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Slide 2 Slide 3 Learning Objectives To develop skills for creating an effective slideshow presentation with voice narration for Digital Story Telling course requirement. Skills include: 1. How to organize images 2. How to design slide images text, color, graphics 3. How to reduce the size of photo and scanned images 4. How to use animations for transitions between slides and between objects on slides 5. How to embed or link to a video 6. How to record and add narration and timings to a slide show Slide 4 Agenda TIMEACTIONS 9:00 11:00 Modeling Guided Practice 11:30 - 11:50 Independent Work Slide 5 Death by PowerPoint Less Serious Death by PowerPoint IDeath by PowerPoint I More Serious Death by PowerPoint IIDeath by PowerPoint II Slide 6 Reflecting on our practice Slide 7 Use Rubric Slide 8 1. How to organize images Create folder. Label files sequentially. Slide 9 8 2. How to design slides Slide 10 9 Text Layout Size (large) Type Sans Serif - Helvetic, Arial, Tahoma Case (Upper and lower) Underlining (dont) Bold, color, italics Amount of Text Less is more (not a read aloud) Key points - 5 lines MAX 2. How to design slides Slide 11 10 Color Stick to a theme of colors Darker backgrounds Lighter text and graphics Know your lighting conditions 2. How to design slides Slide 12 11 Color Donts: Examples Green on RedRed on Green Brown on GreenGreen on Brown Blue on BlackBlack on Blue Blue on PurplePurple on Blue or Blue-green MulticolorsMulticolorsMulticolorsMulticolors Animation, esp. pointless 2. How to design slides Slide 13 12 Graphics Images: Clear Meaningful Professional Limited in number 2. How to design slides Slide 14 13 Graphics Animations Use sparingly. For emphasis 2. How to design slides Slide 15 14 Graphics Transitions between slides Use consistent transitions. Suggested: Dissolve Time: 1 sec. 2. How to design slides Slide 16 Use same font Headers 40 pt Picture Styles Frames Around Photos Opening Slide 2. How to design slides Slide 17 Insert scanned image of student work Two or three Images per slide 2. How to design slides Slide 18 Final Slide 2. How to design slides Slide 19 18 Now Its Your Turn Create a PowerPoint file. Design two or three slides. Slide 20 3. How to reduce the size of photo and scanned images Instructor's File Instructor's File Microsoft Help Microsoft Help Reducing Original Image from Camera to Smaller Images Using Picassa SIZEDIMENSIONS Original3000 x 2000 (4.5 MB) Small25 % of page 240 x 320 (44 KB) Medium50% of page 360 x 489 (88 KB) Large100% of page 480 x 640 (136 KB) Largest800 x 600 (196 KB) Slide 21 20 Now Its Your Turn Reduce the size of an original image to less than 100 KB suitable in size for a PowerPoint slide. Slide 22 4. How to use animations for transitions between slides and between objects on slides AAnimations and Transitions Slide 23 22 Now Its Your Turn Create transitions between your slides. Slide 24 5. How to record and add narration and timings to a slide show Voice Narrations Voice Narrations Made an error on one slide? Re-cord the one slide only. Background music and voice narration? Yes, its possible! But is it necessary? Slide 25 24 Now Its Your Turn Record narration for two or three slides. Play it and listen. Slide 26 6. How to embed or link to a video Video Video YouTube and Vimeo YouTubeVimeo Slide 27 26 Now Its Your Turn Upload a video clip to YouTube or Vimeo. Embed a hyperlink on a slide.