PowerPoint® for
Educators
Creating Effective
Presentations™
This three-semester hour graduate level continuing education course is designed to give K-12 educators a hands-on opportunity to focus on the PowerPoint component of the Microsoft® Office Suite. The course will incorporate a strong hands-on approach to learning the elements of PowerPoint that will enable educators to acquire the necessary skills to develop effective professional presentations. In addition, there will be discussions and activities focused on basic principles of graphic design. Personal, professional, and educational applications of PowerPoint will be explored. This course offers educators a wonderful opportunity to learn how to develop presentations to enhance student learning in their classroom.
This course is recommended for K-12 educators. Basic computer and Internet skills are required.
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the different features of PowerPoint.
2. Examine and practice the basics of graphic design in developing presentations.
3. Create a presentation for educational use.
By the conclusion of this course each participant:
1. Employs the built in features of PowerPoint
1.1. Creates a presentation using the AutoContent Wizard.
1.2. Creates a presentation using PowerPoint templates.
2. Develops the ability to navigate through PowerPoint
2.1. Demonstrates how to use the scroll bar and Toolbars.
2.2. Demonstrates how to use the Zoom feature
3. Develops the ability to edit text
3.1. Demonstrates how to insert, replace, move, and delete text.
3.2. Demonstrates how to check spelling and use AutoCorrect.
3.3. Demonstrates how to duplicate and expand a slide
3.4. Demonstrates how to hide, find, and format text
4. Identifies four basic principles of graphic designing that help to enhance presentations.
4.1. Employs the use of the principle of proximity.
4.2. Employs the use of the principle of alignment.
4.3. Employs the use of the principle of repetition
4.4. Employs the use of the principle of contrast.
5. Develops the ability to format text
5.1. Demonstrates how to change the font, size, style, and color of text.
5.2. Demonstrates how to change the alignment and case of text
5.3. Demonstrates how to add, change, and remove bullets.
5.4. Demonstrates how to change line spacing and indentation of text.
5.5. Demonstrates how to add tabs.
6. Develops the ability to change the appearance of slides in a presentation.
6.1. Demonstrates how to change a slide design.
6.2. Demonstrates how to change the color scheme.
6.3. Demonstrates how to change a slide background.
6.4. Demonstrates how to work with headers and footers.
6.5. Demonstrates how to use the Slide Master.
7. Develops the ability to add and work with objects
7.1. Demonstrates how to add clip art, text boxes, pictures, charts, and tables.
7.2. Demonstrates how to move, size, delete, change, and rotate objects.
7.3. Demonstrates how to add texture, patters, and 3-dimensional objects.
8. Develops the ability to add and work with multimedia and special effects.
8.1. Demonstrates how to add sound, narration, and movies.
8.2. Demonstrates how to play music during a slide show.
8.3. Demonstrates how to play sound or movies automatically.
8.4. Demonstrates how to add transitions and action buttons as well as both simple and custom animations.
8.5. Analyzes the use of the Internet as an aid to preparing presentations.
8.6. Evaluates Internet resources that can be used in presentations.
8.7. Designs a simple home page to use as a presentation delivery medium.
9. Develops the ability to fine-tune a presentation
9.1. Demonstrates how to reorder, delete, and hide slides.
9.2. Demonstrates how to create a summary slide
9.3. Demonstrates how to add slides from another presentation.
9.4. Creates speaker notes and handouts for a presentation.
10. Develops the ability to deliver a presentation.
10.1. Demonstrates how to set-up a slide show.
10.2. Demonstrates how to use the Slide Meter and the Meeting Minder.
10.3. Demonstrates how to view a slide show on two screens.
10.4. Demonstrates how to use the Pack and Go Wizard.
10.5. Discusses the elements of effective presentations.
10.6. Designs a presentation to share in class.
11. Evaluates applications of PowerPoint.
11.1. Evaluates the personal applications of PowerPoint.
11.2. Evaluates the professional applications of PowerPoint.
11.3. Evaluates the educational applications of PowerPoint
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Day One: Registration, introduction, assessment of participants’ skill levels; course overview and participants’ expectations; overview of the computer lab, review of basic computer skills and ergonomics; introduction to PowerPoint, the AutoContent Wizard, PowerPoint basics, working with text, and considerations when planning a presentation.
Day Two Design principles of proximity, alignment, repetition, and contrast; designing with type; color and visual impact.
Day Three Working with text; changing the appearance of slides; working with objects; adding multimedia to a presentation; and Internet resources for presentations.
Day Four Internet resources, continued; fine-tuning a presentation; creating speaker notes and handouts; designing a simple home page; placing a PowerPoint presentation on a home page.
Day Five Delivering a presentation; final assessment; evaluations.
All participants are expected to have 100% attendance, and to participate in
class. Components will be weighed as follows:
Participation 10%
Attendance 20%
Final
assessment 10%
Grading by
Contract 60%
At the end of the course,
letter grades are awarded as defined:
A Excellent. Denotes work that is consistently at the highest
level of achievement in a graduate college or university course.
B Good. Denotes work that consistently meets the high level
of college or university standards for academic performance in a graduate
college or university course.
C The lowest passing grade. Denotes work that does not meet in
all respects college or university standards for academic performance in a
graduate college or university course.
F Failure. Denotes work that fails to meet graduate college
or university standards for academic performance in a course.
1. For an A, participants will complete all of the course assignments, including the final assessment, at an appropriate level of excellence, and complete one of the following options with excellence that consistently meet the highest university standard for academic performance in graduate work:
a. Option 1: Create a project that incorporates the following elements:
i. A PowerPoint presentation that reflects a lesson plan or other type of presentation tool that is used in your educational setting. The presentation should include both Internet resources and either multimedia or digital camera images.
ii. A simple home page that incorporates the presentation.
iii. Speaker notes and handouts that accompany the presentation.
b. Option 2: Develop a specialized project of similar scope sanctioned by the instructor using PowerPoint in education.
2. For a B, participants will complete all of the course assignments, including the final assessment, with minimally good performance, and complete one of the following options in a consistently good manner that meets a high university standard for academic performance in graduate work:
a. Option 1: Create a PowerPoint presentation that reflects a lesson plan or other type of presentation tool that is used in your educational setting. The presentation should include both Internet resources and either multimedia or digital camera images. Include a print out of your speaker notes
b. Option 2: Develop a specialized project of similar scope sanctioned by the instructor for using PowerPoint in education.
3. For a C, participants will complete all of the course expectations including the final assessment.
All documents and projects are due no later than two weeks
after the class ends.
The documents and projects must be properly formatted and printed.
Participants are expected to maintain academic honestly and integrity by doing their own work to the best of their ability. Academic dishonesty (cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, etc.) will result in the participant receiving a zero for that project. Participants are also expected to follow Acceptable Use Policies when using the Internet.
Participants are required to attend all classes as well as participate in class discussions, small group activities, exercises and projects. Absence from any part of the class will require that you withdraw from the class. You will need to contact The Connecting Link at (800) 969‑9424 in the event this occurs.
Participants are expected to keep pace with in-class and at-home assignments. If a situation arises where an assignment cannot be completed, the participant is expected to make arrangements with the instructor for the timely submission of such work. All work is due no later than two weeks after the class ends. Failure to complete all work in this time frame will result in an incomplete or a grade of F for the work, depending upon the reason for the delay.
Participants are required to complete in-class final assessment.
In compliance with ADA guidelines, participants who have any condition,
either permanent or temporary, which might affect their ability to perform in
this class, are encouraged to inform the instructor at the beginning of the
term. Adaptations of teaching methods, class materials, including text and
reading materials or testing may be made as needed to provide for equitable
participation.
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