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Communicating Information Multimedia

For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation.

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Telling the story


To help you plan your presentation you can use a storyboard.

As the name implies, this is a board or piece of paper which tells the story – explains what will be on each slide.

On the next two slides are examples which show the plan for the first two slides of a presentation.


It can all be done by hand.

This makes it easier to then design your presentation because you have planned what you are going to do.

It will also save a lot of time.

Creating a storyboard is easy

You can use a page for each slide or draw two slides on a page.


I am the master

Rather than inserting these details in every slide some presentation packages have a master slide facility.

This enables you to layout your master slide once.

Everything on this slide has been placed on the master slide, except the title and this text.

The master slide ensures that certain details remain consistent (the same) throughout the presentation.

There may be certain details that you may want to appear in every slide.


Let’s get moving

An animation is text or an image that moves.

Most presentation packages have the facility of animating text and graphics

Which is the most effective, 1 or 2?

Animation can make the presentation more interesting.

1. 2.



1) Drawing a face

start with a circle for the face and add some hair

create the eye using four different sized ovals

copy and paste to make two the same

add a nose

finish off with a lovely smile.



2) Drawing a face

Animations enable text and graphics to appear as and when they are needed for greater impact.

start with a circle for the face and add some hair

create the eye using four different sized ovals

copy and paste to make two the same

add a nose

finish off with a lovely smile.


See the change

A transition usually creates an effect to show a change as the presentation goes from one slide to the next.


A little extra

Sound and video can enhance a presentation in a number of ways:

some audiences respond better to sound and vision

certain things need to be heard, for example a narration

other things need to be reviewed – a film recording.


In a presentation about musical instruments, you can learn about what an instrument sounds like in addition to how it looks.

Sounds like…

This can be done by using an image and then adding a sound which can be played to hear the instrument playing.

Sound can also be added for audiences who have poor vision.


A video can be very effective to illustrate a point being made, for example how an outfit looks on a person.

It can also be used to demonstrate, for example ‘the perfect long jump’. This could be shown in slow motion.

Video can also create a more realistic picture of the point being made.

Video vault


What do you remember?


Let’s connect

Many presentations are linear. This means they move from one slide to the next, from beginning to end.

Creating buttons like the ones below make it easier to go backwards and forwards. They can also be eye-catching.

Try going backwards using the button below.

Presentations can be created in a way that enable the user to jump to different places – non-linear.

Click the forward button and see what you think.


Let’s connect

Click on the one you prefer:


Which book?Book a round-the-world trip for next month.

Click on the image to choose.


Which mouse?

Click on the image to choose.


You must prefer machines to animals!


You must be a gentle but fearless person.


You must enjoy the quiet times – being curled up with a book.


You must be the bold adventurer that will sail the seven seas.

Book a round-the-world trip for next month.


Let’s connect

Depending on your choice of text or image, you took a different route. This is a non-linear

path.


Summary

A presentation must have a beginning, a middle and an end.

To plan a presentation it is useful to create a storyboard.

A master slide can be used for items that are to appear on all slides.

A presentation can be made interactive by adding animations, transitions, sound and video.

Slides can be linked together. They do not have to be viewed in order.

What can I remember?

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