Good vs bad PowerPoints

GOOD VS BAD POWERPOINTS

By Bethany Gladding

Contrast

Good contrast has words that work well with the background. Dark and light.

Contrast

Bad contrast is when the font color clashes with the background or are not readable.

Bad contrast is also when the background is too busy

Word Trasitions

Good word transition are not distracting They still can be animated as long as it is

interesting

Word Transitions

Bad word transitions are abrupt, distracting, and hard to read.

By the time the words are available, the talker would already be onto the next slide

Object Transitions

This is how the object transitions into the page, it should not be distracting.

Object Transitions

Bad object transitions are distracting

Bullet points and Word Amount

Bullet points should be concise Use enough to be useful

Bullet points and Word Amount

Bad Bullet Points Break Up Thoughts When word amount is abused slides become

distracting and over stimulating. They are over wordy and ramble look there is a squirrel and a bunny, a kitten, a mouse, a horse, and a student, and another student, and another student

Background and Font

The Background should not be overly distracting

The size and style of font should be appropriate and consistent

Background and Font

A bad background is

distracting, and the

words can get lostInconsistent

size and font can make the slide confusing

Graphics

Graphics should be simple Do not over clutter slides with images Do not use complicated graphics

Graphics

Bad graphics are distracting Poorly placed Have little to do with the content

Lists

Good lists are: Precise Pithy Contain no more than three items

Lists

Bad Lists are: Wordy, or in other words they contain WAY too many words Contains too much info Distracting They seem to go on And on And on And on And on You never know when they will stop How about now? Or now? Now? Yes now

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