Oh! I was tragic! He died of boredom! It

was death by PowerPoint!

Oh NO! Let me guess, he had Mrs. T for Social Studies?

Yep! Dropped over right

in 3rd period. . .

Death By PowerPoint

Some Basics to Remember:

• 5-7 bullets per slide

• 7-10 words per bullet

• Never smaller than size 24 font

• Don’t read the slide!!

• Too much animation is annoying.

• Watch your colors.

• Well placed animation is memorable.

Harry PotterTom Sawyer

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Girls Boys

Beach

AmusementPark

Camping

Diagrams

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Sounds

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Buttons

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3. Click on the Hammer And Wrench Icon

4. Scroll down and choose Windows Media Player

This will change your cursor to a + symbol –Giving you the ability to draw a box

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5. Draw a box and then right-click on the box and choose Properties

Now for something really cool Really Embedding – PC ONLY

1. Go to your tool bar and click on the word “View”

2. Click on Toolbars and then Control Tool Box

This will bring up a box that looks like this:

Objects

Clip Art

Animated Clip Art

www.discoveryeducation.com

LinksMotion Paths

Take 2 minutes to discuss how you might use some of the things you have just seen to make an engaging PowerPoint.

Hands – On Time!

• Finding cool stuff to use online!• Don’t reinvent the wheel!• How to insert Action Buttons. . . • How to insert a sound. . . • How to insert a movie. . . • How to insert an action graphic and make a movi

ng path. . . • How to insert WordArt, picture from file, diagram,

chart, or object. . . .

Free Copyright Safe Resources

• http://www.jamendo.com/en/ - Music

• http://www.archive.org/details/audio - music and other multimedia

• http://dig.ccmixter.org/ - music

• http://sxc.hu/?lid=72814174&pcrid=4689828075&property=SXC – images

• http://imagebase.davidniblack.com/main.php - Images, templates

• http://www.photos8.com/ - images

Action Buttons!

• Create the slide you want to link to first!

• 2007- Click on ‘Insert’ and then ‘Shapes’

• At the very bottom of the drop-down menu, you will see the action buttons.

• Choose one, then draw it where you want it to appear on the slide.

• Can you see how to make a Jeopardy game now?

Inserting a Sound!

• Download or record the sound you want to use.

• 2007- Click on ‘Insert’ then ‘Sound’• Find the sound you downloaded and click on it.

• Choose whether or not you want it to play automatically or not.

Inserting a Movie!

• Download the video you want to use or

• 2007- Click on ‘Insert’ then ‘Movie’• Find the movie you downloaded and click on it.

• Choose whether or not you want it to play automatically or not.

• Or you can embed a video from YouTube right in your slide

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hChq5drjQl4 - directions

Downloading a Video from YouTube

• Find the video you want to download.

• In the address bar, replace the words, “youtube” with the word “voobys.”

• This will take you to the voobys website.

• Click the Download button or choose the version you want to download and when the pop-up box appears, choose ‘save’.

Converting Your YouTube Video File

• www.zamzar.com will convert your video file of up to 100 mb for free and email you the finished version.

Inserting an Action Graphic/Moving Path

• Click on ‘Insert’ then ‘Clip Art’ • Type in what you are looking for and choose ‘all

media file types’• Click ‘Go’ any picture with a star in the corner is

animated.• Or. . . Go to

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/??Origin=EC790014051033&CTT=6&ver=12&app=powerpnt.exe and click in the ‘animations’ box, then type the name of the picture you are looking for.

• To draw a motion path, start with the picture you want to move in the starting position.

• Click on ‘Animations’ and then ‘Custom Animation’

• In the box that appears on the right, click on ‘Add Effect’ and then ‘Motion Paths’

• Now choose the path you want, I used ‘custom path’ and draw it where you want it.

Inserting WordArt, Picture from File, Diagram, Chart, Object

• Go to ‘Insert’ choose either Picture, Smart Art, Chart or WordArt.

• Follow the prompts given.

• To insert a Link – within the slideshow – click ‘Insert’ and then ‘Hyperlink’

• Type in the display text and choose the slide you want to link to.