Prezi in the Classroom

Why Prezi?

PREZI allows you to create unbelievably dynamic presentations, where you can zoom in and out across a large poster, create motion paths, add text, embed images and video files or YouTube videos…

Prezi by nature is holistic while power point is linear by nature

Sign up for a Prezi Account Go to http://prezi.com Click on Sign Up Now Scroll down until you see this:

Click on Get under the Edu Enjoy license

Sign up for a Prezi Account Put in your email address(use your school

address) and click on Continue Fill out the form with school name, city

(Norcross), and school website address Confirm you are a student or teacher at the

school and click Submit You will receive a confirmation email that

you will need to go to and click the link they give you to complete your registration.

As we move forward . . . You are going to “play” with the tools I show you. Open a new browser window Log into your Prezi account You may need to put your cursor over by the top left

side of the window. If you see the Prezi tools appear, click on the blue arrow to the top left of the word “Show.”

Prezi Tools – Colors and Themes

Colors & Themes – allows you to choose a predefined theme or use the theme wizard to create your customized theme

Time to PlayColors & Themes

Prezi Tools - Write

Write – Allows you to put text boxes on your Prezi in whatever location you wish.

Click on Write Click anywhere you wish to put your text box Start typing Above the text box you will see different

alignment choices as well as a bullet icon. Below the text box, you can choose the text

theme you want to use.

Prezi Tools – Zebra Tool

Zebra tool – Appears when you click on text

Move - center of the zebra

Size and scale - inner ring of the zebra

Rotate objects of any kind - outer ring of the zebra

Prezi Tools Add a Hyperlink Click on Write – click on prezi to

add a text box Copy & Paste a URL – http not

https Click on Save Click on Exit Click on Edit

Time to PlayWrite & Zebra Tool

Prezi Tools - Path

Path - With the Path tool, you can simply go through your presentation just by clicking Next.

Zoom out until you can see multiple objects you want to show

Choose Path on the Bubble Menu Click on your objects in the order you want to

present them Drag path numbered circles off to the

background to remove them 

Prezi Tools Path – continued Drag the small path circles between two steps to insert an

object Drag the large numbered circle onto other objects to swap

them into the Path Choose Capture View to capture current view and add it to the

path Click Show in the Menu, and use the bottom right arrows to go

through your Path The Delete All button deletes the whole Path, and all the path

steps.

Time to PlayPath Tool

Prezi Tools - Frame

Frame – The best presentations use frames in Prezi to organize information in groups.

When related information is grouped together, you can avoid excessive panning in your prezi - which often results in motion sickness for your audience.

Choose Frame in the Bubble Menu (top left)

Prezi Tools - Frame Choose a Frame type Start drawing a Frame around your objects Hold down SHIFT while drawing to create 4:3,

projector-friendly aspect ratios You can choose 'Capture View' in the Path menu, to

generate a frame that fills your actual view. This will add a path step as well.

Time to PlayFrame Tool

Prezi Tools - Insert

Insert - Image Choose Insert/Load File Select the image from your computer. Then use the Zebra to arrange it.

Prezi Tools - Insert Insert Media – Video You can insert the following video file formats to Prezi: FLV, F4V, AVI, MOV, WMV, F4V, MPG, MPEG, MP4,

M4V, 3GP How it works: Prezi has a built-in, standalone video player

for these video formats. After uploading a video, you can control the playback using a navigation bar when presenting manually. You can add videos directly to the path. In this case, videos will start automatically as you reach them in your presentation, and will stop as you move along on the path.

Prezi Tools - Media Insert Media – Video Click Insert/Load file in the editor, or simply hit the

'L' keyboard shortcut. Choose a video file from your computer Insert the file into prezi, just as you insert any image

file. Once the video is selected in Write mode, you can use the Zebra tool to arrange it or simply drag and move with your mouse.

Prezi Tools - Media Insert Media – YouTube Video Paste the URL of a YouTube video to the text field it

gives you (this is not the YouTube embed code). Hit OK. Once the video is selected in Write mode,

you can use the Zebra tool to arrange it, or simply drag and move with your mouse.

File size limit for video uploads is 50 mb

Time to PlayInsert Media

Prezi Tools Insert Files PDF Excel Power point

Prezi Tools – Edit Mode Edit Mode is designed for creating, manipulating your prezi.

There is a grid in the background. Prezi starts up in Edit mode Prezi doesn't zoom around when you click on objects,

so you don't get lost while writing or moving your objects

use the zoom buttons, or scroll your mouse to zoom

Prezi Tools Show Mode is designed for presenting and for fast navigation to

small / huge things there is no grid, you get a clean look, and all the

menus will auto-hide You can click on objects to zoom to them, and click

the background to zoom out 

Prezi Resources Learn - http://prezi.com/learn/ Manual - http://prezi.com/learn/manual/ 10 Tips to Help Master Prezi -

http://tippingpointlabs.com/2010/11/22/10-tips-to-help-master-prezi/

Prezi Killed Power point – Article http://e-blahblah.com/index.php/2010/01/prez

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