Powerup your PowerPoint

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Power-up your PowerPoint

• Multimedia Presentations
• _at_ Henry Library

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Guiding Questions

• What is your story?
• What is your big idea or message?
• What do you want your audience to know and
  understand?

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more planning questions.

• Think about how you want your audience to feel.
• What do you want your audience to see and hear?
• How much time do you have?
• How is your presentation assessed?
• How will you know when you have done a good job?

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PowerPoint Basics

• Text (your message)
• Layout and design
• Colour and font
• Insert clipart and photos
• Slide animation
• Links to websites
• Links to video clips

• KEEP IT SIMPLE for best results.

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Insert Clip Art

• Click on Insert scroll down to picture.
• Select clip art. A menu will pop up on the
  right of your screen.
• Type the item you need a picture of in the
  Search for box and select go.
• Scroll through the hits until you find clip art
  that you like.
• Left click on the picture to insert it into your
  PowerPoint slide.
• Use the handles to move it about and change the
  size to suit your space.

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Insert Animated Clips

• Search in clip art for movies.
• Select movie and insert in your slide.
• Adjust to the size you want.

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Insert Sounds

• Search in clip art for sounds.
• Select sound and insert in your slide.
• Select whether sound will start in the slide show
  automatically or at the click of the mouse
• Adjust to the size you want.

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Linking to the Internet

• To insert a link to the webgo to web site, copy
  (Ctl-C) the URL and then paste (Ctl-V) into
  slide. Hit return and your link is live.

• Native Child
• http//www.nativechild.com/

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Insert a Video clip

• If your video clip is stored on the Internet
  follow the same procedure as inserting a link to
  the Internet.
• Copy the URL and paste into your PowerPoint.
• Click on the URL during the slide show to open
  your linked video.

• http//www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey
  10d6372ec40eda30e8ba

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Linking to Video or Internet pages.

• Creating a Power Point Show

• If you do not want the URL to show on your slide,
  type the name of the video, and highlight text.
  Go to Insert on your toolbar and select
  hyperlink.
• Open Browsed Pages and select the URL you want
  to link.

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Tips for success.

• Prepare your notes on notes section under each
  slide.
• Print out the notes pages and rehearse your
  presentation.
• Make sure your Power Point will work on the
  library presentation computers.

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Good Luck!