PowerPoint for Supporting Independent Learning

1. PowerPoint for Supporting Independent Learning By Lucinda Baines Head of PE Knowles Hill School

2. Examples of PowerPoint in Physical Education • Revision resources on school intranet • Interactive tasks • Homework • To induct Year 7 into the school • Teaching GCSE/A level Theory • Open evening presentations • Presentations to governors

3. Today's aims • Getting templates off the net • Understanding Slide layout • Using Hyperlinks • Inserting photographs • Inserting Media/Sound Clips • Inserting other Video/Sound clips

4. Getting started Go to File then New • Start a blank presentation and then create your own backgrounds by selecting Format then Background or; • Choose a Design Template or; • Choose the Autocontent Wizard to guide you through a preset presentation. • You can also download templates from the internet, go to New from template and select Templates on Microsoft.com • www.powerpointbackgrounds.com • www.presentationpro.com • www.teacherexpress.com

5. The Independent Learner: Using Hyperlinks • Use a question with a multi choice answer draw boxes to click on (use drawing toolbar on view menu). • Design a page for the correct answer, include ‘Click here for the next question’. • Design a page for an incorrect answer, include ‘Click here to go back to the question’. • Have next question page ready. • To insert the hyper link highlight the box or text right click mouse select hyperlink, link to ‘Place in this Document’select page thenOK. • Run show to check hyperlinks

6. The Layout of the Slide

7. Inserting media clips • On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, click Movie from Clip Organizer, locate the folder that contains the file you want, and then double-click the file.

8. Open the movie file from your desktop to see if you have an application installed that will play the file. If you can play the movie, continue with this task. If you don't have a program that will play the movie, try downloading the appropriate QuickTime program from the Apple Computer, Inc., Web site, and proceed with this task. Display the slide you want the movie on in PowerPoint, and on the Slide Show menu, point to Action Buttons, then select the Movie action button. Draw a button on the slide. The Action Settings dialog box appears; click Run program and then click Browse.  In the Browse dialog box, change Files of type to All Files. Then browse to your movie file and click OK. Click OK in the Action Settings dialog box. Using this method you will also be able to use the controls of the application. Inserting other video/sound clips

9. Inserting video demo

10. Tips for using PowerPoint • Keep it simple • Don’t include to much information • Limit text • Don’t complicate animation • Save regularly! • Always pre-run a presentation to check hyperlinks, videos and pictures • Have copies of presentation in several formats • Check you can link to the projector

11. PowerPoint for Supporting Independent Learning By Lucinda Baines Head of PE Knowles Hill School