Creating PowerPoint

presentations to ensure all

learners learn

More than 1 in 10 students do not learn from conventional PowerPoint slides

You can design slides to help ensure all learners learn

Dyslexic Partially sighted

Colour blind

Students with visual problems or dyslexia are disadvantaged by text-based slides

You do not want to be erecting barriers to learning for anyone

This class will look at breaking down

the barriers to learning

Barrier 1Barrier 1Presentatio

ns are badly structured

Most presentations are not planned well

Key points need to be emphasized so that they are

obvious

Presentations need to be planned & structured before you create the

slides

Barrier 2Barrier 2 Slides are text-based

...if all your information is on the slide as text

I hope you have read all of this by

now....too late

You cannot be accused of

dumbing down...

You can’t go wrong with bullet

lists

All my slides have lots and

lots of text

All slides should have lots of text

Text is the best

thing

Text is wonderful don’t you think?

Moving to a more visual slide design prevents

overloading

Ditch the bullet points and put the detail in the

narration

Make it a multisensory experience

Barrier 3Barrier 3Handouts

are usually just print

outs of the slides

Slide 1 Slide 2

Slide 3 Slide 4

Slide 5 Slide 6

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Use your notes pages to create your handouts

automatically

Make sure handouts are structured well

Key Point

Explanatory Points

Make sure your handouts are available in advance

Lecture/Seminar

Handouts on VLE

YOU can easily break down these barriers

ALL your audience will be happy and able to learn