This Web page is designed as a starting point for using PowerPoint in your classroom. This brief tutorial will help you get some ideas for its many uses. I have included links to some other PowerPoint Web resources that will certainly help you out.

PowerPoint:

• Collection of pages or slides with text, pictures, sounds, transitions, links.

• Presentation software that is part of Microsoft Office Professional.

Uses:

• Class notes
• Student Presentations
• News
• Video Yearbook
• Open House
• Web presentations
• Slides/Overheads

Often used to display information to an audience.

• Can use it like a chalkboard, overhead, or whiteboard.
• Need computer and way to show presentation such as PC/TV Converter, TV Out on some computers (many laptops have this, look for yellow RCA Jack).

Hands-On

• Getting started/Finding the program.

• We have the program at JS/HS, elementaries?
• License?  Home version? UC Student?

Start program

• Create new presentation using "Blank Presentation" OK.
• New Slide - Chose an AutoLayout - OK

(Image Below)

[I made the screenshot above by (1) hitting the Print Scrn key on the keyboard, (2) getting into my Word Document, and (3) selecting Edit - Paste. Try it, this is an easy way to show people what the screen should look like.]

 

Tips

• Slide Layout is used to have different slide looks or styles. There are many to select from so mix it up a bit.

• To change colors or backgrounds, select Format - Slide Background or Color Scheme. You can even add an image (for the background) at this point.

• Color tips- keep it simple, blue backgrounds with white or yellow letters have proven to be best in many situations. Remember that what you see and how it might be projected on the bigger screen can be different.

• To make a second/third/etc. slide go to Insert - New Slide.

• Try an opening slide, body/text slides, summarization slides/closing slide.

• After you make the slides go to View - Slide Sorter - and then select Transitions and Effects. (I will demonstrate this.)

• Transition is the way the slide opens.

• Effect is the way the information on each slide will appear.

• To see how this works go to View - Slide Show. Hit the space bar to view each slide's transition and effects.

• When it goes through the show it will return you to the PowerPoint Program.

 

 Resources: 

http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm Great step by step tutorial.

http://www.utexas.edu/cc/training/handouts/powerpoint.html/ "How To."

http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~mclweb/ppt1.htm Information.

http://www.umist.ac.uk/apt/ppclass/home.htm Good step by step.

http://www.orst.edu/instruction/ed596/ppoint/pphome.htm Good step by step tutorial.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/ Microsoft Site..

http://einstein.cs.uri.edu/tutorials/csc101/powerpoint/ppt.html Good tutorial.

http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm Good tips (at bottom).

 

October 18, 2002 SLSD Inservice.

Todd Sams, HJS, todd.sams@southwestschools.org