Often, what we say and what the other person has understood are different. Ask the student to explain the feedback you have given them so you can check they have clearly understood what you are trying to communicate.
This will help you avoid being subjective, evaluative, over-general and using ineffective comments like ‘good work’. Marking sheets and/or descriptors provide a frame of reference for both you and the student. You can talk about where the student is at using the descriptors rather than ‘good’ or ‘bad’. For formative assessment you can use a simple tick-box feedback sheet (see example 1 below); if the presentation is for summative assessment, then your school should provide you with descriptors (see example 2 below).
Be careful about giving student numerical feedback if you are preparing them for an assessment. For example, if you give them 15/20 during preparations but they only get 8/20 on the day, they may feel let down and unhappy. It is better to use comments, and students may be more likely to read the comments if there is no number/grade. However, if you are using numerical grades be very careful to match the scoring system in terms of strictness.
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Find positive feedback you can give the student. Has the presenter been original? Creative? Shown enthusiasm for their topic? Were the class very engaged with it? Have you learnt something new or changed your point of view?
In conclusion, feedback has an enormous impact on learning. Furthermore, presentation tasks are a common type of task in English language teaching. In order for students to take full advantage of the learning opportunity, they need to integrate the feedback we give them in order to improve their reflections. Effective feedback will help them to make these improvements in their presentation skills. Being able to give students that feedback is a big part of being an effective teacher. Find further tips in part 1 .
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The Australian Society for Evidence-Based Teaching. (n.d.) Feedback: The First Secret John Hattie Revealed. Retrieved from http://www.evidencebasedteaching.org.au/crash-course-evidence-based-teaching/how-to-give-effective-feedback-to-your-students/ Duke University Center for Instructional Technology. (2008). Giving Constructive feedback on presentations. Retrieved from https://learninginnovation.duke.edu/pdf/grad/constructive_feedback.pdf Hattie, J. (2009). Visible Learning: A synthesis of 800 meta-analysis relating to achievement . Routledge Hayton, T. (2011). Student presentations. Retrieved from https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/student-presentations
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Can PowerPoint speak aloud and read the text in my slideshows? Yes, it can. Using the Speak command, also known as the Text to Speech (TTS) feature, PowerPoint can read the text in your slideshows and in your notes out loud.
Be advised, however, that there is not a pause and continue feature with Speak. This is available only with the Read Aloud command, which is available in Word and Outlook, but not yet in PowerPoint or Excel.
1. Click the Customize arrow on the Quick Access Toolbar.
2. From the drop-down menu, select More Commands .
3. On the Word Options screen > Customize the Quick Access Toolbar , locate the Choose Commands From field box and select All Commands .
4. Scroll down to the Speak command, select it, then click the Add button in the middle/center of the screen, and click OK .
5. PowerPoint adds the Speak command to the end of the Quick Access Toolbar, and now you’re ready to listen.
Add the Speak button to Quick Access Toolbar
1. Ensure that your system’s speakers or sound devices are turned on.
2. Highlight a section of text inside the applicable slide, or highlight the notes beneath the target slide, and then click the Speak command button.
3. PowerPoint reads the highlighted text or notes on the selected slide.
4. Click the Speak command button once to begin the reading session, then click it again to stop.
NOTE: The Speak command cannot automatically read an entire presentation. You must select the text in each text box on every individual slide you want read. If you require continuous audio in your presentation, use the Insert tab > Audio (from the Media group)> Audio on My PC . Note that you must first record and save the audio file before you can add it to your slideshow.
Highlight the specific text, click the Speak command, then listen
The Speak preferences are defined in Windows, not in PowerPoint.
1. Click Start > Windows System > Control Panel
2. Select Ease of Access > Speech Recognition > Text to Speech , and the Speech Properties dialog window opens on the Text to Speech tab.
3. Under Voice Selection , choose MS David Desktop for a male voice, or MS Zira Desktop for a female voice.
4. Click the Preview button to listen to each voice, then make your selection.
5. Use the slider under Voice Speed to adjust the speaking pace (slow, normal, or fast) of the reader.
6. Click the Audio Output button to define or set up the Sound preferences.
7. Click the Advanced button to select or change the output device.
Change Speak preferences in Windows Control Panel
Once PowerPoint is doing the talking for you, you’ll be ready to check out the Speak features in Word, Outlook, and Excel.
By: Author Shrot Katewa
It is really annoying when you finish recording a PowerPoint presentation and you don’t get to see the complete presentation that you just finished recording! The truth is that the presentation is embedded on the slides itself. But, how do you access the recordings and how do you share the recorded presentation?
PowerPoint saves the recording specific to each slide on the slide itself. However, to access the complete recording of your presentation, you need to export your presentation as a video file. Click on the “File” tab, then click “Save As” and change the file format to an “.MP4” file.
In this article, I will share with you all the details of not just how to record a presentation correctly, but also how to locate the recorded file and share it with your colleagues or clients.
So, without further ado, let’s get started!
To know how the video or audio recordings work in PowerPoint, let us first understand how to record a presentation in PowerPoint. We shall take two examples to understand this further i.e. recording yourself giving the presentation with your video camera, and recording just the audio narration.
Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to record yourself presenting the slides. You can also use features like laser pointer, pen, highlighter, etc. during the recording. To record yourself presenting a PowerPoint presentation, follow the steps mentioned below:
Step-1: Click on the “Record” tab
In the menu ribbon located at the top of the screen, click on the “Record” tab to open the “Record” menu.
Step-2: Click on the “From Beginning” option
Click on the “From Beginning” option in the “Record” group of the “Record” menu. This will open the recording screen.
Step-3: Click on the “Camera” icon
In the toolbar at the top of the screen, click on the “Turn camera on” option which is the camera icon. Alternatively, you can press the “Ctrl+K” keys on your keyboard to turn on the device camera to record yourself.
Step-4: Click on the “Start recording” option
Now you can start recording yourself presenting. Click on the “Start Recording” option which is the circle icon with a large red dot in the middle. When you are done presenting, click on the same icon to stop recording.
Step-5: Click on the “Close” option
Click on the “Close” option which is the “X” icon at the top right corner of the recording screen to return to the “Normal” view.
Once you have finished the recording, you will notice that the part of the video that talks about slide 1 gets automatically added to the first slide, and part of the video where you talk about slide 2 is added to the 2nd slide .
Likewise, your entire recording gets automatically divided across every single slide wherever you had any comments to add!
You may not notice this at first, however, just look for the camera video that gets embedded to the bottom right corner of your slide.
Now, how do you extract your recordings? I will explain that in the subsequent sections.
If you wish to record just the audio narration for your presentation without showing your face or using your camera, you can do so by choosing the following methods.
To be honest, there are a couple of different ways to record audio narration for your presentation.
The first method is quite similar to the one described above. The only difference is that you need to turn off the camera before you begin recording the presentation.
This will record the presentation with just your voice for each slide. Since we’ve already covered the steps, I won’t show you the steps for this method and I shall focus on the second method for recording audio narration for your presentation.
Once the recording is complete, follow the steps mentioned in section 1.3 below to convert it into a cohesive recorded presentation.
The second method involves recording the audio for a presentation on each slide. This method allows you to record audio for a slide individually and not the whole presentation at once.
Here’s what you need to do to record just the audio for the presentation.
The first step is to click on the “Record” tab in the menu ribbon at the top of the screen. This will open the “Record” menu.
Step-2: Click on the “Audio” option
In the “Record” group of the “Record” menu, click on the “Audio” option. This will open the “Record Sound” dialog box.
Step-3: Click on the “Name” box
In the “Record Sound” dialog box, click on the “Name” box. Then you can type in a file name for the audio recording.
Step-4: Click on the “Record” icon
The next step is to click on the “Record” icon in the “Record Sound” dialog box. It is the black circle with a large red dot inside. When you are done recording audio, click on the “Stop” option which is the square icon.
Step-5: Click on the “Ok” button
Now all you have to do is click on the “OK” button at the bottom of the “Record Sound” dialog box to save the audio recording.
Repeat the process for each slide where you want to add an audio recording. Once you’re done recording the audio narration for your presentation, save the file and proceed for section 1.3 below to make it into a cohesive presentation.
Once you have recorded your complete presentation using the aforementioned methods, it is now time to save your presentation recording.
One mistake that people often make is to try and save the camera video embedded on the file. However, this will only save the camera video and not your entire presentation.
The correct way to save your PowerPoint presentation recording is to save the file as a video. However, do this only once you have finished recording your presentation.
Here’s what you need to do to save your recorded presentation into a video:
Step-1: Click on the “Save” option
On the left corner at the top of the screen, click on the “Save” option. Alternatively, you can press the “Ctrl+S” keys on your keyboard to save all the changes made to the presentation file.
Step-2: Click on the “Export to Video” option
Click on the “Record” tab in the menu ribbon to open the “Record” menu. Then click on the “Export to Video” option in the “Record” menu. This will open the recording screen.
Step-3: Click on the “Export Video” option
In the recording screen, click on the “Export Video” button at the bottom to save the presentation recording as a video file.
You can also convert your presentation into a PowerPoint Show file (.ppsx file). This allows you to directly open the file into a presentation.
This option works great when you don’t have any audio components to your presentation and when you don’t want to record yourself to give a presentation. Instead, all you want to show is the presentation itself in the “Slideshow” mode.
I’ve written a detailed article about how you can loop your presentation using a PowerPoint Show file . Make sure to check out that article to understand a use case for this type of a presentation recording.
Nevertheless, here’s what you need to do to record your presentation as a .ppsx file.
Step-1: Click on the “File” tab
In the menu ribbon located at the top of the screen, click on the “File” tab. This will open the “File” screen.
Step-2: Click on the “Save As” option
In the menu sidebar on the left side of the “File” screen, click on the “Save As” option. Then click on the second box in the “Desktop” section of the “Save As” screen.
Step-3: Click on the “PowerPoint Show (.ppsx)” option
Now all you have to do is click on the “PowerPoint Show (.ppsx)” option from the dropdown list to save the PowerPoint presentation as a recording.
Step-4: Click on the “Save” button
Finally, click on the “Save” button next to the “Save As” box to save the PowerPoint recording. This will save all the transitions, animations, and audio as a slideshow.
As I previously mentioned, typically PowerPoint saves the presentation recording as a video embedded into the presentation slide. You can access the complete recording only when you save your entire presentation and convert it into a video file.
This video file is saved in the same folder as the location of your original PowerPoint file. To find the recording or the slideshow, all you have to do is open the location of the PowerPoint presentation file.
In Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac, you can save a presentation recording as an “MP4” or a “MOV” file. Just like Windows, you get an option to choose the location of the folder to save the video recording of your PowerPoint presentation.
That said, if you want to access just the video from the camera, it is usually saved in the “Movies” folder available on your Mac device.
In Microsoft PowerPoint, you cannot select the destination for saving the default presentation recording as the files are saved within the presentation itself.
The difficult bit is often recognizing that the presentation has been recorded as it is often difficult to notice any change to the presentation at the end of the recording.
However, there are ways you can know that the presentation has been recorded and access the recordings!
Method-1: Click on the video inserted in the slide
When you record yourself presenting a Microsoft PowerPoint file, the recording is embedded in each slide as a video. To find the recording, all you have to do is open the slide and find the video embedded in there.
Method-2: Click on the “Video Exported Successfully” notification
When you save a presentation recording using the “Export to Video” option, the “Video exported successfully” notification will appear at the bottom of the screen. All you have to do is click on the notification to open the recorded video without having to look for it in your desktop files.
Method-3: Open the PowerPoint location
Since recordings are saved in the location of the original PowerPoint presentation file, you can simply open the file location to find the recorded presentation file.
In Microsoft PowerPoint, the recorded audio is embedded into each slide rather than saved as a separate file. You can find the recorded audio as the “Audio” icon which is a megaphone icon in the middle of the slide. To play the narration, all you have to do is click on the “Audio” icon on the slide during the presentation.
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Learning objectives.
Until now, you have interacted with your audience of readers indirectly, on the page. You have tried to anticipate their reactions and questions as all good writers do. Anticipating the audience’s needs can be tough, especially when you are sitting alone in front of your computer.
When you give a presentation, you connect directly with your audience. For most people, making a presentation is both exciting and stressful. The excitement comes from engaging in a two-way interaction about your ideas. The stress comes from the pressure of presenting your ideas without having a delete button to undo mistakes. Outside the classroom, you may be asked to give a presentation, often at the last minute, and the show must go on. Presentations can be stressful, but planning and preparation, when the time and opportunity are available, can make all the difference.
This chapter covers how to plan and deliver an effective, engaging presentation. By planning carefully, applying some time-honored presentation strategies, and practicing, you can make sure that your presentation comes across as confident, knowledgeable, and interesting—and that your audience actually learns from it. The specific tasks involved in creating a presentation may vary slightly depending on your purpose and your assignment. However, these are the general steps.
Follow these steps to create a presentation based on your ideas:
To deliver a successful presentation, you need to develop content suitable for an effective presentation. Your ideas make up your presentation, but to deliver them effectively, you will need to identify key ideas and organize them carefully. Read the following considerations, which will help you first identify and then organize key ideas:
As with a writing assignment, determining the purpose of your presentation early on is crucial. You want to inform your readers about the topic, but think about what else you hope to achieve.
Are you presenting information intended to move your audience to adopt certain beliefs or take action on a particular issue? If so, you are speaking not only to inform but also to persuade your listeners. Do you want your audience to come away from your presentation knowing how to do something they that they did not know before? In that case, you are not only informing them but also explaining or teaching a process.
Schoolteachers are trained to structure lessons around one or more lesson objectives. Usually the objective, the mission or purpose, states what students should know or be able to do after they complete the lesson. For example, an objective might state, “Students will understand the specific freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment” or “Students will be able to add two three-digit numbers correctly.”
As a manager, mentor, or supervisor, you may sometimes be required to teach or train other employees as part of your job. Determining the desired outcome of a training session will help you plan effectively. Identify your teaching objectives. What, specifically, do you want your audience to know (for instance, details of a new workplace policy) or be able to do (for instance, use a new software program)? Plan your teaching or training session to meet your objectives.
To plan your presentation, think in terms of three or four key points you want to get across. In a paper, you have the space to develop ideas at length and delve into complex details. In a presentation, however, you must convey your ideas more concisely.
One strategy you might try is to create an outline. What is your main idea? Would your main idea work well as key points for a brief presentation? How would you condense topics that might be too lengthy, or should you eliminate topics that may be too complicated to address in your presentation?
1. Revisit your presentation assignment, or think of a topic for your presentation. On your own sheet of notebook paper, write a list of at least three to five key ideas. Keep the following questions in mind when listing your key ideas:
2. On the same paper, identify the steps you must complete before you begin creating your presentation.
After you determine which ideas are most appropriate for your presentation, you will create an outline of those ideas. Your presentation, like a written assignment, should include an introduction, body, and conclusion. These components serve much the same purpose as they do in a written assignment.
Jorge, who wrote the research paper featured in Chapter 11 “Writing from Research: What Will I Learn?” , developed the following outline. Jorge relied heavily on this outline to plan his presentation, but he adjusted it to suit the new format.
In Chapter 12 “Writing a Research Paper” , you learned techniques for writing an interesting introduction, such as beginning with a surprising fact or statistic, a thought-provoking question or quotation, a brief anecdote that illustrates a larger concept or connects your topic to your audience’s experiences. You can use these techniques effectively in presentations as well. You might also consider actively engaging your audience by having members respond to questions or complete a brief activity related to your topic. For example, you may have your audience respond to a survey or tell about an experience related to your topic.
Incorporating media can also be an effective way to get your audience’s attention. Visual images such as a photograph or a cartoon can invoke an immediate emotional response. A graph or chart can highlight startling findings in research data or statistical information. Brief video or audio clips that clearly reinforce your message and do not distract or overwhelm your audience can provide a sense of immediacy when you plan to discuss an event or a current issue. A PowerPoint presentation allows you to integrate many of these different media sources into one presentation.
With the accessibility provided by the Internet, you can find interesting and appropriate audio and video with little difficulty. However, the clip alone will not sustain the presentation. To keep the audience interested and engaged, you must frame the beginning and end of the clip with your own words.
Jorge completed the introduction part of his outline by listing the key points he would use to open his presentation. He also planned to show various web links early on to illustrate the popularity of the low-carbohydrate diet trend.
The next step is to work with the key ideas you identified earlier. Determine the order in which you want to present these ideas, and flesh them out with important details. Chapter 10 “Rhetorical Modes” discusses several organizational structures you might work with, such as chronological order, comparison-and-contrast structure, or cause-and-effect structure.
How much detail you include will depend on the time allotted for your presentation. Your instructor will most likely give you a specific time limit or a specific slide limit, such as eight to ten slides. If the time limit is very brief (two to three minutes, for instance), you will need to focus on communicating your point of view, main supporting points, and only the most relevant details. Three minutes can feel like an eternity if you are speaking before a group, but the time will pass very quickly. It is important to use it well.
If you have more time to work with—ten minutes or half an hour—you will be able to discuss your topic in greater detail. More time also means you must devote more thought into how you will hold your audience’s interest. If your presentation is longer than five minutes, introduce some variety so the audience is not bored. Incorporate multimedia, invite the audience to complete an activity, or set aside time for a question-and-answer session.
Jorge was required to limit his presentation to five to seven minutes. In his outline, he made a note about where he would need to condense some complicated material to stay within his time limit. He also decided to focus only on cholesterol and heart disease in his discussion of long-term health outcomes. The research on other issues was inconclusive, so Jorge decided to omit this material. Jorge’s notes on his outline show the revisions he has made to his presentation.
You are responsible for using your presentation time effectively to inform your audience. You show respect for your audience by following the expected time limit. However, that does not mean you must fill all of that time with talk if you are giving a face-to-face presentation. Involving your audience can take some of the pressure off you while also keeping them engaged. Have them respond to a few brief questions to get them thinking. Display a relevant photograph, document, or object and ask your classmates to comment. In some presentations, if time allows, you may choose to have your classmates complete an individual or group activity.
The conclusion should briefly sum up your main idea and leave your audience with something to think about. As in a written paper, you are essentially revisiting your thesis. Depending on your topic, you may also ask the audience to reconsider their thinking about an issue, to take action, or to think about a related issue. If you presented an attention-getting fact or anecdote in your introduction, consider revisiting it in your conclusion. Just as you have learned about an essay’s conclusion, do not add new content to the presentation’s conclusion.
No matter how you choose to structure your conclusion, make sure it is well planned so that you are not tempted to wrap up your presentation too quickly. Inexperienced speakers, in a face-to-face presentation, sometimes rush through the end of a presentation to avoid exceeding the allotted time or to end the stressful experience of presenting in public. Unfortunately, a hurried conclusion makes the presentation as a whole less memorable.
Time management is the key to delivering an effective presentation whether it is face-to-face or in PowerPoint. As you develop your outline, think about the amount of time you will devote to each section. For instance, in a five-minute face-to-face presentation, you might plan to spend one minute on the introduction, three minutes on the body, and one minute on the conclusion. Later, when you rehearse, you can time yourself to determine whether you need to adjust your content or delivery.
In a PowerPoint presentation, it is important that your presentation is visually stimulating, avoids information overload by limiting the text per slide, uses speaker notes effectively, and uses a font that is visible on the background (e.g., avoid white letters on a light background or black letters on a dark background).
Work with the list you created in Note 14.4 “Exercise 1” to develop a more complete outline for your presentation. Make sure your outline includes the following:
You may already have some ideas for how to incorporate visual and audio media in your presentation. If not, review your outline and begin thinking about where to include media. Presenting information in a variety of formats will help you keep your audience’s interest.
Delivering your presentation as a slideshow is one way to use media to your advantage. As you speak, you use a computer and an attached projector to display a slideshow of text and graphics that complement the speech. Your audience will follow your ideas more easily, because you are communicating with them through more than one sense. The audience hears your words and also sees the corresponding visuals. A listener who momentarily loses track of what you are saying can rely on the slide to cue his or her memory.
To set up your presentation, you will need to work with the content of your outline to develop individual slides. Each slide should focus on just a few bullet points (or a similar amount of content presented in a graphic). Remember that your audience must be able to read the slides easily, whether the members sit in the front or the back of the room. Avoid overcrowding the slides with too much text.
Using presentation software, such as PowerPoint, allows you to incorporate graphics, sounds, and even web links directly into your slides. You can also work with available styles, color schemes, and fonts to give your presentation a polished, consistent appearance. Different slide templates make it easy to organize information to suit your purpose. Be sure your font is visible to you audience. Avoid using small font or colored font that is not visible against your background.
PowerPoint and similar visual representation programs can be effective tools to help audiences remember your message, but they can also be an annoying distraction to your speech. How you prepare your slides and use the tool will determine your effectiveness.
PowerPoint is a slideware program that you have no doubt seen used in class, seen in a presentation at work, or perhaps used yourself to support a presentation. PowerPoint and similar slideware programs provide templates for creating electronic slides to present visual information to the audience, reinforcing the verbal message. You will be able to import or cut and paste words from text files, images, or video clips to create slides to represent your ideas. You can even incorporate web links. When using any software program, it is always a good idea to experiment with it long before you intend to use it; explore its many options and functions, and see how it can be an effective tool for you.
At first, you might be overwhelmed by the possibilities, and you might be tempted to use all the bells, whistles, and sound effects, not to mention the tumbling, flying, and animated graphics. If used wisely, a dissolve or key transition can be like a well-executed scene from a major motion picture and lead your audience to the next point. But if used indiscriminately, it can annoy the audience to the point where they cringe in anticipation of the sound effect at the start of each slide. This danger is inherent in the tool, but you are in charge of it and can make wise choices that enhance the understanding and retention of your information.
The first point to consider is which visual aid is the most important. The answer is you, the speaker. You will facilitate the discussion, give life to the information, and help the audience correlate the content to your goal or purpose. You do not want to be in a position where the PowerPoint presentation is the focus and you are on the side of the stage simply helping the audience follow along. Slides should support you in your presentation, rather than the other way around. Just as there is a number one rule for handouts (do not pass them out at the start of your presentation), there is also one for PowerPoint presentations: do not use PowerPoint slides as a read-aloud script for your speech. The PowerPoint slides should amplify and illustrate your main points, not reproduce everything you are going to say.
Your pictures are the second area of emphasis you will want to consider. The tool will allow you to show graphs, charts and illustrate relationships that words may only approach in terms of communication, but your verbal support of the visual images will make all the difference. Dense pictures or complicated graphics will confuse more than they clarify. Choose clear images that have an immediate connection to both your content and the audience, tailored to their specific needs. After the images, consider using only key words that can be easily read to accompany your pictures. The fewer words the better. Try to keep each slide to a total word count of less than ten words. Do not use full sentences. Using key words provides support for your verbal discussion, guiding you as well as your audience. The key words can serve as signposts or signal words related to key ideas.
A natural question at this point is, How do I communicate complex information simply? The answer comes with several options. The visual representation on the screen is for support and illustration. Should you need to communicate more technical, complex, or in-depth information in a visual way, consider preparing a handout to distribute at the conclusion of your speech. You may also consider using a printout of your slide show with a section for taking notes, but if you distribute it at the beginning of your speech, you run the risk of turning your presentation into a guided reading exercise and possibly distracting or losing members of the audience. Everyone reads at a different pace and takes notes in their own way. You do not want to be in the position of going back and forth between slides to help people follow along.
Another point to consider is how you want to use the tool to support your speech and how your audience will interpret its presentation. Most audiences wouldn’t want to read a page of text—as you might see in this book—on the big screen. They will be far more likely to glance at the screen and assess the information you present in relation to your discussion. Therefore, it is key to consider one main idea, relationship, or point per slide. The use of the tool should be guided with the idea that its presentation is for the audience’s benefit, not yours. People often understand pictures and images more quickly and easily than text, and you can use this to your advantage, using the knowledge that a picture is worth a thousand words.
Even if you do not use a slideshow to complement your presentation, you can include visual media to support and enhance your content. Visual media are divided into two major categories: images and informational graphics.
Image-based media, such as photographs or videos, often have little or no accompanying text. Often these media are more powerful than words in getting a message across. Within the past decade, the images associated with major news stories, such as the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, the Abu Ghraib prison abuses from 2004 to 2006, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, have powerfully affected viewers’ emotions and drawn their attention to these news stories.
Figure 14.1
Even if your presentation addresses a less dramatic subject, you can still use images to draw in your audience. Consider how photographs, an illustration, or a video might help your audience connect with a particular person or place or bring a historical event to life. Use visual images to support descriptions of natural or man-made phenomena. What ideas lend themselves to being explained primarily through images?
In addition, consider how you might incorporate informational graphics in your presentation. Informational graphics include diagrams, tables, pie charts, bar and line graphs, and flow charts. Informational graphics usually include some text and often work well to present numerical information. Consider using them if you are presenting statistics, comparing facts or data about several different groups, describing changes over time, or presenting a process.
Although audio media are not as versatile as visual media, you may wish to use them if they work well with your particular topic. If your presentation discusses trends in pop music or analyzes political speeches, playing an audio clip is an obvious and effective choice. Clips from historical speeches, radio talk shows, and interviews can also be used, but extended clips may be ineffective with modern audiences. Always assess your audience’s demographics and expectations before selecting and including audio media.
Review the outline you created in Note 14.11 “Exercise 2” . Complete the following steps:
Figure 14.2
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When you make a presentation, you are giving a performance of sorts. It may not be as dramatic as a play or a movie, but it requires smooth coordination of several elements—your words, your gestures, and any media you include. One way to ensure that the performance goes smoothly is to annotate your presentation ahead of time.
To annotate means to add comments or notes to a document. You can use this technique to plan how the different parts of your presentation will flow together. For instance, if you are working with slides, add notes to your outline indicating when you will show each slide. If you have other visual or audio media to include, make a note of that, too. Be as detailed as necessary. Jotting “Start video at 3:14” can spare you the awkwardness of searching for the right clip during your presentation.
In the workplace, employees are often asked to deliver presentations or conduct a meeting using standard office presentation software. If you are using presentation software, you can annotate your presentation easily as you create your slides. Use the notes feature at the bottom of the page to add notes for each slide. As you deliver your presentation, your notes will be visible to you on the computer screen but not to your audience on the projector screen.
In a face-to-face presentation, make sure your final annotated outline is easy to read. It will serve to cue you during your presentation, so it does not need to look polished, as long as it is clear to you. Double space the text. Use a larger-than-normal font size (14 or 16 points) if that will make it easier for you to read. Boldface or italics will set off text that should be emphasized or delivered with greater emotion. Write out main points, as well as your opening and closing remarks, in complete sentences, along with any material you want to quote verbatim. Use shorter phrases for supporting details. Using your speaker notes effectively will help you deliver an effective presentation. Highlighting, all capital letters, or different-colored font will help you easily distinguish notes from the text of your speech. Read Jorge’s annotated outline.
Some students prefer to write out the full text of their face-to-face presentation. This can be a useful strategy when you are practicing your delivery. However, keep in mind that reading your text aloud, word for word, will not help you capture and hold your audience’s attention. Write out and read your speech if that helps you rehearse. After a few practice sessions, when you are more comfortable with your material, switch to working from an outline. That will help you sound more natural when you speak to an audience.
In a PowerPoint presentation, remember to have your slides in logical sequential order. Annotating your presentation before submitting it to your audience or your instructor will help you check for order and logical transitions. Too much text or data may confuse your audience; strive for clarity and avoid unnecessary details. Let the pictures or graphics tell the story but do not overload your slideshow with visuals. Be sure your font is visible. Look for consistency in the time limit of your presentation to gauge your level of preparedness.
Begin to annotate your outline. (You will probably add more notes as you proceed, but including some annotations now will help you begin pulling your ideas together.) Mark your outline with the following information:
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A. | Use online collaboration |
B. | Use comments |
C. | Use the notes page |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» B. Use comments |
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Feedback comes in two main forms: positive (also called reinforcing) and constructive (or redirecting). Because you'll probably give some of each type in a presentation review, let's look at the main differences and some examples of when to apply each. Positive feedback. What it is: Positive feedback focuses on what the presenter did right.
3. Create dialogue (and listen carefully) Feedback is never a one-way street. Without the opportunity for dialogue, you're already shutting down and not listening to the other person. Make sure you're creating space for dialogue and active listening. Invite questions — or, even better, feedback.
The best use case for comments in PowerPoint is for giving feedback to the team members or making a note to self. In a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, you can add comments to each slide. Adding comments can be useful when you are reviewing a team member's presentation. You can also add edit notes as comments in PowerPoint. 3.
Add a comment. Select the object or slide you want to comment on. Select Review > New Comment. Or select New if the Comments pane is open. You can also add a comment by selecting Insert > Comment. In the Comments pane, type your message in the box and select Post or press Ctrl+Enter. See also.
In PowerPoint 2002 (and later versions), comments on a presentation can automatically record who wrote them and when they were added using Option B: Use comments. Comments in PowerPoint allow collaborators to add feedback, suggestions, or notes directly onto specific slides or elements within the presentation. Option A: Use online collaboration ...
Select the Record button on the toolbar to start recording your narration. Use your keyboard arrow keys to move back and forth between slides. Press N or Space Bar to move to the next slide or animation in the presentation. Press P or Backspace to return to the previous slide or animation.
If you are using the latest version of Office 365, you can export a presentation narrated in Slide Show as a video file which can then be submitted as a previously recorded video. Note that when you export your presentation as a video, any narrated audio that was recorded in Slide Show will play, but other embedded media files will not play.
3. Optimize your environment. Choose a quiet, well-lit environment for recording your presentation. Minimize background noise and distractions to ensure clear audio and video quality. Consider using a neutral background or a virtual background to maintain a professional appearance. Natural lighting is ideal, but if that's not possible, invest ...
Achievable: The goal of the presentation should be attainable. For example, "Trim your slides to no more than six lines per slide and no more than six words per line; otherwise, you are just reading your slides.". Realistic: The feedback you give should relate to the goal the presenter is trying to achieve. For example, "Relating the ...
In the Options dialog box, click the Customize Ribbon tab on the left. Then, in the right-hand box that lists the available ribbon tabs, select the Recording check box. Click OK. To get ready to record, select Record on either the Recording tab or the Slide Show tab of the ribbon.
Mel Sherwood. 9 May 2019. I'm often asked in my coaching sessions and masterclasses whether it's okay to use notes when giving a talk or presentation and there are arguments for and against it. If you are a professional speaker, an expert in the topic you are speaking about, it would generally be expected that you don't use notes.
Step 1: Set Up Your Recording. Open Your PowerPoint Presentation: Load the presentation you want to record. Go to the Slide Show Tab: In the top menu of PowerPoint, find the "Slide Show" tab and click on it. Choose 'Record Slide Show' Option: You will see an option for "Record Slide Show.". Click on it, and you'll have two options ...
My solution: Copy & paste my notes into Note Pad and start my narration for each slide. I think that the notes in PowerPoint were developed to be viewed only for live presentations--not voice recordings. It would be a wonderful upgrade if we could record narration and see our notes at the same time. ;-) John Korchok.
3. Recording. Once you're in the meeting, click Share to share your screen. Choose the PowerPoint you want to show. Once your PowerPoint is displayed, click the "More Actions" button and choose Start Recording. To stop recording, click on the More Actions button with three dots on it [×××] and choose Stop Recording. Click confirm.
Step 3: Open Your PowerPoint Slides and Capture the Screen. Open your PowerPoint presentation and put it in "Slide Show" mode. With Panopto Express, you'll have two options for recording your slides: You can either record your slides by recording your screen or by recording the slides within the PowerPoint application.
It's handy to record in Teams directly or use another video recorder to get more options. Download OBS and record your screen, as long you dont share the info with anyone else you should be fine! There is a solution for this that you could record your meetings relate notes with meeting content.
Be actionable. Giving students your opinions on their presentation is important, but make sure that you give them a specific action they can do to implement your feedback. Examples of how feedback can be improved with actions is below: Weak pieces of feedback. Stronger pieces of feedback.
Yes, it can. Using the Speak command, also known as the Text to Speech (TTS) feature, PowerPoint can read the text in your slideshows and in your notes out loud. Be advised, however, that there is ...
Nevertheless, here's what you need to do to record your presentation as a .ppsx file. Step-1: Click on the "File" tab. In the menu ribbon located at the top of the screen, click on the "File" tab. This will open the "File" screen. Step-2: Click on the "Save As" option. In the menu sidebar on the left side of the "File ...
Screenshot of the reply comment... With the Video Recording toolbar, you can set options like Cursor Capture and Effects, System Audio, and Webcam. If your webcam isn't showing, click on the... Presentation recording works best with touch-screen PCs that have a web camera but you can use an external webcam and/or microphone.
However, these are the general steps. Follow these steps to create a presentation based on your ideas: Determine your purpose and identify the key ideas to present. Organize your ideas in an outline. Identify opportunities to incorporate visual or audio media, and create or locate these media aids.
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