ED 527Authoring

Systems/Instructional Design

Barb Landon

Wilkes University

Syllabus

• Course Objectives

• Objectives

• Requirements

• Calendar

APA Style Documentation

http://www.wilkes.edu/pages/1206.asp#style

Multimedia

• The integration of text, graphics, animation, sound, and/or video

Power Point presentation

• See not read

• Avoid• Paragraphs• Use bullet points• Use phrases not sentences• Limit 6 bullets per page

Simple is better

• Limit fonts

• Fonts with feet- easier to read

• Fonts without feet- Titles

• Color combinations

• Graphics-1-3 per page

• Slides supplement

Storyboards

• Organization

• Prepare first!

Effects

• Bells and whistles may be distracting

• Special effects have purpose

Proofread

• Spell check

• Time presentation

• Always have backup!!

Rules- Text

• Capital letter after bullets

• Bullets have 8 words or less

• Font style simple

• No complete sentences

• No punctuation marks

• No ALL CAPS

• No more than 7 lines

Rules-Text

• Choose one for Title one for body

• No more than 2 levels of bullets

• Use word art sparingly

• Less is more

Colors Guidelines

• Limited number of colors

• Colors that contrast text and background

• Avoid red/green, brown/green, blue/black, blue/purple

Rules- Graphics and Charts

• Add message to slide

• Face the middle of slide

• Guide the eye to the main point

• Limit the number of lines

Rules- Transitions

• One per slide

Rules-Effects and Animations

• Use up to 3 effects on bullet text

• Avoid animation effects on graphics from Internet

Background Sounds

• Only instrumental

• Movie, cartoon or TV songs

• Play through out presentation or group of more than 2 slides

Tips for Presentations

• Allow one minute per slide• Don’t read the slides• Using Charts and graphs- highlight

the bottom line• Dim the lights if necessary• Maintain eye contact with audience• Read left to right, top to bottom

Tutorials

• http://www.actden.com/pp

• http://www.lgta.org/ppt97

• http://sunsite.net.edu.cn/tutorials/tmg-power/httoc.htm