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How to Create Presentations using Prezi
Author: Yee Jiong Hwa
Version: 10-Sep-2011
Course aims
• Prezi is a web-based presentation applicationand storytelling tool that uses a single canvas instead of traditional slides. Text, images, video and other presentation objects are placed on the infinite canvas and grouped together in frames. The canvas allows users to create non-linear presentations, where they can zoom in and out of a visual map. A path through different objects and frames can be defined, representing the order of the information to be presented. The presentation can be developed in a browser window, and then downloaded so that an internet connection is not needed when showing the presentation.
Course goals
• By the end of this course, participants should be able to use Prezi to:
• Create nice presentations
• See all screens from www.prezi.com
• Create a project based on what they have learned
Course Content
• Getting started – How can I get prezi?
• The Prezi environment – Navigation
• Create, Edit and Insert files
• Build a Presentation
• Share and Manage
How can I get Prezi?
• http://prezi.com
• Products
– [public] : Set up a free Prezi account and edit ONLINE
– [enjoy] : better access control and more storage space
– [pro] : Prezi Desktop (Mac / Windows)
GETTING STARTED WITH ONLINE PREZI
Sign In to Create online Prezi
Click to create.
Entering Title and Description
Spinning Zebra
A brief tutorial.
Try completing it.
A blank canvas
Click on the centre of this text and a Zebra will appear.
Click on the centre of Zebra and press “Del”
PREZI NAVIGATION
Toggling between Edit & Show mode
spacebar
“Show” mode “Edit” mode
Change to Edit and Show mode display
Show has been relocated here.
BUBBLE MENU
Bubble menu
Bubble menu is the set of blue bubbles in the top left corner of the Prezi editing canvas. It contains most of the tools you need to create a prezi.
List of keyboard shortcuts for the Bubble Menu Space: toggle between show and edit I: insert menu S: Shapes menu F: Frames menu P: Path menu
Parent Menus : Larger Circle
WORKING WITH CONTROLS
Controls
“30,000 feet view”
Determines zoom level.
“Undo” & “Redo” respectively.
Print as “multi-page PDF”.
Exits Prezi canvas.
Virtual meeting online.
Appears only in SHOW mode. Fullscreen, Prev and Next
respectively,.
When object is selected, a Zebra
will appear.
USING THE ZEBRA
Zebra components
Single-click For “Edit”
Single-click to Zoom In.
Single-click to Zoom Out.
Click+Drag in clockwise or anti-clockwise to
rotate object.
Acts the same as “+” and “-”. Click+Drag away from center
for “+” Click-Drag to centre for “-”
Right-click a Zebra will display a menu for command selection
Note: Elements can be placed on top of one another using
these 4 commands.
These 4 are standard editing
commands.
WORKING WITH FRAMES
Use of Frames and Types
Four types of frames, i.e.
- brackets, circle, rectangle and hidden
Frames provide “big” picture.
Groups objects to facilitate moving and scaling.
Sample Frames
Rectangle frame
Circle frame
Hidden frame
Bracket frame
Move/scale/rotate frames
1. Moving/scaling/rotating the frame will move/scale/rotate its contents together.
2. To remove an object from a frame, drag the object out of the frame at any time.
3. Hold Alt while dragging or clicking on a frame to move, scale or rotate it separately.
4. Double-clicking on the frame will show the four control points. Change the size of the frame by dragging the control points.
Move/scale/rotate frames
Hold “ALT” and click on circular frame. Notice the “orange” zebra. It can be moved separately now.
Simple click on frame. Notice the blue Zebra. The whole ‘group’ may be moved, scaled, rotated now.
Selecting multiple elements without using frame
• Click and Drag from upper let corner to lower left corner
• Release the mouse
• Elements enclosed should be grouped and a Zebra should appear
• Press “Del” key to delete all selected elements
TEXT ENTRY
Text entry
Click anywhere on canvas and start entering 2 lines of text.
Hit “Return” key to move to
next line. Three typefaces
provided.
Text alignment and bulleting functions.
Click “Ok” to close text box.
INSERT EXTERNAL OBJECTS AND SHAPES
Insert Images
Insert Files
Insert YouTube
Insert Shapes
INSERT DRAWINGS
12 Supported Drawings
COLORS / FONTS AND THEME
Colors / Fonts and Theme Wizard
Provides colors and theme controls over the Prezi.
Built-in pre-defined themes.
Theme Wizard : Manual Mode Or use a RGB Color Chart.
http://www.tayloredmktg.com/rgb/#PA
Or use built-in themes.
PATHS
Working with Path
In between free nodes may be dragged to
objects to form a liner path.
Removes all path defined.
Use this to allow display to determine placement of
path node.
A wrong path node may be dragged out
and released on empty canvas.
Editing Paths
• To remove
– Click+Drag a Numbered Path node out of the element it is pointing to
• To insert a Path
– Click+Drag an Un-numbered Free Path node to the element you wish to insert
ONLINE PREZI
Online Prezi
View Together
Edit Together : Viewing
Edit Together: Editing
Download
Saves a Copy in ZIP format
Unzip into FLASH file and run on standalone PC or Mac.
(provided there is no link to resources on internet)
DOWNLOADING ONLINE PREZI FOR OFFLINE PRESENTATION
Taking a Prezi offline
Click this.
Taking a Prezi offline
Taking a Prezi offline
Taking a Prezi offline Right-click file.
Taking a Prezi offline
Double-click to run the Prezi.
Note: Offline Prezi is always in Show mode. It cannot be
edited.
PREZIFYING A POWERPOINT FILE
Video on “Prezifying” Powerpoint slides
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayA4niOmfJ8&feature=player_embedded
Prezifying a PowerPoint file
• Export an existing copy of PowerPoint file into multi-page PDF.
• Use Insert File on Bubble Menu to import PDF.
• Select local file (PDF).
• Organise imported PDFs using frames.
• Add titles (text objects) to collections of frames.
• Add paths.
CREATING HANDOUTS WITH PREZI
Create handouts: print your online prezi
• Use the “Print” option in the middle of the editor screen (only in EDIT mode) to create handouts for your audience.
• When you click Print, your prezi will be converted to a PDF document, where every path step will be one document page. The exported PDF will also include an overview page of your whole prezi.
F.A.Q
• How many elements can a free Prezi account canvas hold? – Ans: Limited by overall storage space of 100MB per free Prezi account.
• Can hidden frames be used for grouping? – No. Only bracket, circle, and rectangular frames can group objects.
• Do I need internet acccess when I have Youtube elements in my Prezi? – Ans: Yes. Youtube insertion is merely a link. The contents can only stream in when internet
acccess is available.
• How many concurrent editors is supported? – Ans: Editing can support up to 10. I think 3-4 at a time co-editing is bearable.
• My bubble menu disappears in online Prezi? – Ans: Exit (but save) the work. At the “Your Prezi”, edit the Prezi again. The bubble menu
should appear.
• How to delete multiple elements? – Ans: Hold Shift key and click at top left corner and drag to bottom right corner.
• How to arrange the positions of elements with reference to one another? – Ans: Right-click on Zebra of an element. The “Send to Back”, “Send Backward”, “Bring to Front”
and “Bring Forward” allows for element placement.
Trademarks
• Prezi logo and name is a registered trademark of Prezi.com
Disclaimer
• Upgrades are frequent in Prezi and screen and function layouts may change over. Do verify at http://prezi.com
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