Digital_Portfolios_main_content Step by Step Instructions

8/8/2019 Digital_Portfolios_main_content Step by Step Instructions

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Student Digital Portfolios

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PL NNING YOUR DIGITA L PORT O LIO

N ow that you understand the importance of managing your files, you are ready to begin planning your digital portfolio.

How do I stru c ture my digital Portfolio?

To begin with, let s create a six slide portfolio:1. Title2. Contents3. About me4. nglish5. Maths6. Integrated Topic

You will be able to add more slides later.

Designing a slide

Let s begin with the title slide. n a piece of paper sketch a rectangle that represents a blank slide in PowerPoint. R oughly sketch how you want to set your slide out.

I have included a title, a picture of myself, a button to link to the contents page and asmiley face that will link to a short voice recording.

This tells me I will need a digital image of myself saved into my images folder and arecording of my voice saved into my sounds folder.You will learn how to record your voice and save it as a file later.

N ow have a go at designing the other slides.

Picture of me

To contents slide

TimHawkins

DigitalPortfolio

Click to hear me speak


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Student D igita l Portfo lios

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Portfo lio Na v igat ion

J ust like turn ing pages in a paper por tfolio, peop le (and yourse lf ) need to be ab le tolook through your d igital por tfolio with ease.

To s tar t off lets do a v isua l represen tation of our s ix s lides

As you can see, a ll pages link to the con tents s lide. So where ever you are in your por tfolio, you can eas ily re turn to the con tents s lide.

This d iagram a lso shows that you can nav igate backwards and forwards be tweenslides.

You are now ready to beg in creat ing your d igita l portfo lio!

Title Slide

Contents Slide

Integra ted Top icSlide

Maths SlideEnglish Sli deAbou t Me Slide


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USING POW E RPOIN T

O pen PowerPo int and you shou ld see some thing like this

Now choose the New Slide option from the tool bar above.

Choose the b lank s lide from the op tions on the r ight hand s ide. Repea t this processuntil you have s ix s lides.

It is be tter to star t with a blank s lide, so r ight click somewhere on the bordersof the text boxes andchoose the cut option.You can add your owntext boxes later. Make

sure you c lick on t

e line.

Now c lick on f ile and choose the save as option. Name this f ile Digital Por tfolio and save in your ma inDigital Por tfolio fo lder.Remember to sa v e your work regu lar ly in case thecomputer crashes or the power goes!


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Insert ing a text box

U sing your p lans for each s lide, crea te titles (don t worry too much abou t the type andcolour of your fon t at the momen t, you can change that later ).

To crea te a text box you can choose from the Inser t option and choose text box at the top of the screen or you can c lick on the text box icon a t the bo ttom of the screen.

Choose where you are go ing to pu t your text box and c lick. Choose your fon t size andtype in the text.

Do the same for the o ther f ive s lides.


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Add ing Buttons

Buttons are used in your por tfolio to link s lides toge ther and a lso to link to other documen ts that you w ish to include. Dont forget to save any work included in your

portfolio into the correct folders.

L ink ing to other s lides

Choose the Slide Show optionfrom your menu bar. Thenselect Action Buttons .Select the b lank op tion.

The o ther bu ttons can used for a

var iety of purposes, i.e. backward and forward bu ttons,a home bu tton, a documen t

bu tton and so on...

Once you have p laced and s ized your bu tton, this menu w ill appear.

Choose the yper link to option andthen c lick on the b lue arrow and choosethe Slide option.

A menu w ill appear that lets you choosewhich s lide you w ish to link to. In the

bo ttom r ight corner an image of wh ichslide he l ps you to dec ide.


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Add ing T ext and E dit ing a Button

You w ill need to add some text your bu tton. In this case we w ill call it the con tents bu tton that links to the nex t slide.

R ight click on your bu tton and this menu shou ld appear :

Choose the Add Tex t option to type inContents.

U se the orma t AutoShape option to changethe co lour of your bu tton and add any effec ts.You can even have a p icture on your bu tton bychoose Color , then ill Effec ts and thenchoose Picture.

Link ing to Documents

Create ano ther bu tton on the s lide you w ishyour documen t to be linked to.

Choose the Run program option.

Click the Browse button to f ind the f ile inyour Digital Por tfolio fo lders.


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Add ing and Copy ing Backward and Forward Buttons You may w ish to inc lude bu ttons that navigate backwards and forwards through your

por tfolio.

To copy the bu ttons to the res t of the s lides, just r ight-click on the bu tton and choosethe copy option.

Now pas te the bu tton on to each of your s lides in the sor ter to the lef t of your screen. I t will place it in exac tly the same p lace on each s lide.

Play your Slideshow and check that the bu ttons work!

Choose the forward bu tton from the bu tton menu.Place bu tton where you think bes t.The yper link option w ill automa tically choose the Next Slide option.Repea t process for Prev ious Slide


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Hyper link ing T ext and Images

You may w ish to have the titl e of a webs ite, mov ie or p iece of wr iting that you wan t to link instead of a bu tton. Th is is very easy to do.

Type some text and then c lick and drag to se lect.

R ight click on the h ighlighted text and choose the yper link option. This menu shou ld appear

To crea te a hyper linked image, just r ight click on it and fo llow the same process!

You now have the basicsto start putting your portfolio together !

The nex t sec tion w ill show you more fea tures to enhance your Digital Por tfolio, suchas add ing a vo ice record ing, inser ting mov ies and spec ial effec ts.

Choose the Existing F ileor Web Page option.

Find your f ile or searchthe web for the webs ite.

If you wan t to link toano ther s lide in your Por tfolio choose thisoption.


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ADDING VOIC E R E CORDINGS

You may w ish to add a shor t message abou t a cer tain par t of your por tfolio. Somestuden ts record their fr iends voices!

Using the W indows Sound Recorder

Click on the Star t All Programs Accessor ies Enter tainmen t SoundRecorder

You shou ld see some thing like this:

Once you have crea ted your sound, c lick on File and choose the Save as option.Save your sound into your Sounds folder for your d igital por tfolio.

Insert ing a sound f ile into your portfo lio

When you are in PowerPo int, choose the Inser t option from the top menu. Nowchoose the Mov ies and Sounds option and then the Sound from f ile option.Find your sound f ile and se lect.

Now you can have a sma ll voice or mus ic record ing in your por tfolio. I f you play a musical instrument you may wish to record a small sample for your portfolio!

Make sure your m icrophoneis p lugged in. Press the redrecord bu tton and record your voice. The green line shou ldmove if it is work ingcorrec tly.

The compu ter will ask whe ther you wan t the soundto star t automa tically or whenclicked your cho ice!


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Record ing a v oice narrat ion on PowerPo int

Ano ther way to add a vo ice record ing is to use the Record Narra tion option from thetop menu, found in the Slide Show option.

This screen shou ld appear, c lick OK.Make sure you are on the s lide on wh ich you want the sound to be heard!

You shou ld see this appear :

Choose the Curren t Slide option

You s lide w ill appear and you shou ld s tar t record ing s tra ight away. As soon as youare done, press the Escape bu tton.

This shou ld appear :

Choose the Dont Save option.

A sma ll picture like this will appear in the bo ttom r ight hand corner. You canmove this anywhere.