Computer Applications - PowerPoint Workshop

PowerPoint Workshop

We will spend the next couple of days in the "PowerPoint Workshop" as follows...

1. Visit Dade Christian's links page for PowerPoint backgrounds.
2. Read the Guidelines from Colorado State University for creating an effective slide show. Focus on General Guidelines and Style, not the Content section.
3. Use what you learned from Colorado State's guidelines to create another slide show. This will be a checklist of what makes a good slide show, in your own words. (1 Quiz Grade)
Slide 1 Title and your name
Slides 2 and 3 Checklist with open bullet boxes (at least 10 items)
Slide 4 Conclusion, encouraging audience to make a great slide show! ...and give credit to Colorado State for the info.
Add speaker notes to every page of this presentation.
Print the final product published to Word with notes next to slides and your name in the footer. Print in grayscale.


4. Distinguish between Transition Sounds, Inserted Sounds and Custom Animation Effects.
5. Public Service Message Create a presentation on one of the topics below (1 Test Grade). Use the guidelines you just learned about! The presentation should have at least six slides. Don't print this one yet! Include a title slide, new background downloaded from one of the sites provided, speaker notes for every slide, clip art, images, sounds, slide transitions:
- start a community campaign to keep your city clean
- encourage people to donate blood in the blood drive next week
- explain the procedure for some safety technique (CPR, fire prevention, cruise ship lifeboat procedure)
- explain the advantages of adopting a pet from the local shelter