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PowerPoint: Tips and Tricks

PowerPoint: Tips and Tricks. Ellen Qualey, Emerging Technologies Librarian equaley@umn.edu. Why PowerPoint?. Themes or Templates. Slide Content. Graphics. Embed Multimedia. Presenter Tools. Themes and Templates. Themes and Templates. Law School PowerPoint Template

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PowerPoint: Tips and Tricks

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  1. PowerPoint: Tips and Tricks Ellen Qualey, Emerging Technologies Librarian equaley@umn.edu

  2. Why PowerPoint? Themes or Templates Slide Content Graphics Embed Multimedia Presenter Tools

  3. Themes and Templates

  4. Themes and Templates Law School PowerPoint Template UMN PowerPoint Templates Save Your Own Theme or Template

  5. Slide Content Zen/Striped Rock, by Mandolux

  6. Slide Content • Limit bullet points and text • Use graphics and multimedia • Avoid reading slides

  7. Graphics

  8. Graphics • Insert  Clip Art Search by Keyword and Click to Insert

  9. Graphics • Insert  Picture  Select Your Image File and Click “Open” Simmons’s Law Agent, 1871-1875, State Library of New South Wales

  10. Graphics http://www.flickr.com/commons http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/? http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/

  11. Graphics U.S. District Courts, Civil and Criminal Cases Filed Civil Criminal 1990: 217,013 47, 962 1995: 248,335 45,788 2000: 259,517 62,745 2005: 253,273 69, 575 2010: 282,895 78,428 Source: United States Courts, Judicial Facts and Figures, Tables 4.1, 5.1 (2005, 2010), http://www.uscourts.gov/Statistics/JudicialFactsAndFigures/JudicialFactsAndFigures2010.aspx Insert  Chart  Select Type of Chart and Click “OK”

  12. Graphics

  13. Adding Video or Audio Copy Embed Code  Insert  Video  Video From Web Site

  14. Presenter Tools • Animations • Highlighting and Pointer • Keyboard Shortcuts

  15. Additional Resources Lisa A. Burke & Karen James, Effectiveness of PowerPoint-Based Lectures Across Different Business Disciplines: An Investigation and Implications, 84 J. Educ. for Bus. 246 (2009) Debroah J. Merritt, Legal Education in the Age of Cognitive Science and Advanced Classroom Technology, 14 B.U. J. Sci. & Tech. L. 39 (2008) Chien Yu & Mariah L. Smith, PowerPoint: Is it an Answer to Interactive Classrooms? 35 Int’l J. of Instructional Media 271 (2008)

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