Creating Visually Compelling Lecture Slides User Guide
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1. Lecture Slides User Guide printed 2013 Aug 27 11 10 am page 2 of 8 Created 2013 Aug 9 Updated 2013 Aug 9 Tasks Specifics Change the line thickness using the same tool Shape Outline Weight 13 Create video link button Click Insert tab at top click Shapes select Action Button Movie move mouse pointer over objects to see their labels under Action Buttons near the bottom of the submenu On the slide click and drag your mouse to create the shape An Action Settings dialog box will appear In the Action Settings dialog box select Hyperlink to then click the down arrow to the right to display a drop down list box Scroll down the list box and select URL A popup box will appear Enter URL copy and paste from the text file provided from Web browser address bar normally and click OK to close the popup box Click OK to close the Action Settings dialog box 14 Create definition slide at end of deck Right click insert slide Edit title Click Insert tab at top click text box Click and drag on slide to size Insert definition text by typing or copy pasting 15 Set animations Click Animations tab at top click Custom Animation button near left of ribbon 1 Select first items to be shown Scene Setup text box and the yellow outline next to it 2 In Custom Animation tab at top with slide item selected click Appear or other effect you want Repeat steps 1 amp 2 for th2. A Hyperlink to Slide popup box will appear e Scroll through the list to find the originating slide from which we want to link to this Definition slide and click OK to make the popup box disappear e Click OK in the Action Settings dialog box to make it disappear 19 Test animations and links Click the Slide Show button little projector icon near bottom right to play the slide only Click to advance the show effects Check the video link and the hyperlink text to ensure you can get to the definition slide and click the back button to get back Press Esc key to exit play mode Table 1 Multi stage reveal slide with links 3 2 Topics list slide with links Tasks Specifics 1 Insert new slide Right click insert slide You can drag and drop to reposition it to the position in the slide deck you want if you are in the Normal View that gives thumbnails of slides to the left To set up this view click the View tab at the top and select Normal 2 Enter header text Click inside header box and type Topics 3 Add menu list in box provided e Enter topics list items in the box provided Click to add text Add the following bullet points e Scenario based Online Learning e Energy e Music e Friction Factors e Money Creation e If no text box is provided on your new slide click Insert tab at top click Shapes and select Text Box and click and drag on the slide to position and sh
3. Set entrance effects Click Animations tab at top Select first slide object to appear Browse Animation effects and select desired entrance effect Repeat for all objects in order 13 Test Click the Slide Show button little projector icon near bottom right to play the current slide only Press Esc key to exit play mode Table 3 Flowchart slide 3 4 Data Displays from PPT Tasks Specifics 1 Insert new slide Right click insert slide 2 Enter header text Click inside header box and type 3 Insert Chart template Click aul in the blank text box to get the Insert Chart dialogue box Browse through options select one and click OK 4 Enter data Enter data in Excel spreadsheet window 5 Close Excel window Click X at upper right of window To get it back double click the chart when done click Edit existing then right click on chart and select Data Sheet 6 If desired change From right mouse click menu select Edit Data to change format of any Chart labels item in the chart or select Chart Type to change format of chart itself 7 Change data values Right mouse click over the graph select Edit Data from the menu that if desired displays This will give you the Excel table to edit 8 Test Click the Slide Show button little projector icon near bottom right to play the current slide only Press Esc key to exit play mode Table 4 Data Disp
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5. a menu system to access slides in any order and return to the menu 2 Use shapes and charts features in PowerPoint to create process flows and data displays 3 Use graphics shapes and animations to create an engaging presentation that illustrates an academic concept 2 ACCESS TO SLIDE CREATION SOFTWARE UNB Instructors are provided with Microsoft Office Word PowerPoint Excel for free by the university This includes free upgrades to the latest version Contact your faculty or department s Level 1 Mac users have Pages Keynote and Numbers which are respectively word processing slide show creation and spreadsheet creation software To follow the video presentations you will need to access the files in the desktop Training Files folder 3 STEP BY STEP EXAMPLES These steps are for specific training slides but by following them to create the slides you have all the specific information you need to make similar slides for your own lecture material Video Part 1 3 1 Multi stage reveal slide with links Tasks Specifics 1 Insert new slide Right click insert slide 2 Change background e If desired Right mouse click over the background and select colour Format Background from the menu that appears e Inthe dialog box that appears click the down arrow beside Color and select a colour from the palette that appears 3 Enter header text Click inside header box and type if there is not a header field copy on
6. ape flowchart elements if desired 6 Change colours and Select Design tab click Change Colors browse to find colours you texture if desired like Still in Design tab browse SmartArt Styles and select 7 Change text formatting if Right mouse click over item select Font from menu that displays desired Or longer way to access the text formatting tools click the Home tab at the top and find the Font area 8 Add items to the Click to select flowchart item next to which you want to add an Lecture Slides User Guide printed 2013 Aug 27 11 10 am Creat Upda page 5 of 8 ed 2013 Aug 9 ed 2013 Aug 9 Tasks Specifics flowchart item Right mouse click select Add Shape from the menu that displays then select Add Shape Before or Add Shape After from the submenu that displays whichever applies 9 Insert other shapes if desired text boxes in this case Click Insert tab at top click Shapes select shape click and drag to size and position it repeat as necessary 10 Insert text and change colours Type or paste copied text select border and use Home tab Font area to resize text if desired Select each text box click the border select Design tab select Fill Color pick shade from colour family 11 Ungroup the SmartArt items if you want to animate them Click Format tab at top may have to click chart to make tab appear Group Ungroup repeat until all items ungrouped 12
7. ape it Then do the steps above 4 Reformat bullets if desired Select the text box border grab bar click Home tab at top if not already selected use the arrows in the tools in the Paragraph area of the Home tool bar ribbon to view options including remove bullets and select desired option s You can also use this tab to format text colour font etc 5 Copy sides provided into your slide deck This step is for training session purposes only Open the SlidesToAdd ppt file provided select the slides in the thumbnail view copy then paste them into the thumbnail view slide sequence of your PPT file 6 Set up hyperlinks e Click and drag your mouse pointer over the word Energy to select it e Right click select Hyperlink An Insert Hyperlink dialog box will appear e Inthe Insert Hyperlink dialog box under Link to select Place in this Document Lecture Slides User Guide printed 2013 Aug 27 11 10 am page 4 of 8 Created 2013 Aug 9 Updated 2013 Aug 9 Tasks Specifics e Scroll the slide list and select the Energy slide as you click a slide you see a thumbnail preview and click OK e Repeat above steps for each of the other items in the menu list so they link to the appropriate slides 7 Create Back button e Go to the Energy slide on target slides e Inthe Insert tab at the top click Shapes select the Return action button s
8. des User Guide printed 2013 Aug 27 11 10 am Creat Upda page 7 of 8 ed 2013 Aug 9 ed 2013 Aug 9 Tasks Specifics drag to create Use Design tab and Shape Outline and Shape Fill features to format as desired e Use drag bars to resize reorient arrows e Right click on object select Edit Text to enter text as necessary e Repeat as necessary e to get Curved Up Arrow arrowhead to point to the left select Format tab Rotate Flip Horizontal 9 Position all objects on screen Click and drag 10 Create animation effects e Click Animations tab at top click border of first shape on slide to show select Animation effect For the Short Term Memory objects try Wipe for the arrows try Wheel e Repeat in order of object appearance If several objects appear at same time click and hold Shift key then click each of them to select all that show at same time 11 Make objects disappear as others appear Demonstrated but not necessary for this training slide e In Animation tab select Animation Pane select object it may show in Animation Pane if it already has an entrance effect then click Add Animation button In the menu that appears find Exit category and select Disappear e Inthe Animation Pane list select the Exit effect object and drag it so it is located immediately under the object in connection with which it will disappear e Click the Exit effect object s dropdown arrow and from the li
9. e from another slide paste and edit Lecture Slides User Guide page 1 of 8 printed 2013 Aug 27 11 10 am Created 2013 Aug 9 Updated 2013 Aug 9 Tasks Specifics 4 Insert graphic Click Ll in text box to get the Insert Picture dialogue box Browse to find graphic Alternative click Insert tab at top click Picture browse to find select click OK 5 Reposition resize as e Click and drag to reposition needed e Click lower left corner press and hold Shift key while dragging to proportionately resize 6 Create picture Right click picture select Format Picture click Line Color select Solid border if desired Line note other options for future reference 7 Create credit text e Click Insert tab at top click Shapes click Text Box box e Click and drag to position and size the text box under the picture e Enter the credit text e Click the text box border Resize text by clicking the arrow beside the font size in the Home tab and picking 10 8 Create highlight for e Click Insert tab at top click Shapes click Rounded Rectangle Scene Setup area e Click and drag to size the rectangle over the text paragraph e With rectangle selected click Format tab at top click Shape Fill and select No Fill e With rectangle selected and Format tab open select Shape Outline and select Orange from the Theme Color palette e You can thicken the orange line to make it more visible by clicking Shape Outl
10. e second items to appear Pictorial depiction and the highlight near it Repeat steps 1 amp 2 for the third items to appear Response options and the left brace near it Repeat for remaining items 16 Test animations Click the Slide Show button little projector icon near bottom right to play the current slide only Press Esc key when finished to exit Present Mode 17 Create hyperlink Click and drag your mouse pointer over the word Navigation to select it Right click select Hyperlink An Insert Hyperlink dialog box will appear In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box under Link to select Place in this Document Scroll the slide list and select the Navigation slide as you click a slide you see a thumbnail preview and click OK 18 Create Back button Go to the Navigation slide In the Insert tab at the top click Shapes select the Return action button see mouseover label in the Action Buttons section at the bottom of the Shapes submenu On the Navigation slide click and drag to shape and position the button An Action Settings dialog box will appear Select Hyperlink to in the Action Settings dialog box then click Lecture Slides User Guide printed 2013 Aug 27 11 10 am Creat Upda page 3 of 8 ed 2013 Aug 9 ed 2013 Aug 9 Tasks Specifics the down arrow to the right to display a drop down list box e Scroll down the list box and select Slide
11. ee mouseover in the Action Buttons section at the bottom of the Shapes submenu e On the Energy slide click and drag to shape and position the button An Action Settings dialog box will appear e Select Hyperlink to in the Action Settings dialog box then click the down arrow to the right to display a drop down list box e Scroll down the list box and select Slide A Hyperlink to Slide popup box will appear e Scroll through the list to find the originating slide from which we want to link to the Menu slide and click OK to make the popup box disappear e Click OK in the Action Settings dialog box to make it disappear e Repeat process for the other slides targeted by your menu list or better yet in this case copy the Return button and paste one on each linked slide since they all return to the same Topics slide 8 Test the links Go to your menu slide click the Slide Show button little projector icon near bottom right Click each link to ensure you can get to that slide and back Press Esc key to exit play mode Table 2 Topic List slide with links Video Part 2 3 3 Flowchart Tasks Specifics 1 Insert new slide Right click insert slide 2 Enter header text Click inside header box and type 3 Insert SmartArt template gt l i i Click in text box to get Choose a SmarArt Graphic dialogue box Browse to find one you like click OK 4 Click Text boxes to insert text 5 Reshape individual Click grab bars and drag to resh
12. his document complements 2 other components available through the Instructional Technology Lab at UNB They include 1 a slide deck of several different slide types by the name TrainingDeck ppts and 2 three videos that show the items contained in this guide being built VisuallyCompellingLectureSlidesPart1 and the same file name with Parts 2 and 3 The videos use files available in the Training Files folder on the desktop Instructional Technologies Lab Center for Enhanced Teaching and Learning Room 249 Marshall d Avray Hall 1 INTRODUCING CREATING VISUALLY COMPELLING LECTUE SLIDES This guide demonstrates typical ways of displaying lecture content using graphics PowerPoint shapes such as text fields arrows etc links to data displays and online components such as videos The presentation concept is to optimize the visual nature of the computer medium by creating visually rich pictorial organizers that appeal to visual learners and use more senses than just topic headings and bullet points This facilitates improved coding of new information in short term memory in order to better file it in long term memory for later retrieval and use as advised by cognitive psychology research into how students learn Here s what s in each part 1 Graphics text layers links to video and information on other slides all animated in a stepped progressive reveal mode Also demonstrates how to add existing slides and create
13. ine again selecting Weight and picking a heaver weight option 9 Create second Copy and paste first highlight box click and drag to reposition click and highlight drag border grab bars to resize 10 Create the Scene e Click Insert tab at top click Shapes select Line Callout 1 see Setup text callout mouseover labels under Callouts near the bottom of the submenu e Click and drag to position amp size e Use the end points on the callout box line to move it to the other side e Click and drag line terminal points to position the line properly e With callout box selected click the Format tab at the top select Shape Outline select the Orange Theme Color e Right click callout box select Edit text and enter text 11 Create remaining Copy and paste the original properly formatted callout box click and text boxes drag to reposition click and drag border grab bars to resize use Format Rotate and click and drag line terminal points to position the line appropriately 12 Create e Click Insert tab at top click Shapes select the left facing squiggly bracket Left Brace see mouseover under Basic Shapes in the submenu e On the slide click and drag your mouse to create the shape e Use the left brace s border grab bars and the yellow square shape adjustment bars to configure the shape appropriately e Change the colour by clicking the Format tab selecting Shape Outline picking desired colour orange in this case
14. l spreadsheet is in the same folder as the automatically updated in the PPT and both files are open PPT Table 5 Data Display Excel to PPT slides Video Part 3 3 6 Complex Animation Academic Subject Tasks Specifics 1 Insert new slide Right click insert slide 2 Entertextin header Click and type Se ERARA e Click BE in the blank text field to get the Clip Art menu Enter search term computer chip in this case select one and double click it to have it display on the slide e Select a circuit board looking one for the second item 4 Resize repositionas Click and drag to move click corner press and hold Shift key as you desired drag to resize proportionately 5 Insert picture Click Insert tab at top click Picture browse to find picture double click 6 Create picture Right click on picture to get menu select Format Picture select Line border Color then Solid Line then click Close 7 Create text boxes Select Insert tab select Shapes select Text box then click and drag to position on slide Click inside box and enter text Click border to select then Home Font area to resize font change text colour italicize as desired Format Shape Outline to create border if desired Repeat until all text boxes created 8 Create other shapes Select Insert pane select Shapes select shape Curved Down Arrow Curved Up Arrow Right Brace Oval in this case click and Lecture Sli
15. lay from PPT slide 3 5 Data Displays from Excel Tasks Specifics 1 Insert new slide Right click insert slide 2 Enter header text Click inside header box and type 3 Delete blank content box or Click border press delete Lecture Slides User Guide printed 2013 Aug 27 11 10 am page 6 of 8 Created 2013 Aug 9 Updated 2013 Aug 9 Tasks Specifics if it s there click Chart ai 4 In Excel spreadsheet select Press Shift key and click the upper left and lower right cells data you want represented visually 5 Select the data representation In Excel click the Insert tab at top click a chart type icon in type the Charts area to get submenu for that type select style you want 6 Make any modifications to Click individual items in chart experiment until you get the data display you want meaningful data display you want 7 Copy data display from Excel Right click border of Excel data display select Copy go to PPT into PPT slide right click on slide Select Paste 8 Resize if desired Click lower right corner press and hold Shift key while dragging mouse pointer to resize proportionately 9 Note that you can change the Right click chart in PPT select Change Chart Type chart type in PPT 10 Test Click the Slide Show button little projector icon near bottom right to play the current slide only 11 Data changes in Excel are As long as the Exce
16. st box that displays select Start with Previous 12 Test Click the Slide Show button little projector icon near bottom right to play the current slide only Whenever you find an item show in the wrong place or sequence click the Escape key make adjustments using the tools outlined above and test again Table 6 Complex Animation slide Lecture Slides User Guide printed 2013 Aug 27 11 10 am page 8 of 8 Created 2013 Aug 9 Updated 2013 Aug 9
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