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VISUAL AIDS
GROUP MEMBERSVelonie MichaelRicardo BrownRicardo Hyman
Courtney Roberts.
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Analyze the Principles underlyingthe how, why, when, where,what of using Visual Aids.
What is a Visual Aid?
Visual Aids are materials that are used in apresentation that enhances the presentation.These should be carefully presented so asnot cause distraction.
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How to Use VisualAids
Visual aids should be easy to see.This may seem obvious, but it is so obvious that
Many speakers do not consider this when selecting avisual aid. Think about it from the perspective of theaudience. Have you used colors and text in a way that willbe easy to read? Is the visual aid large enough? Willeveryone in the room be able to see the visual aid?
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Visual aids should beeasy to understand.
People shouldbe able to look
quicklyat yourvisual aid and
get the point.
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Visual aids should demonstratesomething.
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Visual aids should be explainedclearly.
Make sure the audienceunderstands what yourvisual aid is supposedto be illustrating.
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Visual aids should not be
distracting.
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Visual aids should be appropriate.
Use common sense. If you are giving a
speech about the importance of wearing acondom, there are ways to illustrate this thatwill not gross anybody out, and there areways to illustrate this that will. Err on the side
of being conservative here, especially if youdo not know everyone in your audience.
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Why use Visual Aids.
We use visual aid to enhance a
presentation or speech. Visual aids can improve your
presentation in many ways. They canclarify information for the audience,
and help you, as the presenter, focuson the topic at hand. The visuallearners in your audience are able tounderstand information more readily
by looking at images.
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Why use Visual Aids
Tactile learners will appreciate a prop that they
can touch and experience. For exampleclothing and other cultural artefacts provide agood experience for the audience.
Auditory learners will enjoy hearing sound
recordings that enhance your presentation. Apresentation about colonial America could beenhanced by period music, for example.
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Visual Aids Help the Presenter
Props and images can make you, as the
presenter, feel more at eased. Many studentsfeel more relaxed and secure when they canredirect viewers' eyes to another object.
Visual Aids can help you when you are drawing
a blank. If you forget an important statistic ordate (which we can do under pressure!), youcan look to your poster or chart as a prompt
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When to use visual aids
We use visual aids when making
presentations, public speaking in largeand small groups. It is used when youwant to bring home a point to youraudience especially to reinforce
instructional material.
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Where do you use Visual Aids?
Visual aids are used in the classrooms, masscommunication, public speaking, businesspresentations, seminars, workshops etc.However, in presentations themselves visualaids are sometimes introduced at thebeginning based on the audience, you are
presenting to and the topic. For e.g. a class onhuman reproduction having diagrams of themale and female human reproduction organswill definitely enhance your presentation.
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The visual aid may be introduced in themiddle to focus your audience attention onthe presentation.
Visual aids can be used at the end of apresentation to reinforce the memory andevaluation of your audience. For example, atleast 50% of your target should leaveretaining the main points of yourpresentation.
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What do you use to show the Visual
aids?
The physical instruments used are
diagrams; monitors; projectors;handouts; flip charts; videotapes etc. Theusage of these aids will depend on yourtarget audience or group. In a small
group, a flip chart may be ideal while inlarger groups a projector may be better.
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Evaluate the Effectiveness ofVisual Aids
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What are Visual Aids
objects or representations that may be used
to clarify or enhance understanding of aconcept or a process
learning tools that educators and presenters
use to convey an idea more effectively.
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Functions of Visual Aids
Visual aids help to organize your speech,
clarify information, show steps and reinforceinformation
Promote interest and motivation -Remember20% of what we hear, 50% of what we
See and hear, 70% of what we hear, see,and actually do
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Functions of Visual Aids
Visual aids help emphasize a
point- a picture is worth 1000 words
Convey information concisely15-30 second video can say as much as 10
minutes of verbal explanationStatistical relationships communicated
much more
efficiently and effectively through graphs
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Functions of Visual Aids
Create a professional image
Give professional feel which increasescredibility which helps get the messageacross
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Effectiveness of Visual aids onAudience Retention
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BENEFITS OF USING VISUAL AIDS
They increase understanding
They save time
They enhance retention
They promote attentiveness They reduce nervousness
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TYPES OF VISUAL AIDS
Physical objects, props and models
White boards, Charts and posters,
Flip charts
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TYPES OF VISUAL AIDS
Overhead transparencies
Multimedia/Computer presentations, e.g.PowerPoint.
Slides
Hand-outs
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OVERHEAD TRANSPARENCIES
Shown with overhead projector
useful for audience settings of 20to 50 people
can be produced quickly, easily,
and inexpensively
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Overhead slide projector
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LIMITATIONS
restrictiveness of doing changes
the image at times does not sit squarely onthe screen and appears lopsided
head of the projector gets in the line of vision-blockage.
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WHITE BOARD
analogous to chalkboards
allows rapid marking and erasing of markings
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LIMITATIONS
can cause contrast problems for people withvision impairment
White board markers donot make heavy linesvisibility issue
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whiteboard
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CHARTS AND POSTERS
An effective poster operates on multiple
levels source of information conversation starter advertisement of your work
summary of your work
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One large graphic or image on a poster canbe all it takes to drive home a point andmake it memorable
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Poster Limitations
Posters tend to contain too much detail.
Transporting them can be difficult. The more elaborate posters require
extensive preparation and can be quitecostly.
Text on posters is often too small to be readfrom a distance
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35 Millimeter Slides
Slides are very good for communicating
- seeing is believing, hence it has credibility
Limitations
Slides require more time and money to producethan overhead transparencies.
The lights must be dimmed more for slides than
for overhead transparencies. slides cannot be embellished with animation and
motion video
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HANDOUTS
is a paper based resource used to supportpresentations
free an audience from excessive note taking
help the audience to follow the developmentof an idea or argument
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Handout Limitations
Audience members become overlyengrossed in them to the point that theycease listening to a speaker altogether
Font size of poorly prepared handouts canbe a major turn off and as such do not get
read.
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MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER BASEDPOWER POINT
It is very effective for all size audience
the slide show can be conveniently carriedon a thumb drive
provide consistent information to differentgroups or audience.
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MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER BASED
POWER POINT
LIMITATIONS
1. Digital slide shows can often bore an audience
2. It does not handle text well
3. It takes too much control away from thepresenter
4. . Instead of a visual aid for the speaker, thespeaker becomes an audio aid for the slides.
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CONSTRUCTING VISUAL AIDS
Kylan Swain said in his book Technologies of Writing,that everyone does not learn in the same way, and it
takes many different methods to get information topeople. So in an attempt to help students learn withease and comfort, many teaching perspectives andextra tools in an attempt to reach a greater number ofminds in the most ways possible.
Someone once said "a picture is worth a thousandwords"? The use of visual aids can be used to informyour audience of many things. We humans take moreinformation in visually, even when we are readingsomething because its process and stored as a visualthought in our minds.
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PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING
VISUAL AIDS
The main purpose in developing your visual aids is thatthey help you teach your class objectives, so develop
them around your main teaching points.
Be careful not to go overboard in designing your visualaids the word.
Very often, to save time or money on putting togetherour visual aids, we get carried away and overloadingthem with just too much information for our viewingaudiences to process visually.
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TYPES OF VISUAL AIDS
CHARTS
FLIPCHARTS
PICTURES FLASH CARDS
VIDEOS
DIORAMA
BOOKS POWER POINTS
PROPS
BLACKBOARD
MARKER BOARD OVERHEAD
PROJECTOR
SLIDE PROJECTORS
LCD PROJECTORS
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VISUALS PEOPLE LIKE
Overhead projectors, slides, pictures, graphs
Videotapes
Demonstrations
Broad overviews stated
To see your enthusiasm
Gestures Stories and examples that create a picture
To see materials ahead of time
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THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN
CONSTRUCTING VISUAL AIDS
The age group to receive the information.
Lettering should be large and diagrams shouldbe simple.
The amount of information on each sheet orslide should be limited.
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If pictures from posters and magazines arecut out and placed onto paper of the visualaid, they should be large enough foreveryone to see.
Plan your presentation before creating visualaids.
Use visual aids sparingly.
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Make them visible to the entire audience.
Explain the content of the aid when you firstshow it.
When you finish with the aid, remove it, coverit, or turn it off.
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Avoid clip art from well-known sources.
Be prepared to give your presentationwithout your visual aids.Murphys Law -- "if anything can go wrong, it
will" -- applies in spades to anything involvingtechnology and an audience. Have a backupplan in case something goes wrong. Take ahard copy of your slides.
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How to Create Visual Aids
Go to your notes and write down ideas foryour visual aids.
You can ask yourself certain questions: How could a visual aid help clarify an idea?
What kind will work bestchart, model, graph, orillustration?
Always design a visual aid to perform aspecific function.
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Write down the essence of the visual aid on apiece of paper and start to work out the way it
will look. The paper represents the visual aid;limit yourself to the one or two points you wantto emphasize.
Sketch the visual aid itself. Whether you arecreating your own visual aids or working with aprofessional, always make a rough sketchbefore you create your final version.
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Avoid clutter; make your visual aids simple and easyto grasp. If you must combine words and picture, strive
for a good, balanced layout. Each visual aid shouldhave a title, and should cover no more than three mainpoints. Limit yourself to no more than six lines on eachvisual aid; less is definitely best!
If you're using numbers and words on the visual aid,make them large and easy to read; take advantage ofthe ways graphics can reduce the number of words.
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Use colour in three ways: to please the eye,add emphasis, and differentiate one point fromanother. Underline headings in color and putcolored bullets in front of major points. A lot ofcolour can lead to confusion.
Colour has a psychological impact on mostpeople; we are drawn to the coloured portionsof advertisements and sales letters. Blue andblack are both good for headlines;
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Smile this is the End
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