best practices with powerpoint heard of edward tufte?
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Best Practices with PowerPoint
Heard of Edward Tufte?
• Too much text• “Shiny Objects”
Pitfalls of PowerPoint
Overview of Presentation• What is NSSE? What is student “engagement”?• How does engagement connect to “student
success”?• What are the primary respondent characteristics?• How do we compare against ourselves in 2004?• How do we compare against 2 benchmark groups:
∙ Carnegie Classification institutions∙ Public Research Universities
• NSSE• Student “Engagement”• Significance • Characteristics • SDSU Standing
Outline
• Template Galleries• Transitions• Animations
“Shiny objects”
Transition Overuse
Didn’t that look cool!
Transition Overuse
That was even better!
Transition Overuse
Do I have to pick just one?
Animation Overuse
Participate in a research project as an undergraduate
Show associated with success in graduate school
Improve professional advancement (Author et al. 2000; Author and Principal 2001)
Suggest most undergraduates not participate in research projects from freshman year
SDSU is “America’s #1 Small Research University”
Study why students party
Helpful undergraduates are very few, and those that do focus almost exclusively on academic success
Where to we go from here?
Read this: it’s very important!
• Choose natural, intuitive colors∙ Not software defaults
• Match PPT color scheme∙ You can change colors in Excel
Colors
Good color palettes
• Dark neutral backgrounds∙ Navy blue, deep green, or black
• Contrasting colors highlight ∙ Pale yellow, orange, red
Descriptive Characteristics of NSSE Respondents 2009
Characteristic SDSU First Year
Students
SDSU Senior Students
Doc -Int First Year
Students
Doc -Int Senior
Students Age 24 or older < 24
0%
100%
40% 60%
3%
97%
31% 69%
Gender Female Male
62% 38%
63% 37%
58% 42%
57% 43%
Race/Ethnicity African American/Black Am. Indian/Native Am. Asian Am./Pacific Islander Caucasian/White Hispanic or Latino Other Multi -racial International
2% 1%
19% 38% 24% 5% 4% 4%
2% 0%
12% 46% 18% 4% 6% 7%
7% 1% 9%
68% 2% 2% 3% 7%
7% 1% 7%
71% 2% 1% 2% 5%
< 24>= 24
female male
African
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America
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Asian A
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Cauca
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White
Hispan
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Other
Multira
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Intern
ation
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0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1st yr
seniors
DI 1st yr
DI seniors
Respondent Characteristics
< 24>= 24
female male
African
Ameri
can
America
n Ind
ian
Asian A
merica
n
Cauca
sian,
White
Hispan
ic, La
tino
Other
Multira
cial
Intern
ation
al0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1st yr
seniors
DI 1st yr
DI seniors
Respondent Characteristics
• Images!• Glance and get• Light on dark• 6 bullets max (no wrapping)
Best practices
• Stand alone presentations∙ Add audio∙ Create a movie∙ Create an interactive experience
Online Implementation
• Prezi at prezi.com∙ FREE Educational license∙ Demo
Alternatives to PPT
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