In this last topic on PowerPoint you learn about the many ways you can use the slides you have created to support an oral presentation: from the various ways they can be displayed to the support materials that can also be produced.
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Skills
Getting ready to present
The final step after developing a presentation is to present it to a live audience. PowerPoint provides a range of options for you to do this including:
overhead transparencies,
35 mm photographic slides or,
a slide show using a projection device, a computer and your electronic slides.
SET TEXT
Chapter 5
pp. 539-546
or
Chapter 5
pp. 539-545
In your textbook, complete the pages and exercises in Chapter 5 on Displaying a Presentation to learn how to master the basic skills required for an oral presentation.
TASK:
1. Complete the Develop Your Skills 4, pp. 546.
Using transitions
Your text features the PowerPoint special effect of
Transitions in the series of exercises provided. However
as you have already experienced, if you completed both
tasks in Develop Presentations, transitions are not
always the best tool to use for enhancing a presentation.
Read the short extract opposite, taken from another
transitions.
Tips & Tricks
SET TEXT
Chapter 5
p. 539
or
p. 533
Handouts (p. 540-541)
pp. 540-541 in your text explains how to print your slides so that your audience can have them for later reference.
It is good practice to distribute these to your audience before you begin your presentation as the audience can then annotate their own notes as needed.
Listed opposite are two sites that provide further PowerPoint tutorials that are at an introductory level. These may provide some useful pointers, especially when you are completing your assessment.
Non linear PowerPoint
As well as being able to work through PowerPoint slide by slide in a linear manner, there is also the possibility to use a non linear presentation throught the use of action buttons.
To find out how these work, try the following:
Open PowerPoint (or File, New)
Select Presentations
Scroll down, find and select Group Home Page
View the presentation and read the notes.
Think about when you could use this feature.
What have I learned
After completing these activities you should:
understand the many ways you can use your PowerPoint in a presentation,
know where to go to get further support online
have the resources you need to add multimedia to your presentation
Tips & Tricks
