Tips for Power Point presentations

TIPS FOR POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS Maria del Mar Suárez Vilagran This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Text  EXCEPT when highlighting, texts should be in lower-case  Use titles for each slide  Follow the human eye-tract  Top left: for key information  Bottom right: not such important info  Avoid misspellings  No more than 7 lines Justification  No justification to both left and right  Place text where most effective  If possible, one line = one idea Highlighting...  If CONTRAST is overused, it loses effectivity  Avoid using green and yellow to contrast  Don’t use twinkling or flashes, or use them moderately Color • Don’t overuse colors • Red and blue on the same slide are not ideal • Same as for green and black. • Avoid using more than four colors on the same slide • Use different intensities of the same color • Avoid flashy loud colors in the background Common how-tos so as to use audio/video in your PPT presentations  Add a narration to your PPT presentation  Add several audiofiles to your PPT presentation  Embed videos to your PPT presentation  Make a video using PPT slides and your voice with Windows Movie Maker (you need to convert your ppt to video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WEzvanbnJs&  Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint (from ppt to video)  Remember: there is no need to add transitions or video effects to your PPT presentations Prezi  Very fashionable and eye-catching  Careful with the overuse of effects  Non-linear presentations  See a comparison between PPT and Prezi Canva is the new Prezi And much more elegant and versatile! Sources  Remember to always acknowledge the sources used, including images  Use APA citing conventions  You may want to protect your presentation with a Creative Commons License