Transcript Basketball, not a soccer ball

How to Make a Simple but
Effective PowerPoint Presentation
A. Oral Speaking Skills
 Assignment sheet criteria/gradesheet
B. Visual Design
1. Basic Guidelines for PowerPoint Design
2. The Four Principles of Document Design
3. Using Blank Space and Text Effectively
Materials are modified from “Chapter 11. Designing Documents and Web Sites” in Markel’s
Technical Communication, © 2012 by Bedford/St. Martin's
Criteria: Oral Presentation
Quality
1.
Connection with audience, engaging
2.
Composure
3.
A.
body position
B.
eye contact
C.
posture
Clarity of Voice
A.
volume
B.
articulation (pronounce each sound clearly)
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PowerPoint design has five goals:
• to make a good impression on readers
• to help readers understand the structure and
hierarchy of the information
• to help readers find the information they need
• to help readers understand the information
• to help readers remember the information
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Follow these four guidelines
for designing a PowerPoint presentation:
• Use simple backgrounds.
• Use conservative color combinations to
increase text legibility.
• Avoid decorative graphics and overly fancy
transitions or animations.
• All elements should have a clear purpose.
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Understanding Sports Better
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS
PICTURE?
 Don’t kick a basketball
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My suggestions is not to do this.
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Basketball
Basketball, not a
soccer ball
Source: http://www.nick.com/nickassets/shows/images/marvinmarvin/flipbooks/basketball/marvin-marvin-basketball-6.jpg
Follow these three suggestions
to make text easy to read:
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Keep the text short.
Chunk information.
Make the text as simple as possible.
Make sure the background does not interfere.
When using large pictures, limit the text.
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There are four principles of design:
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proximity
alignment
repetition
contrast
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Proximity organizes this image:
Source: U.S. Department of State, 2011
<http://future.state.gov>.
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Alignment organizes this image:
Source: Carnegie Science Center, n.d.
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Repetition organizes this image:
Repeated format
and colors for the
font.
Source: Myers, 2007, p. 362.
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Contrast clarifies this image:
Source: Lambert Coffin, 2010 <www.lambertcoffin.com/index.php?sid=2>.
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Example of a Slide with Poor Contrast
Here you can see a basketball player
making a mistake that would be penalized
in real basketball game.
Source: http://www.nick.com/nickassets/shows/images/marvinmarvin/flipbooks/basketball/marvin-marvin-basketball6.jpg
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Margins and blank spaces have four
purposes:
• to limit the amount of information on the page, making the
document easier to read and use
• If printed out, to provide space for binding and allow
readers to hold the page without covering up the text
• to provide a neat frame around the type
• to provide space for marginal glosses
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Different typefaces
make different impressions:
This paragraph is typed in Monotype Corsiva typeface. You are
unlikely to see this style of font in a technical document because it is
too ornate and too hard to read.
This paragraph is Times Roman, an effective typeface for
text in the body of technical documents.
This paragraph is Tahoma, which has a modern, hightech look. It is best suited for headings and titles in
technical documents.
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Case affects readability:
Lowercase letters are easier to read:
Individual variations are greater in lowercase words
THAN THEY ARE IN UPPERCASE WORDS.
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Summary of PowerPoint
Design
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Keep the text short.
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Keep the background simple.
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Use contrasting colors to make text legible.
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Be purposeful about the position of text and
graphics.