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Exploring Dynamic Presentation Tools Beyond PowerPoint

Discover alternatives to PowerPoint for more engaging and modern presentations. Learn about Google Docs, Zoho Docs, Prezi, Projeqt, and SlideRocket. Explore the benefits, features, and potential issues of each tool. Get tips for choosing the right presentation platform based on your needs and resources.

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Exploring Dynamic Presentation Tools Beyond PowerPoint

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  1. Useful Alternatives to PowerPoint for Instruction Librarians Beside the Point Brad Sietz LOEX, Eastern Michigan University WILU May 10, 2013

  2. Agenda • Where are we? • How and why did we get here? • Where are we (kind of) going and what tools can take us there? • Questions

  3. Quick Survey • How many attendees have access to MS Office at their job? • How many attendees utilize: • Google Drive (i.e., Docs) • Prezi • Some other online presentation tool?

  4. Use of tools at conferences A few presentations were posted to SlideShare, a web site for sharing slide presentations, typically PowerPoint, so they were counted as such. * One of these is a LibGuide, a research guide site ; ^ Two are LibGuides

  5. Twenty years of dominance • PowerPoint still is the clear leader • Not typical in technology • Browsers • Computers • Phones • Search (Google getting there?) • Replaced the standard / became the standard

  6. Wow, zoom, PowerPoint! • Here it comes • From over here • With lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots , and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots , and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots , and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots of text • And great sound! • With well-worn clip art

  7. Getting beyond PowerPoint • Free • Rise of the “cloud” / “Web 2.0” • Collaboration • Be different • More modern look & feel • Streamlined • Picture-based • New platforms & new company ecosystems • Mobile/tablets

  8. Google Docs • Apps within Google Drive • Similar to MS Office suite ; integrates with it • Cloud-based • Allows offline syncing • Mobile-friendly • Simple to… • Acquire/ setup • Use • Real-time collaboration

  9. Zoho Docs • “Simple Online Document Management” • Similar to MS Office suite ; integrates with it • Cloud-based • No offline product, but can use PPT • Similar functionality and look & feel to Google Docs For those who like to be different

  10. So…let’s see ‘em! • Nothing (really) to see here

  11. Prezi • Started in 2009 • Single-canvas model • Emphasis on movement / flow • Co-edit with another person • Free-version is solely cloud-based

  12. Prezi – potential issues • Bad “PowerPoint” habits come back • Spinning (causes ‘vertigo’) • Movement for its own sake • Excessive words / graphics • Too much small text

  13. Projeqt • Useful to integrate live streams (e.g., Twitter) or other sites (e.g., Pinterest, FourSquare) directly into presentation • Like other tools (from PPT to Prezi) you can also include/embed videos • Web-based, so sites like Google Maps will work directly

  14. SlideRocket • It’s been acquired

  15. PowerPoint 2013 / 365 • All the past features, plus the new style • The new Office 2013 and 365 do NOT run on Windows XP and Vista (i.e., you need 7 or 8) or Mac OS X 10.6 or later • This would preclude my EMU computer, for instance

  16. So what tool to use? Conferences – keep it local • Access to internet is not guaranteed • Even if access is, quality is not • Browsers do not always place nice • Firefox struggled with Prezi at WILU • Information being conveyed is often linear

  17. Non-conference: Situations • Budget • Equipment (new enough?) • How file will be accessed by user • Solo vs. group project • Functionality needed • Background of individual • Temperament of individual

  18. Of course…Nothing at all • Maybe just a handout with key points/agenda and/or space for notes

  19. Questions? • bsietz@emich.edu

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