Getting Started Tutorials
Quick Enhancements
- Insert slides from a previous presentation into your new presentation.
- When you have presentation content in outline form in Word or a Text Editor, PowerPoint can make you slides from that outline.
- Hide slides that don't apply for a particular audience instead of deleting the slide.
- Change the layout of a slide after you create it to better meet the content of the slide.
Effective PowerPoint Strategies
Description
In this hands-on workshop faculty participants refined their PowerPoint skills. The participants gaine an understanding of "best practices" and tips for efficient use through hands-on activities, discussions, and critiques of PowerPoint presentations.
Audio from Workshop
The workshop proceedings were captured digitally and are available for download.
PowerPoint Presentation
The presentation used to guide the initial conversations is available for download.
Articles relating to PowerPoint Presentations:
- Ian Parker, Absolute PowerPoint, originally printed in the May 28, 2001 edition of New Yorker
- David Brown, PowerPoint Induced Sleep, originally printed in the Jannuary 2001 edition of Syllabus Magazine
- David Brown, Judicius PowerPoint, originally printed in the March 2001 edition of Syllabus Magazine
- Joseph Walsh and Kristie Pretti Frontczak, "Back to Basics: Non-Technical Tips for Improving Technology Based Presentation Skills" originally printed Volume 47 Issue 1 of the AECT's TechTrends
Participants
- Shafiq Rahman
- Jeff Hollerman
- Leslie Petasis
- James Fadden