WEEK SIX: POWER-POINT PRESENTATION

The goal of this week's class was to create a powerpoint from scratch. There were five (5) most important tasks to carry out, these were:

• Creating and adding Slides 
• Selecting themes and backgrounds
• Adding and editing text 
• Adding images, audio and video
• Applying transitions and effects 

HOW I COMPLETED EACH TASK LISTED ABOVE; 

How to create and add a new slide

1. Open powerpoint 
2. Right clicked on the blank page and select "New slide" from the drop box options provided. 
3. A new slide will be automatically added after the last page. 

How to select a theme and Background

1. Select design located in the toolbar.
2. Select the themes listed across or find more from the drop box option. 
3. The background can be formatted from the drop box in the design tab or can be accessed from the far right in the design tab.

How to add and edit text

1. Go to the toolbar and find Insert option. Tap on Insert and select TextBox.
2. After selecting textbox, click the screen anywhere to place the text box on the powerpoint slide.
3. After you insert text boxes into slides, you can begin adding text to the textbox.
4. To edit the text box, Select the text box and right click on the box. Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, font size, font style, and line spacing are are available from the drop-down box list.

How to add Images, audio and videos

1. Go to the toolbar and select 'Pictures'
2. Chose a picture of your choice from the file explorer and select insert to add the picture to the slide.
3. Select Audio, and then Audio on My PC.
4. In the file explorer, locate the music file you want to use and then select Insert.
5. The audio icon will be added to the slide for playback.
6. From the Insert tab, click the Video drop-down arrow and select Video from File. Inserting a video from a file.
7. Locate and select the desired video file, then click Insert. The Insert Video dialogue box.
8. The video will be added to the slide.

How to apply transitions and effects 

1. To add a transition, go to toolbar and select transitions
2. Select the desired slide from the Slide Navigation panel and select the transition of your choice to apply the transition.
3. Click the More drop-down arrow to display all transitions.
4. To add an effect, go to animations tab on the toolbar.
5. Select the object you want to animate and click an effect button of your choice to apply it
6. Click the More drop-down arrow to display all effects and animations.

How to hide and reveal text (Linda Q. Thede & Jeanne P. Sewell, 2011)

1. Select the first bullet point that you wish to have appear. You may want the first bullet point on the screen when you start this slide, in which case you would select the second point.
2. From the Home Ribbon click on Animations (red square).
3. Click on Add Animation (yellow square).

4. Make your selection for which effect you wish and double click on it. "Appear" (in orange) is usually the easiest on the audience unless the message on the slide needs another effect to make its message.
5. Click the Animation Pane (green box) for more effects. Select the item for which you wish to add timing or other effect and drop down the arrow at the right end of the item.
6. To change the order of appearance, use the reorder animation (blue box) pane.

This class was more of a revision for as I knew how to complete all of the tasks expected of the students. There was also no challenges in completing the tasks listed above. 

Powerpoint is also very useful in the classroom as it aid visual and auditory learners and would be a great plan for carrying out my lessons when needed for short demonstrations or even provide notes for students in replace of dictation of notes. 

THANK YOU!!