CREATING A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS: POWERPOINT
INTRODUCTION:
WHAT IS MULTIMEDIA?
A computer – based, interactive experience that incorporates text, graphics, sound, animation, video and virtual reality.
OVERVIEW:
· Allows user to interact with application
· Content presentation in nonlinear
· User determines: what context is delivered, when it is delivered, how it is delivered
· Input can be keyboard, mouse, voice and touch screens
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
· To know the advantage of multimedia
· To demonstrate how to make multimedia presentation in powerpoint
· To assess the important factors into educational applications
MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
Differs from a normal presentation in that it contains some form of animation or media. Typically a multimedia presentation contains at least one of the following elements:
1. graphics – can add interest to any presentation (drawings and photo)
2. Animation – can help presentation into more dynamic and help make information memorable (2-D and 3-D, video)
3. Sound – for emphasis or effect
WHY USE MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS? Why not flip chart? or transparencies?
Developing multimedia presentations is an important academic and occupational skill for the 21st century learner.
· Aid students in thinking critically – about the message they are presenting and further enable idea linking, content revision and dynamic choices for representing their understanding.
· Exciting – for learners to explore more of their presentation on what they want to achieve or to show off. Benefit to computers by making it possible for you and your future students to create and modify your own multimedia presentations based on your passions or own creativity in mind.
· Educational progress – as we experiment with the presentation using multimedia there is an exciting possibilities of new media, the fundamentals of great teaching, mastery of subjects, passion of learning. Combine these fundamentals with the immersion and engagement made possible by digital media, and teachers have at their hands a potent recipe for excellent teaching and learning.
Choice of multimedia presentation technology, the first and hardest part is to choose the technology for your presentation. The choice comes down to 2 main contenders Adobe Flash and Microsoft PowerPoint.
POWERPOINT. . . A HISTORY
Is a slide show presentation program developed by Microsoft on May 22, 1990, and the initial release was called PRESENTER. It was renamed to POWERPOINT due to problems with trademark.
· Is ubiquitous in the business and educational world
· Easy –to-use program that can be used to create engaging and visually enticing presentations
· Creates opportunities for student creativity beyond the written essay
STEPS ON HOW TO MAKE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
(please see attached)
TO SUM IT UP:
Multimedia presentation in powerpoint helps the students learned by experience, association with the environment, sound and visual stimulation. Aside from that, multimedia allows students to:
· Jump via hyperlinks
· Proceed at their own pace
· Focus on particular areas
· Be in charge of learning experience
· Have instant feedback
PowerPoint Slide Show Step-By-Step
Setting Up a Slide
1. Start PowerPoint.
2. You can choose the wizard tool, a template, or a blank presentation. Choose template. Click OK.
3. Choose the Blends template.
4. The New Slide layout screen appears. You can select from a variety predesigned layouts. Choose Title Slide Click OK.
4. Click in the Title Box.
5. You can choose different fonts by selecting Font from the Format menu or by pulling down on fonts in the Formatting Bar. You can also select the size and style. TIP: By using the Formatting Bar, you will be able to see the font style.
6. Choose a font, size, color and style. Type your title. You can also add a subtitle.
Inserting a Picture
1. Click on New Slide in the Common Tasks window or New Slide from the Insert menu. The short cut is Ctrl+M.
2. Choose the Clip Art and Text slide.
3. Insert clip art on your slide by double clicking on the icon or selecting picture from clip art in the Insert menu.
4. Choose travel and then the Leaning Tower from the clip art gallery.
5. The clip art is automatically inserted in the box. Choose the font, size, and style.
6. Notice in the text box (see screen shot in Step #5) that there is a bullet. This might be fine for listing items, but when you want to type a paragraph, this feature can be annoying. To eliminate bullets, click on the text box. Choose Bullets and numbering from the format menu. Click on None and then OK.
7. Type the following in the text box. Be sure to hit enter at the end of each line so the text will line up on the left.
Inserting a Sound File
1. Click on New Slide in the Common Tasks window or New Slide from the Insert menu. The short cut is Ctrl+M.
2. Select the Two Column Text Slide.
3. Add a sound by selecting Movies and Sounds then Sound from Gallery in the Insert menu.
4. Click on Music.
5. Right click on CARB_1 and select insert. Close the window.
6. Choose whether or not you want the sound to play automatically or when you click it. You can further customize the order in which objects are played or displayed on your slide by going to custom animation under the Slide Show Menu. You will learn more about custom animation when you insert a movie.
Inserting a Movie
1. Click on New Slide in the Common Tasks window or New Slide from the Insert menu. The short cut is Ctrl+M.
2. Select the Title Only Slide.
3. To insert a movie select Movies and Sounds from the Insert menu and choose Movies from Gallery.
3. Right click on the image and select insert. Close the window and return to the slide show.
4. In order for the animation to play, you must set the controls for how it will be played. Highlight the movie. Select Custom Animation from the Slide Show menu. Check the box next to your movie object. Then, choose the effects you want the movie to exhibit such as flying in from the left before it is played. Finally, set the order in which items on your slide will be displayed and whether or not they will appear automatically or on a mouse click.
Transitions
Transitions between slides will make the show look more professional. The transition you choose will precede the slide.
1. Go to your first slide, then select Slide Transition from the Slide Show menu.
2. Choose the effect and speed you want for the transition. Choose whether or not you want to advance each slide with the mouse or automatically. You can also have a sound effect between slides. Then, click Apply for the current slide or
Apply to All for every slide.
Saving the File
1. Save your file often. Select Save As from the File menu. Pull down on the arrow and choose Presentation as the file type (ppt). Name the file and click on Save.
2. To save it as a slide show, select Save As from the File menu. Pull down on the arrow and choose PowerPoint Show as the file type (pps). Name the file and click on Save.
Viewing the Slide Show
Select View Show from the Slide Show menu.
