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5 Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint Presentation
These tips can make your presentations awesome!
Be a Good Speaker
: Your slides are helpers, not the main thing. Practice speaking and use good body language.
Keep It Simple
: Have one main point per slide and not too much stuff on it. Use colors and sizes to help people know what's important.
Make Nice Slides
: Use online tools for cool slides. Use big text if the room is bright and dark text if it's dark.
Start Strong, End Strong
: Begin with something exciting to get attention. End with something important so people remember it.
Plan First
: Before making slides, think about your audience and what you want to say. Make a good story.
The blog talks about making PowerPoint presentations better. It says PowerPoint isn't bad, but how you use it matters. Here are five tips:
How To Create Voice Over Slides For Your Online Course
Greg from Thinkific introduces methods for doing voice-over slide presentations, applicable to Keynote, PowerPoint, Prezi, and other tools.
He advises against excessive text on slides, recommending three to five words per slide or no more than three bullet points with three words each.
Too much text distracts viewers from listening, so it's better to use images.
Tia from Thinkific demonstrates how to prepare and upload presentation slides with voiceover.
She explains the steps of exporting slides to PDF and uploading them to the course material.
Tia shows how to record audio directly onto the slides within the Thinkific platform.
Other tools for creating professional screencasts, such as ScreenFlow and Camtasia, are suggested for more editing options.
Screencast-O-Matic is recommended as a low-cost solution for basic screen recording.
QuickTime is mentioned as a free option for screen recording.
Viewers are encouraged to visit Thinkific's website for more instructions and to subscribe to their channel for helpful information on online teaching.
Thinkific's free plan is promoted for creating online courses with voice-over slides.
Dan Nunez's Screencast Commandments
Dan Ness, representing The Forge, shares tips for improving screencasts in a humorous and informative manner.
He starts by discussing his background and how he got involved in screencasting.
Dan emphasizes the importance of privacy and suggests hiding unnecessary desktop clutter and personal items during screencasting.
He demonstrates setting up a clean desktop and user login exclusively for screencasting purposes.
Dan discusses the choice of background and recommends using a neutral shade or branding elements.
He advises respecting the monitor's resolution to avoid text distortion and recommends capturing at the same resolution as the output video.
Dan also highlights the importance of keeping the mouse visible during screencasting.
Hydration is mentioned as a crucial aspect to prevent dry mouth during recording.
Dan stresses the importance of clarity and relevance in video titles and descriptions for better searchability.
Shameless self-promotion is encouraged, with Dan humorously plugging his own website and theme song.
Lastly, he emphasizes the importance of getting enough rest to avoid sleep-deprived recording sessions.
The transcript ends with acknowledgments to TechSmith for hosting Screencast Camp and appreciation for friends' contributions to his presentation.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT…™
MICROLECTURES
Microlectures are short recorded presentations focusing on one topic, used in teaching both online and in-person.
They can help students understand key concepts and techniques, and they're easy to review.
Instructors make them by planning what to say, then recording with a webcam or microphone.
Microlectures are becoming popular in formal education, especially in online courses.
They're also used in hands-on learning, like teaching cow milking techniques.
Students can watch microlectures anytime, even on mobile devices.
They're helpful for studying and preparing for exams.
In the future, microlectures could become even more common, especially for mobile learning.
They offer flexibility for students and can be used in various teaching methods.
However, they may require instructors to adjust to a new way of teaching, and they might not cover topics in as much depth as traditional lectures.
Spice Up Your Slides with 600+ Free Design Templates
Google Slides offers 23 basic design themes, but additional templates can enhance presentations.
Various websites provide over 600 design theme templates for Google Slides presentations.
Slides Carnival: Offers over 130 design theme templates with 25+ slides each.
Slides Mania: Provides 134 design theme templates, including specialty options like school planner and manipulatives.
Google Slides PPT: Features 36 design theme templates with 30+ slides each.
Slides Go: Offers 145 design theme templates, including an education category.
Free Google Slides Templates: Provides 17 design theme templates with multiple slides.
Slide Model: Offers 240 design theme templates with a wide variety to choose from.
Mike MacFadden Templates: Provides 21 design theme templates with layouts saved in the slide master.
Google's Template Gallery: Offers 26 additional design theme templates, including examples like Book Report and Flash Cards.
6: People scan screens based on past experience and expectations (pg 13)
People tend to scan computer screens based on past experience and expectations.
Reading patterns, whether left to right or right to left, influence where people look first.
People typically avoid screen edges and focus on the center initially.
The point where meaningful information begins is considered the true "top left" by viewers.
After the initial glance, people move in their culture's normal reading pattern.
Attention-grabbing elements like large photos or movement can divert attention from the normal scanning pattern.
People process information better in bite-sized chunks (pg 62)
The brain can only process a small amount of information consciously at a time, despite receiving a vast amount of data.
Designers often make the mistake of presenting too much information simultaneously.
Progressive disclosure involves providing information gradually, based on what users need at the moment.
MailChimp's interface serves as an example of progressive disclosure, where users click through levels of detail.
Counting clicks is not crucial; users are willing to click multiple times if they receive the right amount of information at each step.
Knowing what information users need at each stage is essential for successful progressive disclosure implementation.
Steve Krug's book "Don't Make Me Think" offers insights into designing user-friendly interfaces.
The term "progressive disclosure" originated from J.M. Keller's instructional design model, emphasizing presenting only necessary information.
Key takeaways include using progressive disclosure, providing links for more information, prioritizing clicks over excessive cognitive load, and conducting research on user needs before implementation.
Minds wander 30 percent of the time (pg 68)
Mind wandering occurs when one's thoughts drift away from the task at hand, which happens more frequently than people realize, accounting for up to 30% of everyday activities.
Neuroscientists initially found mind wandering to be an annoyance during brain scan research but later began studying it as a phenomenon.
Mind wandering can be beneficial as it allows the brain to focus on the task at hand while simultaneously considering other goals or ideas, akin to a form of multitasking.
However, excessive mind wandering, characterized by zoning out, can lead to missed information and reduced productivity.
Research suggests that individuals prone to mind wandering tend to be more creative and effective problem solvers.
Key takeaways include acknowledging that people's minds wander frequently, leveraging hyperlinks to facilitate quick topic switches, recognizing the appeal of web surfing in enabling wandering, and providing feedback mechanisms to help users refocus if they stray from the original task.