PowerPoint Up & Running

Want to quickly get up and running with PowerPoint? Learn the basics that will help you put together that presentation for next week's conference. Try this Baker's Dozen...

PowerPoint Video Help Library

Ever wonder how they did that? Want some extra help figuring out how to do something with PowerPoint but don't want to read a lot of how-to-do-it lists? Check out our video tutorials! Most are only a few megabytes in size, and play just fine both on and off campus (assuming you're using a cable modem). Check out any of the over half a hundred online videos, each of which will walk you through that...

PowerPoint Workshop (online)

Want to see an overview of PowerPoint? Check this out for a detailed perspective on what you can do with PowerPoint -- and how to do it. Supported by some three dozen videos and scores of step-by-step pages, this PowerPoint presentation on PowerPoint will give you a quick orientation to the presentation tool.

Warning: large file sizes. Don't try this at home with a telephone dial up connection. Cable modem connections are fine, however, as are network connections on campus.

Dealing with bandwidth limitations? Call the ITDP Office (x1832) and get the entire tutorial on CD! Note below...

PowerPoint Workshop (on CD)

Have your very own copy of the ITDP's PowerPoint Workshop on CD. View it at home or on the road. Call Michael Fimian at x1832 or email him...

Using PowerPoint to Tell a Story

Did you know that it is possible -- and easy -- to tell a story using PowerPoint? Using extant resources -- in this case part of an audio track and some screen captures from the Frank Burns Civil War DVD set, it was possible to time each of the slides so the graphics synchronized well with the audio track; one graphic per slide, each slide timed somewhat differently from the others, based on the audio track.

Why not use a video clip instead? Bandwidth, my dear Holmes, bandwidth...

The three-minute video amassed 575 MBs, almost big enough to fit on a CD. The resulting PowerPoint -- with the embedded audio track -- was only 19 MBs in size, or only about 3% of the original... As you would expect, using a much smaller file makes it much easier for the file to be played online from either the ITDP server or from Angel. Not just easier -- but "smoother" for the user.

Hints:

• As soon as the PowerPoint starts, right-click on the slide and choose "Full Screen."
• Sit back from the screen about two to three feet, to see what the presentation would look like in one of the electronic classrooms with an overhead projector.

Using a PowerPoint-based Video to Tell a Story

Did you know that it is possible -- and easy -- to take PowerPoint slides, export them as graphics, import them into simple-to-learn Photo Story, add an audio track, and turn your PowerPoint into a highly compressed video that can be streamed from Angel or the Internet? Here's how...

Contributions from Other Colleges, Universities,
and Various Other Sources

What not to do with PowerPoint (and some things you might want to do): PowerPointless