Creating PowerPoints with Pizzazz

1. Creating PowerPoints with Pizzazz Dani Watkins Education Partners, Inc. Director of Learning Services www.aboutepi.com

2. Setting the Stage

3. What Message do PPTs Convey? • Boring • Mind-numbing • Chaos • Confusion • Bulleted lists • No clear message • ________________ • ________________

4. Guiding Question How can I convey my message graphically?

5. Student Materials Files Job Aids

6. Class Icons Class Activity New Idea Question

7. Custom Shows & Menus Interactivity Graphics Getting Started Media Animation Topics

8. Getting Started

9. Getting Started • Open GettingStarted.ppt • Use your Getting Started Job Aid to complete the activity. • Read each challenge and complete each solution.

10. Graphics

11. Increase Student Retention What I , I forget. What I , I remember. But what I , I understand. Confucius , China , 451 B.C.

12. Examples • American Government • Capitalization-Punctuation • Addition Equations

13. PowerPoint Built In Tools

14. The Water Cycle • Evaporation • Condensation • Precipitation • Transpiration

15. Transpiration Condensation Precipitation Evaporation The Water Cycle

16. Heat Transfer Surface area 1” =48 sq. in. 1” 2” 2” = 24 sq. inches

17. Heat Transfer in a Kiln 3 Types Gases Radiation - flame > load & flame > wall & hot kiln wall > load Conduction – wall > load (when below load) Convection – Gases > load & gases > wall

18. Graphic Resources

19. SnagIt

20. Graphics • Open Graphics.ppt • Use your Graphics Job Aid to complete the activity.

21. Create a Clip Art Bank Clip Art for Astronomy

22. Animation

23. Types of Animation

24. Animation of Text or Graphics • Select the text or graphic you want to animate. • Select Slide Show  Custom Animation. • Select Entrance, Emphasis, Exit or Motion Path. • Select an animation type.

25. Text Animation • Bullet item 1 • Sub bullet item 1 • Sub bullet item 2 • Bullet item 1 • Sub bullet item 1 • Sub bullet item 2 • Sub bullet item 1 • Sub bullet item 2

26. Text and Table Animation Animating Text and Table Cells Period Timesheets Due Paydate 1/30-2/12 2/14 2/18 12/4-12/17 12/19 12/23 7/3-7/16 7/18 7/22 5/22-6/4 6/6 6/10

27. True False Benefit Forms and Information Payroll Frequently Asked Questions HR Forms Animating Text and Table Cells How well do you know your way around the Human Resources page on the Intranet? Your answer The timesheet forms are listed under the Payroll link. X X Where can I find the New Employee Checklist ? My employee needs to make an AFLAC claim. Where should he/she get this form.? To download the AFLAC claim form, my employee should go to the _____________ link and select the ______________________________________ AFLAC AFLAC Claims Cover Sheet

28. Animation of Slides • In Slide Sorter View, select the slide(s) you want to animate. • Select Slide Show  Slide Transition. • Select the transition, speed, and sound. • Select how the slide will be advanced.

29. June 2005 September 2005 Monday Monday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Friday Friday Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday 1 2 1 3 2 3 4 5 4 6 5 7 6 8 7 9 8 10 9 11 10 11 12 Effective Date September 1 13 12 14 13 15 14 16 15 16 17 18 17 19 18 Start Date June 14 20 19 20 21 21 22 23 22 24 23 25 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 Animating Graphics

30. Animation • Open Animation.ppt • Use your Animation Job Aid to complete the activity.

31. Adding Media Audio, Video, Flash, Worksheets, Other Documents

32. Audio • Syncopation • A syncopation or syncopated rhythm is any rhythm that puts an emphasis on a beat or a subdivision of a beat that is not usually emphasized.

33. Add audio that plays when the slide appears (WAV only). Add Audio to an animated object (WAV only). Audio

34. Audio • Open AddingAudio.ppt • Use your Audio Job Aid to complete the activity.

35. Adding Video Neil Armstrong begins his descent to the foot of the steps to become the first man on the moon in July 1969.

36. Formats to include are: • WMV (Windows Media Video) • AVI (Audio Video Interleave) • MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) Video • Select Insert  Movies and Sounds. • Select Movie from File. • Select movie title. • Choose to play automatically or on click. • Set Custom Animation.

37. Flash • Select View  Toolbars Control Toolbox. • Click More Controls (last button on toolbar). • Select Shockwave Flash Object. • Draw the area for the control. • Click Properties (first button on toolbar). • Enter the URL or file path.

38. Adding Flash

39. Interactivity Get your students involved!

40. Interactivity Subtitle introducing the list • First prompting item • Second prompting item • Third prompting item • _______________________________ • _______________________________ • _______________________________ • _______________________________

41. Interactivity List six major classifications of crystal geometry ___________ Isometric ___________ Monoclinic ___________ Orthorhombic ___________ Hexagonal ___________ Tetragonal ___________ Triclinic

42. Who Wants to Be an Expert Evaluator? Which of the following activities is an example of a Level 1 evaluation? Smile sheet Standardized test A B Interview trainee’s supervisor Calculate ROI C D

43. Interactivity • Open Interactivity.ppt • Use your Interactivity Job Aid to complete the activity.

44. Create a Custom Show

45. Slide B Slide A Slide E Menu Slide D Slide C Topics

46. Defining a Custom Show • Select Slide Show  Custom Shows. • Click New. • Choose a Slide to include. • Click Add. • Click OK when you are done. • Select Slide Show  Set Up Show.

47. Custom Shows • Open CustomShows.ppt • Use your Custom Shows Job Aid to complete the activity.

48. Creating Menus

49. Note Topic 1 (CFH) Topic 2 (KIG) Topic 3 Topic 4

50. Creating a Menu For each menu item... • Select the text to trigger the show and right-click. • Select Action Settings. • Select the Hyperlink to Custom Shows. • Select the custom show and specify Show and Return.