Which Online Presentation ServiceIs Right for You?

FacProfDev  2014

by R. Christopher Heard

Which service for sharing presentations online is right for you?

What do you want the viewer to experience?

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Do you want the presentation to feel something like a traditional lecture?

Embedded sound • • • • • •

Timed slide advancement • • • • •

Do you want viewers to self-pace their progress through the presentation?

Manual slide advancement • • • • • • • •

Support users who have limited vision.

Embedded sound • • • • • •

Support users who have limited hearing.

Closed-captioning • •

File attachments •

You may need to publish “slidedocs” (Nancy Duarte’s term) instead of “presentations.”

Beware of “faux transcripts” auto-generated from slide text.

Faux transcripts • • • • •

Do you want to distribute handouts?

File attachments $

May viewers download your presentation?

Downloadable slideshows • • • • •

May viewers share your presentation?

Embed codes • • • • • • • • •Social sharing • • • • • • • •

Can viewers use mobile devices to view your presentation?

Works in mobile browsers • • • • • • • • •as static images, no sound works via dedicated app displayed as PDF

?What do you want to experience?

Do you want to create your presentation online?

Prepare show online • •

Do you prefer to prepare your presentation offline?

Prepare show offline • • • • • • • •

Do you prefer to prepare a video offline?

Prepare video offline $ • •

Do you want to record a video directly to the hosting service?

Prepare video online •

+User’s

experience

=Presenter’s experience

Preferred solution

Closed-captioning • •

Downloadable slideshows • • • • •Embed codes • • • • • • • • •

Embedded sound • • • • • •File attachments $

Manual slide advancement • • • • • • • •Prepare show offline • • • • • • • •Prepare show online • •Prepare video offline $ • •Prepare video online •

Social sharing • • • • • • • •Timed slide advancement • • • • •

Works in mobile browsers • • • • • • • • •as static images, no sound works via dedicated app displayed as PDF

Learning Circle 2: Shreyas Ghandi, Chris Heard, Linda Lavadia, Leola Oliver, Dan Morrison

Lead IT Facilitator: Hong Kha Faculty Facilitator: Margaret Riel

FacProfDev  2014

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