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Teaching Well Using Technology TWUT – Prezi Tutorial 1 Basic Prezi Tutorial Here are the steps to creating a basic Prezi presentation assuming you’ve never done so and need to begin by getting a Prezi account. Point your favorite web browser to www.prezi.com. (It doesn’t matter which browser you use; Prezi’s a flashbased application that works with any flashenabled browser!) On the homepage of Prezi, click on “Sign Up.” (Or, if you want to learn more about Prezi, click the link provided . . . ) Scroll down a little bit, and click on “Student/Teacher Licenses.” (Prezi provides free upgraded licenses to students and teachers who provide a valid .edu email address!) On the Student/Teacher Licenses page, click “Get” under the free Edu Enjoy column. On a new page, Prezi will ask for your .edu email address and will send a registration email to that address. When the email arrives, click the link in the email and provide the information needed to establish your account.

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This a tutorial based on the Prezi.com original. In it, I've corrected some grammatical errors and added a few additional images and instructions.

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Teaching  Well  Using  Technology  

TWUT  –  Prezi  Tutorial     1  

Basic  Prezi  Tutorial    

Here  are  the  steps  to  creating  a  basic  Prezi  presentation  assuming  you’ve  never  done  so  and  need  to  begin  by  getting  a  Prezi  account.      Point  your  favorite  web  browser  to  www.prezi.com.    (It  doesn’t  matter  which  browser  you  use;  Prezi’s  a  flash-­‐based  application  that  works  with  any  flash-­‐enabled  browser!)              On  the  homepage  of  Prezi,  click  on  “Sign  Up.”    (Or,  if  you  want  to  learn  more  about  Prezi,  click  the  link  provided  .  .  .  )            Scroll  down  a  little  bit,  and  click  on  “Student/Teacher  Licenses.”      (Prezi  provides  free  upgraded  licenses  to  students  and  teachers  who  provide  a  valid  .edu  email  address!)          On  the  Student/Teacher  Licenses  page,  click  “Get”  under  the  free  Edu  Enjoy  column.    On  a  new  page,  Prezi  will  ask  for  your  .edu  email  address  and  will  send  a  registration  email  to  that  address.    When  the  email  arrives,  click  the  link  in  the  email  and  provide  the  information  needed  to  establish  your  account.    

                         

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     Now  that  you  have  created  an  account  with  Prezi.com,  each  time  you  log  in,  you’ll  find  your  profile  page.    As  you  add  Prezis,  they’ll  accumulate  on  your  profile  page.          Creating  Your  First  Prezi  .  .  .        To  create  a  new  presentation,  on  your    profile  page,  click  on  “Create  New  Prezi.”              Then  fill  out  the  title,      description  (optional),      and  choose  a  template.        Once  you’ve  filled  out  the  title  and  optional  description,  and  picked  a  template,  click  on  “Create.”          Step  8:  Once  you’ve  created  your  Prezi,  click  on  “Open  Me.”        A  box  will  appear  that  shows  the  title  and  description.  Click  the  blue  box  that  says  “Open.”            

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     When  your  Prezi  opens,  it  will  look  like  this.    The  Wheel  in  the  upper  left  corner  is  the  controller  for  what  you  want  to  do  in  Prezi.    By  default,  it  is  set  to  “Write.”                To  write  something,  double  click  anywhere  on  the  background,  and  a  text  box  will  appear.  Type  what  you  want  inside  the  box.                    To  insert  a  file  or  a  shape,  click  on  the  circle  in  the  Wheel  named  “Insert.”  Then  choose  “load  file”  if  you  want  to  add  a  file  from  your  computer.      To  add  a  simple  shape,  click  on  “shapes”              To  place  a  frame  around  an  object  or  text,  click  on  “frame”  in  the  Wheel.  Select  how  you  want  to  frame  the  item,  then  drag  and  drop  a  frame  around  the  item.        To  return  to  “Write,”  click  in  the  solid  color  corner  of  the  screen.          

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         To  move  something  in  your  presentation,  Click  on  the  “Write”  portion  of  the  Wheel.    Then,  click  on  the  item  you  want  to  move.  A  blue  circle  will  appear  on  top  of  the  item.  Click  and  drag  using  the  vertical  lines  in  the  middle  to  move  the  item  to  its  new  location.                  To  change  the  size  of  an  item,  click  and  drag  horizontally    the  solid  inner  circles.    Drag  outward  to  enlarge  the  size  of    text;  drag  inward  to  reduce  the  size.                  To  rotate  an  item,  click  and  drag  the  dashed  outer  ring.      You  have  360  degrees  of  rotation!                    Want  to  explore  some  other  options?    Click  the  “+”  in  the  lower  left  corner  of  the  circle  .  .  .                

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       Paths  are  how  Prezi  moves  from  one  item  to  the  next.  To  add  a  path,  click  “Path”  in  the  Wheel.  Click  “1-­‐2-­‐Add,”                        Now  click  on  the  first  item  you  want  to  show  up  in  your  presentation,  then  the  second,  and  so  on.  A  numbered  line  will  appear,  just  like  you’re  “connecting  the  dots.”                      

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Showtime!!  You’ve  created  items  and  established  an  order  path.    It’s  time  to  see  your  Prezi  in  action.      In  the  Wheel,  click  on  the  grey  “Show”  circle,  then  click  “Full  Screen.”                  In  the  lower  right  corner  of  the  screen,  you’ll  find  a  set  of  navigation  tools.    

• The  two-­‐headed  arrow  icon  launches  into  or  returns  from  full  screen.  • The  single  left-­‐pointing  arrow  is  the  “back”  button  (click  and  hold  to  get  a  “return  to  beginning”  

icon).  • The  larger  single  right-­‐pointing  arrow  is  the  “next”  button.    (click  and  hold  to  get  options  for  

auto  advancing  in  4,  10,  or  20  second  increments).    To  return  to  the  editing  screen,  move  your  mouse  to  the  upper  left  corner.    When  the  Wheel  appears,  click  the  solid  color  corner.            Saving  is  AUTOMATIC  Just  so  you  know,  Prezi  auto-­‐saves  so  you  don’t  have  to.  To  save  it  yourself,  place  your  mouse  over  “Saved  at  XX:XX”  in  the  upper  right  corner  of  the  editing  screen  and  click  on  “Save  Now.”                    

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