The document provides guidelines for designing effective PowerPoint presentations, including making text and visuals big, simple, clear, progressive, and consistent. Some key tips are to use large font sizes that can be read from a distance, simplify content down to core ideas and remove unnecessary details, use clear fonts, colors and formatting, introduce new content progressively in a focused manner, and maintain consistency in design elements to avoid distraction. The overall goal is to communicate effectively through visual aids that support the message rather than distract or overload the audience.

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5. Make it Big (Text) This is Arial 12 This is Arial 18 This is Arial 24 This is Arial 32 This is Arial 36 This is Arial 44

6. Make it Big (Text) This is Arial 12 This is Arial 18 This is Arial 24 This is Arial 32 This is Arial 36 This is Arial 44 Too Small

7. Make It Big (How to Estimate) 2 m Look at it from 2 metres away

8. Keep It Simple

9. Keep It Simple (Text) Too manycolours TooManyFontsandStyles The 6 x 7 rule No more than 6 lines per slide No more than 7 words per line

10. Keep It Simple (Text) Instructional Technology:A complex integrated process involving people, procedures, ideas, devices, and organization, for analyzing problems and devising, implementing, evaluating, and managing solutions to those problems in situations in which learning is purposive and controlled(HMRS 5th ed.) Too detailed !

11. Keep It Simple (Text) Instructional Technology: A process involving people, procedures & tools for solutions to problems in learning (HMRS 5th ed.) Much Simpler

12. Falling Leaves Observed Too detailed !

13. Falling Leaves in Millions Much Simpler

14. Falling Leaves Too detailed !

15. Falling Leaves Much Simpler

17. Keep It Simple (Animation) 2 m Simple & to the point

18. Make It Clear

19. Make It Clear (Capitalisation) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE DIFFICULT TO READ Upper and lower case letters are easier

20. Sanserif Z Serif Z Make It Clear (Fonts) clear busy

21. Serif fonts are difficult to read on screen Sanserif fonts are clearer Italics are difficult to read on screen Normal or bold fonts are clearer Underlines may signify hyperlinks Instead, use colours to emphasise Make It Clear (Fonts)

22. Make It Clear (Numbers) Use numbers for lists with sequence For example: How to put an elephant into a fridge? 1. Open the door of the fridge 2. Put the elephant in 3. Close the door

23. Make It Clear (Numbers) How to put a giraffe into a fridge? 1. Open the door of the fridge 2. Take out the elephant 3. Put the giraffe in 4. Close the door

24. Make It Clear (Bullets) Use bullets to show a list without Priority Sequence Hierarchy, …..

25. Make It Clear (Colours) Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours

26. Make It Clear (Contrast) Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours low contrast high contrast

27. Make It Clear (Contrast) Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours This is light on dark

28. Make It Clear (Contrast) Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours This is dark on light

30. Use complementary coloursThese colours do not complement

32. Use complementary coloursThese colours complement

33. Make It Clear (Size) Size implies importance

34. Make It Clear (Size) Size implies importance

35. Make It Clear (Focal Points) Focal points direct attention

36. Make It Clear (Focal Points) Focal points direct attention

37. Be Progressive

38. Individual Constructive Tools Social Constructive Tools Discovery Learning Too many in one go! Informational Tools Guided Inquiry Mode of Instruction Individual Instructive Tools Social Communicative Tools Direct Instruction Individual Pair Group Complexity of Interactions Types of Instructional Tools

39. Individual Constructive Tools Social Constructive Tools Discovery Learning Informational Tools Guided Inquiry Progressive & thus focused Mode of Instruction Individual Instructive Tools Social Communicative Tools Direct Instruction Individual Pair Group Complexity of Interactions Types of Instructional Tools

40. Understanding Technology I/O Error Mouse CPU Main Storage Too many & not focused User interface Function key Software Debugger Floppy disk Backup system

41. Understanding Technology I/O Error Mouse CPU Main Storage Progressive & thus focused User interface Function key Software Debugger Floppy disk Backup system

42. Be Consistent

43. Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract

46. Differences may imply importance

47. Use surprises to attract not distractThese differences distract!

50. Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract This surprise attracts

51. Be Consistent Differences draw attention Differences may imply importance Use surprises to attract not distract These distract!

52. In Summary Big Simple Clear Progressive Consistent

53. Some Final Words Communication is the key Text to support the communication Pictures to simplify complex concepts Animations for complex relationships Visuals to support, not to distract Sounds only when absolutely necessary

54. Want more? Contact UCTL for more Victor Chen (ext 7435) victor.chen@canterbury.ac.nz