PowerPoint in the Classroom

1. PowerPoint in the Classroom A tutorial for interactive instruction

2. Introduction

3. Introduction PowerPoint is a high-powered software tool used for presenting information in a dynamic slide show format. Text, charts, graphs, sound effects and video are just some of the elements PowerPoint can incorporate into your presentations with ease. Whether it's a classroom lesson, a parents' group meeting, a teachers' seminar or an unattended kiosk at the Science Fair - PowerPoint shows you how to make a powerful impression on your audience.

4. Introduction Join us in this, two part tutorial as we show you how to effectively use PowerPoint to present many different forms of information. Part One will be a basic how to get up and running with PowerPoint. Part Two will teach you how to blow the audience out of the water.

5. Part One

6. PowerPoint Basics

7. PowerPoint Basics Let’s start with the most important feature of PowerPoint, The Toolbars. PowerPoint comes with many toolbars-fifteen of them, to be exact. Don't worry about learning all of them. Concentrate on the four main toolbars that appear when you first open the program.

8. Finding the Toolbars The toolbars contain graphically illustrated buttons that you click to perform specific tasks in a program. PowerPoint has four main toolbars, which can help you create your presentations quickly and easily. • The Standard Toolbar • The Formatting Toolbar • The Drawing Toolbar • The Common Tasks toolbar

9. The Standard Toolbar The Standard Toolbar is located at the top of the PowerPoint window, below the menu bar. It has buttons for common tasks such as saving, printing, checking spelling, and inserting charts and tables.

10. The Formatting Toolbar The Formatting Toolbaris located just below the standard toolbar. Most of its buttons are for formatting text. Use these buttons to change the font type or size, make text bold or italic, indent text, and insert bullets.

11. The Drawing Toolbar The Drawing Toolbaris located at the bottom of the PowerPoint window. It has tools for drawing shapes, adding lines and curves, and inserting text boxes and WordArt. It also has buttons for manipulating and formatting the objects you draw.

12. Common Tasks Toolbar The Common Tasks toolbaris initially a floating toolbar. That is, it isn't anchored to an edge of the PowerPoint window. Use this toolbar to create a new slide, change the layout of a slide, or apply a design.

13. Moving Toolbars PowerPoint toolbars can be moved, docked to any side of the PowerPoint window or left floating. A move handle on the left or top of the toolbar indicates that the toolbar is docked. A title bar indicates that the toolbar is floating.

14. Adding Toolbars As you work more with PowerPoint you may wish to add some of many other toolbars to your PowerPoint window. Let's say you want to add the animation effects toolbar. Here's what you do:

15. Views Menu One more important set of buttons can be found in the lower left hand screen in PowerPoint. This is the Views Menu. These options allow the user to scroll through different “views” of the presentation. We will go over the different views during the rest of the lesson.

16. PowerPoint Vocabulary Here are some terms in PowerPoint that are useful to know. Slide: An individual screen in a slide show. Presentation File: The file you save to disk that contains all the slides, speaker's notes, handouts, etc. that make up your presentation. Object: Any element that appears on a PowerPoint slide, such as clip art, text, drawings, charts, sounds, and video clips. You can refer to a clip art object, a text object, a title object, a drawing object, etc.

17. PowerPoint Vocabulary Slide Show: A series of slides displayed in sequence. A slide show can be controlled manually or automatically. Transition: A special effect used to introduce a slide during a slide show. For example, you can fade in from black, or dissolve from one slide to another.

18. Creating Slides

19. Creating Slides PowerPoint gives you quite a few ways to create a presentation. If you want total control over the look and structure, you will likely build your slide show from the ground up. If you need a presentation in a hurry, the AutoContent Wizard is your new best friend. If you're great at organizing information, but can't match two colors if your life depended on it, then you'd better leave your slide show color scheme to PowerPoint's ready-made templates.

20. Creating Slides from Scratch • Open the PowerPoint program. The PowerPoint dialog box appears. • In the PowerPoint dialog box, click the Blank Presentation option button. The New Slide dialog box appears. It asks you to choose an AutoLayout format. 3. Click the Title Slide layout. It's the first in the list. The name Title Slide appears in the preview box. 4. Click OK. A Title Slide appears, ready for you to work with.

21. Adding Text to a Slide • The Title Slide layout contains text boxes for a title and a subtitle. • Click in the Title text box. A thick gray border appears around the text box indicating that it is selected. • Click the Subtitle text box and type a subtitle.

22. Adding another slide • Click the New Slide button on the Common Tasks toolbar. • The AutoLayout dialog box will appear. Choose a layout for your next slide.

23. Auto Content Wizards The AutoContent Wizard is a good option for creating a presentation if you are a beginner. The AutoContent Wizard offers suggestions for templates to use and types of content to put in. This option is also good if you are in hurry and want to create a presentation quickly.

24. Using Auto Content Wizard If you have just launched PowerPoint, click the AutoContent Wizard option button in the PowerPoint dialog box to start a presentation.

25. Using Auto Content Wizard If you are already working in PowerPoint, here's how you start the AutoContent Wizard: • Click the File menu, then click New. The New Presentation dialog box will appear. • In the New Presentation dialog box, click the Presentations tab. • In the Presentations list, click the AutoContent Wizard, and then click OK. The wizard will start.

26. Using Auto Content Wizard The AutoContent Wizard will guide you through some simple steps. • Read the information on the start screen, then click Next. • In the next dialog box, select the type of presentation you want to give, then click Next to advance to the next dialog box. • Continue entering options until you reach the Finish step. • Click Finish.

27. Using Templates A template, also called a presentation design, lets you create a presentation without worrying about design elements. The template defines the color, background, and font of the slides. PowerPoint has many templates, which you can preview and select in the New Presentation dialog box. PowerPoint also lets you customize the templates. For instance, you can change the background color or typeface of a template.

28. Using Templates Creating a presentation using templatesIf you have just launched PowerPoint, click the Template option button in the PowerPoint dialog box to start a new presentation.

29. Using Templates If you are already working in PowerPoint, follow these steps: • Click the File menu, then click New. The New Presentation dialog box appears. • Click the Presentation Designs tab, and then click an appropriate template. The design will appear in the preview box. • Click OK. The New Presentation dialog box will close.

30. Outline View What is Outline View?In Outline View, your presentation appears as an outline, made up of titles and main text from each slide. Because you can see all your presentation in one window, rather than one slide at a time, it's an ideal place to plan, organize, or edit your presentation. Switching to Outline View To switch to Outline View, click the Outline View button in the lower left-hand corner of the PowerPoint window.

31. Saving your Presentation The next steps show you how to save your presentation to your hard drive for the first time, using the Save As command. • Click the File menu, and then click Save As. The Save As dialog box will appear. • In the File name box, type a name for your presentation. • Click Save.

32. Making Changes

33. Text Changes PowerPoint gives you the ability to alter your text in numerous ways. You can: • Move • Add • Delete • Resize • Copy • Add color • Add bullets and/or numbers • Change the font

34. Text Changes Moving a text box If you don't like where a text box is positioned on a page, you can move it to a new location. First you select it, then you move it. Resizing a text box The gray border that appears around an object when you select it has square handles on its corners and on its sides. These are called selection or resizing handles. You can click and drag these handles to resize text boxes.

35. Text Changes Adding a new text boxSometimes, you may want to add text to a slide without using a built-in text box. For example, you may want to type a label for a drawing, or you may want to add text to a blank slide layout. In PowerPoint, you can add your own text boxes to any slide using the Text Box tool on the drawing toolbar.

36. Text Changes Copying a text box Deleting a text box

37. Text Changes Outlining a text box As you have seen, the thick gray border that appears around a text box is temporary and disappears when the text is deselected. If you want a permanent outline around your text box, create one using the drawing toolbar.

38. Text Changes Changing your font

39. Text Changes Adding Bullets and Numbers

40. Text Changes Don’t forget to check the spelling in your presentation before the audience sees it.

41. Background Changes In PowerPoint it's easy to change the background of the slide you are working on. Whether you want to change the color, the pattern, or the picture itself PowerPoint gives you the ability.

42. Background Changes Change the color

43. Background Changes Change the pattern You can change the picture as well by clicking on the tab.

44. Background Changes You can save backgrounds from the internet to use in your presentations. Just make sure they are royalty-free.

45. Looking Good

46. Elements of good design A few simple rules to make your presentation professional and easy to read. Fonts:Choose two easy to read fonts. One for your headlines and one for your text. A sans-serif font for your headlines is the best choice. Choose a serif font like Times New Roman for your text. Keep in mind that the font choices must be on the computer you will be showing the presentation from. Stick to common fonts to guarantee to look of your presentation.

47. Elements of good design Colors and Backgrounds Choose more conservative colors and patterns for your text and backgrounds. You want your audience to be able to read the presentation. Consider the color wheel for complimentary colors.

48. Images and Charts

49. Adding Shapes and Images It is easy to add shapes and images to help jazz up your presentation. Adding Shapes Choose the star shape.Click anywhere on the slide.A star of predefined size will be inserted.

50. Adding Shapes and Images You can insert Clip art the same way.