Scissortail's Learning Nest
APRIL 22, 2024
The Multimedia and Redundancy Principles Mayer’s research has found that people learn better through words and pictures than through words alone or pictures alone. However, for many course designs, this can lead to a poor experience for users who would prefer the media to play automatically and don’t want to select Play on every slide.
mLearning Revolution
JANUARY 9, 2012
Whether you are a presenter or developing eLearning, our job is to engage our audience and no other things does the exact opposite more than a never ending list of bullet points on a Powerpoint slide. In a blog post, Seth describes bullet points on Powerpoint slides as “ unemotional and sterile. Amen to that.
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BrightCarbon
MAY 9, 2022
One major reason your audience is suffering from ‘death by PowerPoint’ is that you’re using slides that simply spell out what you’re trying to say. So, if your audience is trying to read text on a slide and listen to you speak, they end up either confused or completely ignoring you. Here’s another slide transformation.
BrightCarbon
MAY 17, 2023
But not everyone’s had the chance to discover Google Slides. But we’re here to tell you why Google Slides could be the place to be for your University group presentations, and to share a few of our favourite techniques to help you make the most of it. Open Google Slides with a fresh slide deck.
BrightCarbon
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Did you know PowerPoint has a built-in picture and video compression tool? Images: Select a picture on any slide and go to the Picture Tools Format tab on the ribbon. Choose Compress Pictures in the top left corner: the pop-up box shows you the resolution options you have for the image. What might this be?
BrightCarbon
JANUARY 31, 2019
As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, right? So, if you’re looking for new ways to enhance your presentations, why not start with the pictures? Cropping helps bring focus to the relevant part of the picture and can also help develop a style or theme in your deck. Cropping and masking.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JULY 29, 2011
On one slide you have an image fade in. Then when you click the image, it hyperlinks to another slide. Trying to reconstruct all of the animations and actions, as well as ensuring they're in the proper order with everything else on the slide, could be a disaster for you (or, at the very least, a small headache).
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