Tell us one more thing about you that we don’t know

A slide that closes your presentation

SAVE OFTEN

ADDING TRANSITIONS Slide transitions are added by clicking on the

slide and selecting a transition.

On the Animations Menu Ribbon, click the drop down menu for Transitions and see all the choices.

YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SELECT A TRANSITION

PREVIEWING YOUR PRESENTATION

From the Slide Show Menu Ribbon, click on From Beginning or From Current Slide to watch your presentation.

Press the ESC key to end the preview or presentation

THANKS FOR LEARNING ABOUT PRESENTATIONS TODAY Enjoy Spring!