SF-Study Guide: Initial Skills Expected for the Presentation Section

Basic keyboarding

Fundamental mouse skills

Point
Click
Double-click
Drag

Basic Formatting Techniques

Bold
Underlining
Italics
Centering
Left and right align

Study Guide: Presentation Module

Presentation Module
Proposed Outline
Submitted by Roger Franklin
September 22, 2000

1. Introduction to Presentations
1. The Visual Audience
2. Communicating through Presentations
2. Basic Design Elements of a Presentation
1. The Slide -- The Fundamental Element
1. Titles
2. Text
1. Font selection
2. Font color
3. Placement
3. Graphics
1. Clip art
2. File art
4. Charts
1. Creating
2. Importing
5. Tables
1. Creating
2. Importing
3. Enhancing the Presentation
1. Slide transition
2. Element animation
3. Sound
4. Follow-up Exercises

Each step will be illustrated with screen captures and narrative instructions. Explanation of items I, II, and III will be accompanied with hands-on activity/demonstration to reinforce the concept.

Study Guide: Presentations - Overview

Initial skills needed to complete the Presentations Tutorial:

• Basic keyboarding
• Fundamental mouse skills

Point, Click, Double-click, Drag

• Basic Formatting Techniques

Bold, Underlining, Italics, Centering, Left and Right align
Topical Outline of the Presentation Tutorial
After completing this tutorial, you will be able to do the following:

• Create a multi-slide presentation
• Create and add slides to the presentation
• Add text to a slide
• Select a font and font size
• Set the font color
• Determine the font placement
• Add graphics to a slide
• Adjust the size of a graphic
• Set the location of a graphic
• Add a graphic as clip art
• Add a graphic from a file
• Create a chart for a slide
• Import a chart in a slide
• Use a table in a slide
• Import a table into slide
• Add transitions between slides
• Incorporate element animation

Exercises
You will create presentations that reinforce the concepts presented in the tutorial. The presentations will be multi-slide in nature and utilize formatting, transitions, and element animation. You will also incorporate graphics in the presentations.