Objectives

Students will be able to:

  • add and remove slides from a presentation file
  • apply a new layout to a slide
  • apply a new them to a presentation
  • edit a theme / master slide

layouts, themes and masters

No doubt you have created a digital presentation in your lifetime.

But do you know anythings about:

  1. themes
  2. layouts
  3. master slides

Watch the following video to get some tips and tricks on creating an effective presentation.

   Task

Design Specification

Create a new, blank presentation.
Add 3 new slides to the file. You should now have 4 slides in your presentation.
Change the theme of the presentation to Momentum, or another if you can't find it.
On Slide 1 enter the title Edinburgh and the subtitle Scotland's Diamond
On Slide 2 change the layout to Section title and description
On Slide 2, in the title placeholder, enter the title Edinburgh Castle
Add the subtitle city hotspot #1
On Slide 2, search for an image of Edinburgh Castle and resize it to fit the placeholder on the right of the slide.
On Slide 3 change the layout to One column text
On Slide 3, in the title placeholder enter the words The Bagpipes
On Slide 3, in the text placeholder under the title, insert a video of someone in traditional Scottish clothes playing the bagpipes.
Resize the video to fit the placeholder.
On Slide 4 change the layout to One column text
On Slide 4, in the title placeholder enter the words The Festival
On Slide 4, in the text placeholder under the title, insert a video of an Edinburgh Festival street scene.
Resize the video to fit the placeholder.
Edit the One column text layout of the theme so that all slides using this layout have a dark green title and a light green subtitle
Insert slide numbers on every slide
Can you figure out how to publish your presentation to the web. It should loop after the last slide and the delay between slides should be 5 seconds.
Submit your link or file as instructed.

Food For Thought

Designing presentations is a creative task. Knowing some of the handy tips and tricks can help you make a consistent, attractive presentation!

Homework




Tags

slide theme edit insert delete insert transition image master placeholder format slide number


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