The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When you work with PowerPoint frequently, every little tip could help improve your productivity time. A quick Google search will turn up a list of common keyboard shortcuts for working in and presenting with PowerPoint, but here are a few lesser known tips I'd like to share. " Tags: PowerPoint.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 13, 2010

Recently I have been doing a number of lessons on the topics of "Avoiding Death by PowerPoint" and by far, one of the most requested parts of the presentation is how to take an image that no one can read, you know one where the presenter says."I Tags: Presentation Tips. I know you can't read this but" and make it readable.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Read More: Army Brains: Kill PowerPoint, ‘Counterinsurgency Want Smart Leadership ? No More PowerPoint. If this year’s Unified Quest is any indication, PowerPoint hater H.R. Several participants derided the Army’s over-reliance on PowerPoint openly. No one quite articulated a vision of what comes after PowerPoint.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 18, 2009

I was attempting to zip up a PowerPoint 2007 file and accidentally unzipped it to reveal a media folder that held all of the images I was using in my course. Now, keep in mind that this only works for PowerPoint 2007, but it’s still a cool trick, nonetheless. Extract the PowerPoint 2007 File.

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Clear Lessons

MARCH 25, 2019

How to avoid death by PowerPoint . Bob Little shares some top tips from the experts to help you avoid the dreaded ‘death by powerpoint’ Even the dullest presentations can be transformed if presenters follow five principles: 1. PowerPoint and Keynote default settings won’t inspire an audience. We love to share!

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 17, 2012

One of the topics we cover in the elearning workshops is how to quickly create templates to help move the elearning courses out of that PowerPoint look. In this case, I mostly use PowerPoint. But hopefully you’ll take the time to practice some of the techniques so that you develop more proficient skills in PowerPoint.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

When we started this blog in 2007, PowerPoint-based elearning was all the rage, and for good reason. Today, the elearning market is different and PowerPoint elearning isn’t as important (or relevant) as it was ten years ago. But that doesn’t mean PowerPoint’s obsolete. Top PowerPoint Tips.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Here are some of the top tips I took away from the course: Stop Assuming Your Audience is Dumb Have you noticed that PowerPoint presentations and eLearning modules will often do the "slow reveal," only showing one bullet point at a time? I recently attended an Edward Tufte course on "Presenting Data and Information."

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 17, 2009

Speaking of the guru awards, I was looking at the source files for the CPR demo and was impressed to see that it only contained twenty PowerPoint slides. For the most part it’s all PowerPoint. Other than that, the rest of the course content was built in PowerPoint. But that’s not the case. There’s a difference.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2010

With as many PowerPoint questions that I get, it’s a good thing that over the past year or so the elearning community has created about 300 PowerPoint tutorials. I also included a free PowerPoint elearning template to celebrate the holidays and a great 2010! Click to download the free PowerPoint template.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

This week I bring you a few more battery saving tips. More Battery Saving Tips. Do you have any other battery saving tips? About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials."

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eLearningArt

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

PowerPoint comes with some really cool picture effects that you can apply to your images. Today I’m going to talk about artistic photo effects in PowerPoint 2010, and show you how you can recolor your background photos to create some visual interest and contrast in your eLearning courses. Graphic Design Tips PowerPoint'

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PowerPoint is hot. In an earlier post I listed all of the ones that dealt with PowerPoint. Because it was so popular I decided to make another post that highlights all the ones that include free PowerPoint templates or other free assets. The Secret to Creating Your Own PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 6, 2012

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use PowerPoint to create an artsy, collage style title clip… …and add a little animation applied to it via the Camtasia Studio Visual Properties! This tutorial takes a pictorial approach to show how my title clip image was created in PowerPoint. Add A Background.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

  Over the next few weeks, I'll share some of his best tips. About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials." Note: Image above courtesy www.sprint.com.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 23, 2010

It should be noted that these tips are all generally speaking. About the author: AJ George, a cum laude graduate of Towson University, is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of the book " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and the just-released " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials."

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 1, 2010

For more tips on building traffic with Yahoo Answers, click here. About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of the book " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and the just-released " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials."

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

December 11th, 2007. Here are five tips that will help you gain experience and develop the skills to build elearning courses that you can be proud of. Create a simple 10 slide PowerPoint file. His site is like having an instructional design library at your finger tips. These tips are just the beginning.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 29, 2010

I was moving some files around the other day and found a tabbed PowerPoint template I started working on about a year ago. I like making these PowerPoint templates because it’s a good way to practice production techniques. I also added some tips and tutorials below. I also added some tips and tutorials below.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Last week I was at PowerPoint Live 2009 in Atlanta where I spent some time with people in the PowerPoint community. I met a few blog readers, many of the PowerPoint MVPs that I’ve followed over the years, and was reminded of a few tips and tricks that I can use in my rapid elearning courses. Thanks to Glenn for the tip.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 31, 2010

I strongly recommend it if you are creating PowerPoint, Keynote or e-learning presentations/training. Here is one: One Hour PowerPoint: Ten Strategies for Improving Presentations View more presentations from David Jakes. Here is the presentation that uses the final "story" presented in the session.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 6, 2011

Last year we talked about how mLearning wasn't quite ready , but we threw out some technical tips in case you were ready to dive in. Check out these other recent Coming of Age articles floating around the eLearning community: 10 Tips for Designing mLearning Content. Five Ways to Get Started in Mobile Learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 1, 2010

Tip #1: Get participants to commit to participate. She modeled this & did a poll before introducing it at a tip. Nice to model the tip & not just talk about it. “Death by PowerPoint online is worse than Death by PowerPoint in the classroom&# (not an exact quote, but gets the gist of what she said).

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

That's PowerPoint:Avoiding Death by PowerPoint" and told the attendees I would post some helpful resources on my blog so here are the resources. I strongly recommend it if you are creating PowerPoint, Keynote or e-learning presentations/training. I conducted a class the other day "Wow!That's Some are free and some for fee.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 12, 2019

One tip for job seekers: Check the job listings in your local area. The IconLogic blog has tips on Captivate, Storyline, Camtasia, RoboHelp, and more. Honestly, PowerPoint is a decent tool for simple image editing. I often use PowerPoint to remove backgrounds or make other quick changes. Originally published June 7, 2007.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 28, 2009

PowerPoint is an important part of the rapid elearning world. If you want to build good elearning courses, you really have to learn to use PowerPoint and it’s many features. A great way to learn to use PowerPoint and to get better at building your courses is to look for other work that inspires you and then try to replicate it.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

The Secret to Creating Your Own PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning. December 17th, 2007. Most PowerPoint templates are designed for standard bullet point presentations. This post will share with you my secrets for creating custom templates in PowerPoint. I don’t typically create a PowerPoint template.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 27, 2010

I’ve been slowly making my way through Cliff Atkinson’s Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 to create presentations that inform, motivate, and inspire. He provides storyboard templates to help you create your initial structure, tips for writing and weaving a compelling story throughout.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 19, 2010

Removing Stock Image Backgrounds If you have Microsoft Office 2010, you can use the new Background Removal feature found in PowerPoint, Word and Outlook to remove backgrounds easily. Click here for more detailed instructions from The PowerPoint Team Blog. Do you have any tips for sprucing up less-than-stellar stock photos or clipart?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 24, 2010

I made the following graphics by grouping together and altering the format of simple shapes in Microsoft PowerPoint (and I have no special graphic design talent):    Tips for Making Your Own PowerPoint Graphics. I promise it's not as hard as it sounds and you don't need any fancy software.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

Thursday, April 05, 2007 More on PowerPoint and Instructional Design Continuing the PowerPoint conversation begun yesterday here and picked up by Clive on Learning: Dont blame PowerPoint.and Quintus Joubert PowerPoint vs. Interactive Learning. And this: Few stage plays begin with all the actors on stage. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

APRIL 6, 2007

Friday, April 06, 2007 David Byrne and PowerPoint Remember back in 2003, when David Byrne published a book (described by AP Technology Writer Rachel Konrad as a " coffee table book for nerds ") called E.E.E.I. Oh that David Byrne, hes so creative and alternative co-opting PowerPoint like that. Take the Survey!

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2009

It’s also a great way to learn to use PowerPoint’s graphic features; because a lot of your rapid elearning success depends on how well you can get around PowerPoint. How I Built the Template in PowerPoint. Again, the goal in these exercises is to experiment with ideas and learn more about PowerPoint.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

So I’m going to show you how I built it (all inside PowerPoint) and then I’ll show you some tricks that will make it easier for you to build your own elearning courses. They’re great applications, but the reality is that for most of the graphics I built in my elearning courses I use PowerPoint 2007.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 NewsFlash: PowerPoint Bad For Learning Found via SlashDot , an article in todays Sydney Morning Herald " Research points the finger at PowerPoint." The use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster," Professor Sweller said. "It It should be ditched." "It Take the Survey!

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 4, 2010

  Check back next week for Part IV of the Graphics Series to learn tips on working with images. About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials."

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 19, 2010

In a previous post, I showed you how to design your own PowerPoint templates. In other posts, I’ve talked about how to use PowerPoint’s drawing features to build the envelope icon and television monitor. These are all intended to help you become more proficient with PowerPoint and your graphic design skills.

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