PowerPoint Basic Slideshow Creation Practice Assignment
Overview
This activity is designed for students with a basic understanding of PowerPoint to apply some unique features. It takes students in a stepwise process on how to accomplish different features such as editing and applying effects to images, replacing icons and other aspects.
Instructions
Practice In-Class Assignment – Design an Animal PowerPoint Presentation
Instructions: Read each of the instructions carefully. This assignment is designed to help you with creating your own PowerPoint.
- Open PowerPoint and select “More Themes” in Backoffice view.
- Type “Animal” in the search bar
- Select the one called, “Animal Magnetism” that looks like this:
- Then select “Create”
- On the Title Slide, change the Title to “Animal Love”
- As the Subtitle (currently it says, “SIT DOLOR AMET”) change the words to be Your Name and Student Number
- Next, let’s add a footer. Click on “Insert” and choose the Header/Footer button.
- Select the button to add the slide number and Footer. In the Footer box add the course name, your section number, and your first initial and last name (like this: TECH1460 Section#, Y. Name). Finally, select the button to not show this information on the title slide. Then click “Apply to All” so it shows on every slide (except the title slide).
- Insert a new slide with a “Title and Content” format in between the Title slide and slide 2. It will now become the new slide 2. Do this by clicking in between the two slides in the thumbnail on the left (as in the picture to the right) and (from the Home Tab) using the drop-down arrow below the “Slides” button, selecting the slide type “Title and Content”
- On the new slide 2, add the name of your favourite animal. You can be creative.
- Next you will find a photo of your favourite animal type and insert it using the placeholder. Do this by clicking the “Stock Images” option in the content placeholder.
- With your image selected, click on the “Picture” menu from the top tabs. Choose a picture style from the options available. Next, choose an Artistic Effect from the “Adjust” section of the Ribbon
- On Slide 3, change the title to “Some Cool Facts”. Next, list 3 cool facts about your chosen animal under each of the three Green Circles. If you need to look up any information to complete this, please add a slide at the end titled, “References”. Make sure you put a citation on your slide and complete the reference according to the APA guidelines through Conestoga College.
- Change each of the icons on the green circles to better represent the facts you have chosen. Finally, click on the SmartArt Design to make some changes to your SmartArt. Choose a SmartArt Style you like and change the colours to your preference.
- Add 3 new slides after slide 3 using the “Two Content” style. You should now have 6 (or 7 if you have a references slide) slides.
- On each of these slides please add an appropriate title to allow each slide to give more details about each of your 3 chosen facts.
- Please use the content place holders to add an image on one side and fact contents on the other. You can choose which side to add each of these items. Remember to reference your images and content as necessary.
- Apply at least one Designer option to at least one of these slides. Find the Designer button on the home tab. It looks like this:
- Use at least one SmartArt to create your content on one of these three slides
- Add a Content with Caption slide as your slide 7. Add the title, “[Animals] Are Amazing!” where you will put whichever animal you chose as the [Animals]. Add a catchy subtitle that has to do with your animal.
- In the Content Placeholder, add 3 summary points that wrap up each of your three interesting animal facts.
- Resize the textbox and add a photo above or below it
- Use the crop to shape function and choose a shape you like for your added image
- Return to your title slide and change the background image to one that applies to your animal. If you chose dog, please choose a different dog photo.
- Go to the Design Tab. Using the dropdown arrow in the Variants section, change and customize the colours and fonts.
- For colours, Select “Customize Colours…” at the bottom of the groupings of colours. Make some appropriate changes and save the Colour Theme as YourName.
- For Fonts, go to Custom Fonts and choose fonts that work with your logo. Save it as YourName.
- Apply a Slide Transition to all slides. Go to the Transitions tab. Choose one slide transition you enjoy. Change the duration to 1.50 and add a sound effect for the transition. Click Apply to All. View your slides in Presentation mode to verify your transition is present for all slides.
- Apply an animation to all slides. Go to the View tab and select Slide Master. Click on the Title slide. Select the Title textbox (where it says, “Click to Edit Master Title Slide”). Select the Animation tab choose your favourite Entrance animation. If you wish, you can change the entrance of some animations by using the “Effect Options” – change the direction for yours if it is available.
- Exit the Slide Master View by returning to the Slide Master tab and selecting “Close Master View”
- Check the spelling of your slideshow by going to the Review Tab and selecting abc Spelling.
- Finally, review your presentation in Presentation mode.
- You have completed this exercise. Compare your deck with the example on eConestoga. Feel free to ask the instructor for feedback or help.