PowerPoint: Helpful Hints
Why am I doing PowerPoint?
- PowerPoint works best for things that need to be presented visually, not verbally.
- The speaker must be central to the presentation.
- Given reading or listening, people choose reading.
Bad Design = Ugly!
- Make sure your text is big enough- go back 2 meters- can you still read it? (below 34 point)
- 6x7 rule- No more than 6 lines per slide, no more than 7 words per line. Too much text = too busy.
- All capitals are too hard to read.
- Different colored letters in words are difficult to read.
- Keep things consistent: fonts, colors, bullets, etc.
Interactive PowerPoint
- PowerPoint is not just for lectures.
- It can be an interactive tool that students can use independently to gather information.
- Slides can be linked to one another; small chunks of information can be presented.
- PowerPoint can be non-linear- let the student choose where they want to go.
- Video, music, many things can be added to PowerPoint.
- There will more text in an interactive PowerPoint than a “lecture” PowerPoint.