Directions for Thursday, April 4

There are two parts to today's assignment.

1. Complete the survey (with glue in the background) about how your group worked together on this project.  This part is focusing on the entire workweek, not just the presentation.
2. Follow the directions below about the Visual Fix Assignment.

Today, we are going to focus on creating effective and purposeful visual slides. 

Check out this video called Death By PowerPoint to see some of the worst mistakes people make when creating multimedia visual aids. 

There are several things to remember when creating a visual; consider these suggestions from George Mason University. 

• Effective Slides
• Use design templates
• Standardize position, colors, and styles
• Include only the necessary information
• Use contrasting colors
• Be consistent with effects, transitions, and animation
• Text Guidelines
• No more than 20 words on a slide
• No more than 6 words per line.
• Avoid full sentences
• Large font means important information
• Text color should contrast with background
• Some fancy fonts are difficult to read
• Limit punctuation marks
• Clip Art, Images, and Graphics
• Should balance the slide
• Should enhance and complement the text

After reviewing these guidelines, please open the following Google Presentation document.  This is a bad example of a visual.  Please follow the directions:

1. Sign into Gmail.
2. Click the link for the presentation, and make a copy of it.
3. Rename the document from “Copy of #.Last name.Visual Fix”
1. It should read, your class period, last name, then Visual Fix
2. For example. If my last name were Smith and had first hour, mine would read 1.Smith.VIsual Fix
4. Now, share the document with me.
1. Make sure it has a title first, and make sure that you are sharing your copy with me.
2. Click share in the top right corner of the document, and under add people, type RHS.OCFD@gmail.com.
5. Then, review the document. Look for errors that you could change.
6. At the bottom of each slide under notes, there are some questions for you to answer individually.  Please answer those.
7. When you are finished, you may quietly work on other assignments.