Power Point Topics Power Point New Interface Templates

Power. Point Topics Power. Point New Interface Templates Rapid Technology E-Learning Specific Tools Interactivity especially for questions and feedback Navigation Instructional graphics Rapid E-Learning 1

Power. Point Can Power. Point be used as a rapid e-learning authoring tool? Learning Circuits Glossary defines an authoring tool as “A software application or program used by trainers and instructional designers to create e-learning courseware. ” Yes! Power. Point is one of the most popular REL tools available. Rapid E-Learning 2

Power. Point is the 1 st or 2 nd most popular REL authoring tool. Why? Power. Point’s advantages: Easy to use Widely used and available Cost effective Microsoft Office Suite $450 Power. Point alone $230 Upgrades are less What can Power. Point 2007 offer Rapid E-Learning Development? Rapid E-Learning 3

Power. Point’s New Interface Microsoft’s new interface will help speed the presentation design process. The intuitive tabs organize options in groups (the new ribbon organization). Rapid E-Learning 4

No more menus – now they are ribbons. This is the home ribbon. And here is the insert ribbon. Power. Point’s New Interface Rapid E-Learning 5

Power. Point Templates Elearning Guild question: What do you consider to be a defining e-learning characteristic? 43% chose “Templates to accelerate design”. New tools to speed template design: Rapid E-Learning 6

Power. Point Templates You can now insert your own placeholders on slide masters. Rapid E-Learning 7

Power. Point Templates The custom layout is then available from the insert The slide master layout option. for this presentation. This layout is a custom layout based on the above slide master. Rapid E-Learning 8

Power. Point Templates Creating color schemes can take a significant amount of time when designing templates. Power. Point 2007 now includes themes with color schemes that carry over to all Office programs. Rapid E-Learning 9

Power. Point Templates Sharing slides and templates even easier through a network. Collaborate and approve slides Review workflows Share slides through a slide library All require Microsoft Office Share. Point Server. Rapid E-Learning 10

Power. Point Is Rapid Technology E-learning Guild question: What do you consider to be a defining e-learning characteristic? 59% said rapid development authoring tools. Power. Point 2007 is rapid technology! More tools to speed REL development: Rapid E-Learning 11

Power. Point-Rapid Technology Style galleries Live or real time previews Rapid E-Learning 12

Power. Point Is Rapid Technology Style Galleries display when you click an item like an image or shape. The image changes on rollover of the chosen style. Real time previews when you choose a style from the gallery. Rapid E-Learning The style gallery for an image. 13

Power. Point Is Rapid Technology More options for fast formatting of multiple objects: Tables Shapes Contextual tools – toolbars that appear only when you need them (when an object is selected) Rapid E-Learning The formatting toolbar appears when text is selected 14

Power. Point and E-Learning Tools Power. Point 2007 can give you tools to create interactions important for adult learning: Interactivity especially for questions and feedback Navigation Instructional graphics Rapid E-Learning 15

Power. Point and E-Learning Tools Interactivity Hyperlinks and action settings are still available for interactivity and branching. Template examples from Microsoft: True false study game Multiple choice test – (4 answer) Branched learning example by Tom Kuhlman who runs the user community for Articulate (7). Rapid E-Learning 16

Power. Point and E-Learning Tools Navigation in a course Hyperlinks and action settings will give you “next slide” and “previous slide” options. Best to use a 3 rd party software for table of contents type navigation such as captivate or articulate. Articulate example (or hyperlink to Margi’s portion and change to “Learn more about Articulate”) Rapid E-Learning 17

Power. Point and E-Learning Tools Instructional graphics Many new tools to significantly reduce time spent creating quality graphics New text and shape effects including highquality shadows with blur Custom colors Photo edges Improved autoshape manipulation Smart. Art graphics for slick diagrams Rapid E-Learning 18

Power. Point and E-Learning Tools The A Smart. Art diagram dialog box President Vice President Director Rapid E-Learning Director Vice President Marketing Director Marketing 19

Power. Point Conclusion Power. Point advantages Cost effective Easy and widely available New changes make Power. Point more efficient than ever Power. Point disadvantages Some e-learning features require the use of 3 rd party software Rapid E-Learning 20

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