Crafting a Better Slide Based Presentation

PowerPoint is the most commonly used presentation software and a leading cause of severe boredom in classrooms and businesses. We will review a number of alternatives to PowerPoint, focusing on their strengths and weaknesses to help students pick the best one to help meet their objectives. We will learn about best practices of presentation design, which can be applied to PowerPoint or other software with a similar purpose. Given the versatility of PowerPoint and it’s prevalence, we will work with it to apply superior techniques to a pre-existing presentation or idea that students bring to class. The presentation brought to class can be something the student has already given or will be giving. If coming with an idea for a presentation, prior to class, define who your audience will be and what the purpose of giving the presentation is.

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