Slide Presentation

Slide Presentation (Hands-on Module) iSchools Project Team

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Impress ●

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Slide presentation component of the OpenOffice suite Advantages: – – – –

Variety of layouts offered With various multimedia tools to create visually attractive presentations Readily available templates/ presentation designs to choose from Readily available object (custom animation) and slide (slide transition) movements

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Getting Started ●

Presentation Wizard – – –

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Empty (New) Presentation From template Open an Existing Presentation

Review: – –

Saving Closing

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Impress Workspace ●

Slide pane

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Work area

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Task pane Master pages – Layouts – Custom animation – Slide transition Exercise 1 –

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Exercise 2

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Workspace Views Normal

Outline

Handout

Notes

Slide Sorter

Slide Show: actual presentation (F5) or View / Slide Show menu

Creating and Editing Slides ●

Adding Text – –

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Layouts Task Pane Moving/Resizing/Adding /Deleting a Text Box

Formatting Text Exercise 3 Inserting New Slides

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Bulleted and Numbered Lists M ov es th e s e lect e d p a r a g r a p h / lin e u p o n e le v e l in t h e h ie r a r ch y

M ov es th e s e le ct e d p a r a g r a p h / lin e d o w n o n e le v e l in t h e h ie r a r ch y

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P o s it io n s t h e paragraph / lin e b e fo r e th e on e a b o v e it

P os it io n s t h e paragraph / lin e a ft e r t h e o n e b e lo w it

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Formatting a Paragraph ●

Tabs:

Indents & Spacing tab ● Alignment tab ● Tabs ● Preview pane ●

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Exercise 4

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Working with Slides ●

Format > Page –

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Background tab

Using the Slide Pane: – – – –

Navigating through Slides Rearranging Slides Renaming Slides Deleting Slides

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Graphics ● ● ● ●

From file From the Gallery Fontwork Gallery Working with Graphics – – –

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Moving Resizing Deleting

Picture Toolbar

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Exercise 5 Be creative! But at the same time, think about your audience…will your formatting catch their attention? Divert their attention? Overwhelm them? Bore them? – –

Critique yourself. Have someone else critique your work. Be open to suggestions.

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Sample Output: Exercise 5

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Tables, Charts, and Graphs ● ● ●

Layouts Task Pane Table: activate Calc Charts/Graphs: – –

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Edit > Chart to enter own set of data in Chart Data window Review chart editing and formatting tools in Calc

Exercise 6 Experiment!

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Inserting Slides from Another File ●

Exercise 7

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Master Slides and Templates ●

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Slide Master: userdesigned template that contains the default text formatting style for the title, bulleted items, and the background design of all slides in the current slide presentation –

to maintain a consistent look for your presentations

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Masters Task Pane, View menu

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View > Header and Footer

Templates: readily available presentation designs stored in Impress

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Exercise 8

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Slide Show ● ●

Custom Animation Exercise 9

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Slide Transition Exercise 10

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Printing ●

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Decide on what to print (individual slides, handouts, range, notes, etc.) Inquire about availability of printer in training site –

experiment!

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Tips on Creating Effective Presentations

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roper reparation & ractice revent oor erformance

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Tips on Creating Effective Presentations ● ●

Use a storyboard Use a Template or a Slide Master –

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Be consistent

Fonts – –

easy to read, one to two types of fonts Titles: 38-44; Subtopics and bullet points: 32; no font less than 24

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Colors –

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appropriate for the topic, contrasting colors, two to three colors

Text – – –

bullet points Keep the focus on you and your explanation 6 x 6 rule

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Tips on Creating Effective Presentations ●

Numbers –

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use tables, diagrams, or charts maximum of 25 – 35 numbers per slide

Graphics and other objects

only when needed; .jpg and .gif format; avoid cluttering; shapes to emphasize iSchools - CILC for Teachers –

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Animation and Transition –

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Minimize to avoid distraction; be consistent

Notes and Handouts –

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REFLECTION/DISCUSSION ●

Will you be able to integrate what you've learned about ICT in your admin tasks as well as in classroom teaching and learning? – –

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What will you commit to (vis-a-vis monitoring)? –

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What? How? When? Why? With whom? Cite concrete examples: topics, strategies, output/product/performance Which will you use extensively? Why?

What kind of support will you need? –

From us? From others?

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Thank you

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