Visualizing  Content  for  Lecture  Capture  (Presenta6ons  that  don’t  suck)  

Michael  Fisher,  M.  Ed.  Produc6on  Manager-­‐Media  &  Academic  Technology  

Faculty  Center  for  Teaching  and  Learning  

In  this  session:  •  Explore  processes  to  exploit  content  using  visuals  

•  Examine  types  &  degrees  of  visualiza6on  

•  Ways  to  conceptualize  presen6ng  data,  facts,  &  processes  

•  Enhance  the  quality  &  impact  of  your  visuals.  

3 1.   Look  at  degrees  of  visualiza6on  you  can  employ.  

2.   Thinking  like  a  designer.  

3.   How  visual  are  your  visuals?  

5 3.  Clarify  

2.  Simplify  

1.  Present  more  

5 4.  Serve  as  advance  organizers  

5.  Visuals  increase  learning  

Dynamic  visuals  demand  aWen6on  

Visuals  communicate  quickly  

Visual  message  can  be  focused  to  produce  the  desired    learning  outcome  

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Types of Visuals: Pictures, Objects, & Symbols, Oh My!

Concrete Abstract"

Think  like  a  designer  

View  limita6ons  as  an  edi6ng  process  -­‐  crea6vely.  

Prac&ce  restraint.  

Check  your  ego  at  the  door.  

Focus  on  the  experience.  

Become  a  master  storyteller.  

Think  about  communica6ng-­‐  not  decora6ng.  

Obsess  about  ideas-­‐not  tools.  

Clarify  your  inten6on.  

Get  curious  about  the  big  and  the  liWle.  

Simplify,  but  not  simpler.  

U6lize  empty  space-­‐                  don’t  just  fill  it.  

Learn  the  rules        of  design.  

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Most  are  visual  learners  Every  picture  tells  a  story  Visual  thinking  is  a  skill  you  can  develop  All  informa6on  can  be  presented  visually  You  can  conceptualize  the  visual  but  not  render  the  full  image  

Practice Safe Design…

Use a Concept

Bibliography  

Reynolds, Garr. Presentation Zen Design. Berkeley, California. 2010. New Riders Voices That Matter.

Reynolds, Garr. Presentation Zen. Berkeley, California. 2008. New Riders Voices That Matter.

Wileman, Ralph E. Visual Communicating. 1993. New Jersey. Educational Technology Publications, Inc.