Tricks
Waking Up From
PowerPoint-Induced
Sleep: Effective Use of
PowerPoint for Teaching
Adapted from a workshop provided at USC,
Columbia, by DEIS Instructional Developer, Vera
Polyakova-Norwood
Table of Contents:
Format/ General
Format/ Colors
Format/ Text
Type Sizes
Fonts
Emphasis
Effects
Graphics/ Visuals
Format/ General
Avoid overused templates
Format/ General
Format/ General
Format/ General
Format/ General
Format/ Colors
Format/ Colors
Format/ Colors
Format/ Colors
Format/ Text
Type Sizes
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Fonts
Fonts
Emphasis
Effects
Effects
No moving text
No sound effects
Use appear and dim effects for bullet
points
Graphics/ Visuals
03
Jan
Feb
25000 32000
04
50000 75000