power point project

( Latest revision: November 23, 2008 )

POWER POINT PROJECT ASSIGNMENT

This is an assignment to create a small PowerPoint presentation about yourself while learning how to use PowerPoint software.

To learn about PowerPoint come to class and watch me do demonstrations and/or work along with one of the following tutorial sets listed below. (These all appear to be pretty good free tutorials, but I can't give you any guarantees.):

For Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 on WindowsXP:
Florida Gulf Coast PowerPoint Tutorial
Also For Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 on WindowsXP:
University of Pennsylvania Library PowerPoint Tutorial
For Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 on WindowsXP:
Rutgers Writing Program PowerPoint Tutorial
For Macintosh PowerPoint 2008:
From Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, Beginning PowerPoint 2008 for Macintosh OS X
(This one is a large PDF and it may take a little extra time to load - be patient.
For Macintosh PowerPoint 2004:
free presentations #2 through #5 at "Atomic Learning"
and follow up by using
this tutorial offered by Wellesley College.

You may create your presentation while working through the tutorial(s). The presentation must consist of between five and eight slides, including:

A "Title Slide" containing a presentation title and your name,
At least one slide containing two pieces of clip art,
At least one slide containing an image imported as an image file (not clip art ),
At least one slide containing a bulleted list,
At least one slide containing some "word art,"
At least one slide with a transition.

There must be at least five slides that contain information about you.

Don't do anything too "fancy" because I'll be checking your presentation on a computer different from the one you use to create it, and there can be compatibility problems. Use default fonts and standard features.

You can use images imported from a digital camera, downloaded from a server, copied from disk, or scanned from hardcopies. If you need help with scanning ask at L145 or P288. Typically instructions are on the scanners and lab assistants are available to help. Scan your image at 100dpi or less (this is extremely important). Save the image as a JPG file type. Check the size of the file. If it's more than 100KB, don't use it. Ask lab assistant to help you compress it further.

The size of your entire PowerPoint presentation must be under 1.0 MB. You can't get credit for doing the assignment if your file is too large. I'll return larger presentations ungraded.

You should make sure that your image files are sufficiently small before importing them into PowerPoint slides. However, depending on the version of PowerPoint you are using, you may be able to compress images after importing them.

I will do demonstrations in class to help you with points covered above, and to give you additional information you may need.

THE DUE DATE OF YOUR POWER POINT PROJECT

Check the class schedule for the due date.

HOW TO TURN IN THE POWER POINT ASSIGNMENT

Save your presentation in the default format: as an MS PowerPoint file. For the filename use your initials: first, middle (if you have one), and last. The extension should be ppt or pptx, depending on which version of PowerPoint you are using. For example, since my name is John Joseph Sarraille, my file would be named:

jjs.ppt

jjs.pptx

Send the file as an attachment to this special address:

Tester@alcyone.csustan.edu

with the subject line:

CS4000PPT

(Notice that there are no spaces in that subject line.)

The e-mail must arrive before midnight on the due date.