Engaging Learners visually in lectures – tools, tips and tricks

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Engaging Learners visually during lectures

Tools, tips and tricks

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Housekeeping – 1.16

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MAKING YOUR SLIDES LOOK GREAT!

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Too much text Too much text Too much text Too much text Too much text Too much text

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My name is Comic Sans

and people don’t take me seriously…

Don’t use clip art…

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Avoid using cheesy/staged images

Always use copyright free images

Inspiration

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Inspiration

Slideshare

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www.slideshare.net

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A bit on inclusivity…

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Some people with certain disabilities can have trouble

distinguishing serif fonts on white backgrounds.

Using a san serif font like Ariel and an off white background can

help this group of people read more easily without pain and

discomfort.

Colour-blindness – what are the implications?

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COLOUR & CONTRAST

Find and create colour themesCustomise and save your own by signing up for freeOnline community of other user designs and feedbackImport pictures to find what colours work with it

https://color.adobe.com

PowerPoint 2013Alignment toolsScreen Capture toolRecolour images

Search for Creative Commons imagesEasy to use designExport as PDF or PPTStore in cloudSlideshare and Linkedin connection

Access millions of creative commons imagesEmbed online & BlackboardAdd to your PPT presentationXPERT adds the attribution & licence to a PPTHaiku Deck integration

https://prezi.com

Free to set up an accountZooming User Interface (ZUI) = allows users to zoom in and out of their presentationShare your Prezi presentations with other signed up usersStores projects online and accessible anywhere in the world iPad access through an AppLimited accessibility – guidance here http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/accessibility/creating-materials/preziaccessibility

Quickly style key quotes or passagesUseful for seeing design tips

and people don’t take me seriously

Free to create an accountTemplates available for freeCreate infographics – customised charts & mapsSearches for Copyright free photosImport survey results from Survey MonkeyDownload creations as image files (JPEG, PNG) – import into Powerpoint

https://magic.piktochart.com

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