Transcript Multimedia PowerPoint Notes

Multimedia
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What is Multimedia?
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Multimedia
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To use a combination
of text, pictures,
sounds, movies, and/or
animation in a
presentation
Ex. PowerPoint
Presentations,
Commercials,
Websites, Online
Encyclopedias, etc…
Types of Presentations
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Informal
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Electronic
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Overhead transparencies
Projection device attached to a computer
Virtual
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Presentations on the Internet
Uses of Multimedia/Presentation
Graphics Software
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Maps
Building Designs
Drawings
Charts/Graphs
Reports
Brochures
Meeting Presentations
Educational Presentations
Informational Presentations
Linear vs. Non-Linear
Presentations
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Linear
Presentations
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A Presentation
moving in a
straight line or
path, moving from
one image to
another image in
consecutive order
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Presentation
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Non-Linear
Presentation
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A Presentation that
does not move in a
straight line or
path, transitioning
from one image to
another in a preset
order, but not
necessarily in a
straight path.
 Ex. Websites
Developing a Multimedia
Presentation
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Storyboards
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A graphic organizer used for planning and
developing a multimedia report/presentation.
The contents, layout, and formatting of each
card/slide and the way they are linked together.
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Cartoons
Television
Movies
Commercials
Illustration
 Clip art, graphics, or drawings on a computer
Animated Clip Art
 A moving clip art graphic
Storyboard Example
Internet Multimedia
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Web Browser
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HTML
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Hypertext Markup Language, a language used
to create WebPages
Web Server
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A program that allows you to view pages that
been created in HTML
The server or computer where the file or files
are stored for the website
Web Sites
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A site located on the internet that contains
multimedia information in the form of a
presentation, can contain more than one page
Multimedia/Presentation Graphics
Terminology
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Slide
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Title Slide
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an individual screen in a slide show; the
basic unit of a presentation.
generally the first slide in a presentation;
introduces the presentation to the
audience.
Bulleted List Slide
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a type of slide layout that allows you to
enter several levels of bulleted text; each
level is formatted in a different point size.
Multimedia/Presentation Graphics
Terminology
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Presentation file
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Object
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the file you save to disk that contains
all the slides, speaker’s notes,
handouts, that make up your
presentation.
any element that appears on a slide,
such as clip art, text, drawings, charts,
sounds, and video clips.
Slide show
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a series of slides displayed in
sequence; controlled manually or
automatically.
Multimedia/Presentation Graphics
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Transition
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Outlining
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a special effect used to introduce a slide
during a slide show.
allows you quickly to create your
presentation using an outline format.
Graphing
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allows you to create and insert charts
into your presentations.
Multimedia/Presentation Graphics
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Drawing
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Multimedia effects
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allows you to create diagrams using shapes
such as arcs, arrows, cubes, rectangles,
stars, and triangles.
adds interest and keeps your audience
attentive by adding effects, such as sound
and video to your presentation.
Hyperlink
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a link you click to display another webpage
or document with in a presentation; can
consist of specially formatted text, buttons,
and hotspots on graphics or pictures.
Planning a Presentation
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Description of learner/audience
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How will you gain attention and
introduce the topic?
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Present objectives and standards
How will you gather resources and
information?
Pre-media use preparation
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Age, target group, reading level, etc.
Content planning brainstorming and design
layout brainstorming on paper
Consider the necessary
equipment/materials/handouts.
Designing a Presentation
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Keep it simple
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Use words or phrases
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No sentences and no fine detail
Don’t clutter the slide
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Include words and images
Nice big titles
Leave a lot of white (blank) space
Be consistent on all your slides
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Use the same design template
Same font style
Designing a Presentation
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Project an image
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Organize information
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Use visuals to clarify or emphasize a point
To add variety
To change focus
It should be easy to follow such as in an outline
format
Come right to the point
Create high contrast between the background
and the text
Use color wisely
The slides do something (animation/transitions)
Creating a Basic
Presentation
 Start
your presentation program.
 Create a New Presentation.
 Apply a template design that
relates to the purpose of the
presentation.
Creating a
Basic Presentation
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Move the mouse pointer over each
Toolbar button to display its pop up
name.
Select a slide view that displays an
individual slide.
Create slides using relevant slide layouts
provided by your software.
Check your spelling and grammar.
Return to your first slide.
Change the slide view to display all the
slides in miniature.
Enhancing a
Basic Presentation
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Inserting a graphic.
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Create a new slide and select a slide layout that
contains a clip art placeholder.
Insert relevant clip art or a file from a downloaded
file from a disk/hard disk drive.
Creating a chart.
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Create a new slide and select a slide layout that
contains a chart placeholder.
Select the type of chart relevant to your
presentation/data.
 Organizational chart
 Line, Bar, Pie Chart/Graph, etc.
Enter data to create the chart.
Enhancing a
Basic Presentation
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Inserting a movie and/or sound file.
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Movies and Sound can be added in several ways.
 To run continuous during the presentation.
 To run during an object/text animation.
 To run during an object/text hyperlink.
Enhancing a
Basic Presentation
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Inserting Slide Transitions and Animations.
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Explore the different transition effects and speeds.
Explore the different animation effects for text and
objects.
 Apply a transition effect for bulleted text
 Apply a different transition effect for
objects/graphics
 Explore the different orders of animation
 Apply the animation of a graphic before the text
 Add a different sound effect to graphics
Printing a Presentation
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Print the presentation
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Explore different printing options
 Slides
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1 per page, 6 per page, etc.
 Outline
view
 Handouts
 Note Pages
Tips for Delivering a
Presentation
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Plan
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Prepare
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Know the purpose of your presentation
plan your content
know your audience
Have an attention-getting opener
Be positive
Develop a memorable closing
Outline your main points
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Helps you stay focused
Tips for Delivering a
Presentation
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Talking
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Present
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Don’t talk too slow or too fast
Watch your audience and take your cue from
them
Dress professionally (proper business attire)
Make eye contact, be natural and sincere
Involve your audience
Questions
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Be sure to leave time at the end of your
presentation to answer questions
Presenting a Presentation
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Explore different slide show options
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Set up needed equipment
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Manual Slide Advancement
Automatic Slide Advancement
Always do a test run
Distribute handouts or notes pages
if needed
Never read your presentation, add
more to the presentation than what
you have included
Internet Multimedia Tools
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Navigation
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Buttons
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The way you move through a multimedia
presentation
Features of a web browser and web sites to
help you navigate form one place to another or
to activate elements, such as sounds, videos,
menus, etc…
Button Bar
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A horizontal strip of buttons located near the
top of the window providing shortcuts for
commonly used commands.
Digital Photography
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Digital
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A document, image, etc… turned into a
electronic language the computer can
understand
Crop
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Cutting off unwanted parts of a picture,
effectively zooming in on the part of the
picture you want to keep, using graphic
software
Cropping Example:
Before:
After:
Imaging
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Compression
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GIF
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A computer technique commonly used to make a
multimedia file smaller
(Graphic Interchange Format) A file format for
pictures, photographs, and drawings that are
compressed so they can sent through the
internet easily
JPEG
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(Joint Photographic Experts Groups) A standard
for shrinking graphics so they can be sent faster
and take up less space