Wednesday, March 26, 2014

SmartArt and Transitions

EQ - How can I use SMART Art in a slideshow?
  1. Activator - Survey Generation
    1. Groups of 5
    2. Formulate one really awesome survey question
    3. Identify 5 acceptable choices
    4. Regroupings
    5. Survey your new group members
  2. Class Discussion
  3. Sharing the information - TodaysMeet
  4. SmartArt review
  5. Practice - Design a PowerPoint that can serve as a medium for this survey using ONLY SmartArt 
  6. Intro to Customizing SmartArt
  7. Customize your work from #5
Next class we will look at the following:
  1. Textboxes
  2. Hyperlinks
  3. Guided Practice - Combining 2-4 into a slideshow

Monday, March 24, 2014

GMetrix Practice Day

EQ - How much growth have I realized during my time in PowerPoint?
  1. Activator - Growth Survey
  2. Access gmetrix
    1. Office Button
    2. Search - gmetrix
    3. Key in your log in information
    4. Click - Take a Test: Start a New Test
    5. Click the Green Section on the page
    6. Select Application - Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
    7. Select Training Mode
    8. Select Question Pool - Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 - Test 2 Training 
  3. When finished - CLICK Submit Your Work
  4. Print Instructions

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Photo Album Checklist

  1. At least 20 images
  2. Designed using the Photo Album feature of PPT
  3. Consistent Transitions
  4. Effective use of timings to advance slides
  5. Audio file plays across slides and is hidden throughout the PPT
  6. Titles or Captions are used
  7. PPT follows guidelines for effective presentations

Monday, March 10, 2014

Photo Albums

EQ - How are photo albums created in PowerPoint?
  1. Activator: Senior Slide Show
  2. Warm Up -Photo Editing Challenge
  3. Creating Photo Album
  4. Introduction to Transitions
  5. Create an automatic photo album
HOMEWORK - Please obtain access to at least 20 photos for next class.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Modifying Photos in PowerPoint

EQ - How are photo albums created in PowerPoint?
  1. Activator:Photo Contest
    1. Categories of cool photos
    2. Google Search to find the coolest photo of ___________.
    3. Save that file to your H Drive >New Folder "Photo Album" > "Photo Editing"
  2. Inserting Photos
  3. Modifying Photos
  4. Creating Photo Album
  5. Introduction to Transitions
  6. Create a automatic photo album
HOMEWORK - Bring 15-20 digital photos to our next meeting

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Customized Theme Challenge

EQ - How do I create a customized theme for a PowerPoint?
  1. Activator - TPS Splashdown the steps for creating a customized PowerPoint
  2. Customized Theme Challenge *Must Be Completed By Lunch*
  3. Customized Theme Contest