User Interface of Slide Making SoftwaresSurvey

Sébastien Fourault

Index

Stakes of the surveyPresentation of the user pannelSlide making behaviourInformation sourceFormating a presentationSoftwares usedConclusion

People spend too much time making presentations !

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StakeS of the Survey

obServatIonS : People are spending approximately half an hour copy-pasting wikipedia articles in powerpoint slides, and another half hour formating it in a beautiful way.Speaking of short presentations on easy subjects like presenting a famous person

Goal : Create an intuitive web application which allows you to create a simple presentation in less than 5 minutes !

reSultS of the Survey

PreSentatIon of the uSer Pannel

37 PeoPle anSwered the Survey, moSt of them are StudyInG or doInG an InterShIP, and they often GIve PreSentatIonS

Professional situation Presentation giving frequence

SlIde makInG behavIour

the tIme SPent match what we exPected : more than an hour for buIldInG SImPle SlIdeS. and wIkIPedIa IS the Second moSt uSed Source of InformatIon

Time spent on slide making Information sources used

InformatIon Source

we obServe that PeoPle uSually truSt wIkIPedIa when they are dealInG wIth SImPle SearcheS on common SubjectS (SPecIfIed In the queStIon)

How much do you trust wikipedia ?

1 = Misinformating5 = Totaly trustworthy

formatInG a PreSentatIon

PeoPle SeemS to be enjoyInG formatInG PreSentatIonS. So maybe the aPP Should let the uSer a certaIn deGree of lIberty In formatInG the content

How difficult/pleasant do you find formating a presentation ?

1 = Quick/Pleasant5 = Long/Unpleasant

SoftwareS uSed

aS exPected, PowerPoInt IS the moSt uSed. however we can notIce a certaIn aPPeal for onlIne aPP lIke PrezI or GooGle PreSentatIon.

concluSIon

IdentIfIed needS : We confirmed that time spent on little presentations is currently too high and can be reduced. The people willing to use our app would mostly be students or interns, most likely because they have many presentation to give in which they have not much value added.

how to do It : People have an appeal for web apps thanks to the confort they provide but they mostly use desktop applications. Therefore, the app interface must not be too different from a desktop app to keep the norms users are used to. This can be translated trough icon design, or features available. Moreover, people seem to be confident towards wikipedia, thus information can be extracted from there and others websites.

thankS for readInG