Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Portfolio Exercise 4

1503 – Presentation Assignment
Making PowerPoint Slides – Avoiding the Pitfalls of Bad Slides

Google “PowerPoint pitfalls bad slides.”
Use the information you find to fill in the blanks below:


(a)   What is shown on the second slide?  _Outlines__________________________________

(b)  How many slides should you use a minute? _________1-2____________________

(c)   How many points should you have per slide? ___4-5_________________________

(d)  A slide should be in __________point________ form. It should not contain too many ____words____________.

(e)   It is a good idea to present your points _____one______ at a time because it will help your audience _______consintrate_____________ on your points.

(f)   Animation should be ______consistant_______________ and not _________________distracting___. Do not __overboard__________________________ with the animation.

(g)  Title fonts should be size _________36_________ ; main point fonts should be size _____28___, and use size _______18_____ for an ordinary point.  

(h)  Do not use a __________complicated____________________ font.

(i)    The font colour should _contrast___________________ sharply with the background. Using colour for decoration is _____distracting______________ and ________annoying__________.

(j)    The same background should be used _______________consistently_______ throughout your presentation.

(k)  Use _Graphs rather than just___________________ charts and words.

(l)    Proof read your slides for:
·       _________spelling mistakes________________________________________
·       ___repeated words______________________________________________
·       ______grammatical error you made___________________________________________


(m)You should have a _______effective closing___________ rather than an _______abrupt__________ ending.

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