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Senior Project PowerPoint

This instructional guide for senior high school students covers essential tips for creating professional PowerPoint presentations, emphasizing font sizes and types, background design, graphics, and more. It also includes advice on dress requirements and delivering presentations effectively. Students are encouraged to start early, avoid procrastination, and prepare thoroughly to succeed in their senior project.

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Senior Project PowerPoint

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  1. Senior ProjectPowerPoint Creating Professional Presentations

  2. Senioritis The Only Known Cure: Graduation Class Motto: “I need this class to graduate” Noun:A crippling disease that strikes high school seniors. Symptoms include: laziness, procrastination, excessive absences and tardies, skipping class, a change in normal attire and a general dismissive attitude.

  3. Important Ideas to Consider • Keep it simple. • Font size & type • Use multiple graphics/charts/photos • Background design/color • Presentation as an enhancement. • Have a backup.

  4. Font Size • This is size 24. (Too small) • This is size 32. • This is size 40. • This is size 48. • This is size 60. (Too big)

  5. Font Size • Headings – 40-45 • Big Font (Bullets) – size 32 • Medium font (Sub-bullet) – 28 • Small font (sub-sub-bullets) – 26 • In-text citations – 8-10

  6. Font Types — Sans-serif • Arial • Courier • Times New Roman • Palatino • Univers • Franklin Gothic Book

  7. Background color • Choose contrasting colors. • Light on dark or…

  8. Choosing Text Color • Or use dark text and light background. • Make sure you can see text easily. • Stand up and take six steps back from your presentation. Is it easily read?

  9. Graphics and Design • No more than 2 graphics per page. • No more than 4 colors on a chart. • Use the same background on all pages. • Graphics, charts & photos should enhance the presentation.

  10. Things to Avoid • Avoid more than 6 words per bullet • Avoid more than 6 major bullets • Avoid auto timing your presentation. • Avoid complete sentences/whole paragraphs • Avoid multiple transitions per slide • Avoid annoying animations

  11. Good Ideas • Use a different color to highlight • Use only one transition to change slides • Use the same background on each slide • Use key words & bulleted key words • Use PowerPoint templates provided • Align bullets to the left. • Use sub-bullets when necessary.

  12. Check List General Presentation: If You Are Having Trouble: Use the “Help” menu. Ask a friend. Ask your teacher. Ask a librarian. • Check spelling. • Face your audience. • Do not read your presentation. • Practice your presentation. • Have a backup.

  13. Saving Your Presentationand Your Sanity Save in more than one place. Flash drive Burn to a CD. Save to your “H” drive. To save from home: “File” “Save as” “Save as type”= PowerPoint 2019

  14. Senior Project – (This slide has too many words) • Students may use note cards if they really think they need them.  • Actually, the PowerPoint is a giant note card.  • Students need to make sure that they do not stand and read from their note cards. • Graphics including clipart needs to be cited on their PowerPoint.  • Most of the students are taking clipart from Microsoft so that can get them started on their citation. 

  15. Dress Requirements • Dress professionally for this presentation. • Males: • Slacks, button up shirt (no Polo shirts), tie, dress shoes. Tuck in your shirt! Comb your hair! • Females: • Skirt, dress or slacks, dress shoes. No sandals. • NO: • Shorts, halter-tops, see through clothes, jeans, and baseball caps. • Panel members are very critical about dress. • General rule of thumb: • If you would wear it to school it probably isn’t dressy enough!

  16. Good Luck! The Best Advice: Don’t procrastinate. Prepare your presentation early. Allow time to correct problems.

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