Post on 23-Dec-2015
Presentations with Powerpoint
What’s wrong with this slide?
•Can you read this?
•Our my ideas clear?
•Don’t I have great bullet points?
What’s wrong with this slide?
Better?
What’s wrong with this slide?
•Can you read this?
•Are my ideas clear?
•Don’t I have great bullet points?
What’s wrong with this slide?
•Can you read this?
•Are my ideas clear?
•Don’t I have great bullet points?
More Background Problems
Providing legible text
• 36-point font
• Sans-serif font (e.g. Arial)
• Bold face
36282012
FFPlain Bold
Hint: Check out your fonts on the presentation computer before your talk.
Same as DOE
Limit number of fonts
A good Powerpoint slide
Should not use more than two fonts
Using multiple fonts
Is confusing to the eye
And does not look professional
Use Spell Checker and Proofread
Having lats of typogaphical errers tends to make you loose credability.
Proofread two check four any errors the spell checker does not catch.
Text pointers
FontsUse no more than two
Use a sans serif font
For emphasisUse larger size
Use contrasting color
Not: Multicolor text (it’s hard to read)
Avoid using all capital letters
USING ALL CAPITAL LETTERS MAKES YOUR TEXT HARDER TO READ BECAUSE WE USE THE SHAPE OF WORDS TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
LC Control No.:2003268064LCCN Permalink:http://lccn.loc.gov/200326806400000960cam a2200241 a 4500011305684000520060103091638.0008030114s2002 nyua j 000 0 eng d906__ |a 7 |b cbc |c copycat |d 2 |e ncip |f 20 |g y-gencatlg9250_ |a acquire |b 2 shelf copy |x policy default955__ |a ps07 2003-01-14 to HLCD |c lc03 2005-12-19 to CHI Lit |c lb21 2005-12-27 derivative of movie, out of scope for AC, to World team for subject and class |d lg22 2005-12-28 |e lg22 2005-12-28 to Dewey |a aa25 2006-01-03010__ |a 2003268064020__ |a 0439425239035__ |a (OCoLC)ocm51050179040__ |a JSZ |c JSZ |d DLC042__ |a lccopycat05000 |a PN1997.2.H37 |b H37 200208200 |a 791.43/72 |2 2224500 |a Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets.260__ |a New York : |b Scholastic, |c c2002.300__ |a 1 v. (unpaged) : |b col. ill. ; |c 31 cm.500__ |a "Poster book."63000 |a Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets (Motion picture) |v Pictorial works.CALL NUMBER:PN1997.2.H37 H37 2002Copy 2-- Request in:Jefferson or Adams Bldg General or Area Studies Reading Rms-- Status:Not ChargedCALL NUMBER:PN1997.2.H37 H37 2002Copy 1-- Request in:Jefferson or Adams Bldg General
What’s wrong with this picture?
Isolation adds emphasis
Reading bullet points
• It is really not a good idea
• To read your bullet points aloud
• To your audience
• They can see them
• They will get bored
Screen shots
Shift + Print Screen Ctrl + V
Animation
search terms
Beware of Clip Art
Foreclosure rate in Fargo
January
25
February
35
March
45
April
55
What we will cover today
• Defining our term• Interesting things about our topic• Audience participation event• More interesting things about our
topic• Conclusions• Additional sources
Defining our term
“Thingamajig” is an ancient concept that has been updated in the computer era…
Questions?
Signage
Five minutes leftFive minutes left
Questions?Questions?
Thank you!Thank you!