Tech Integration Project
Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

Family Connections
Application: PowerPoint 2004
Platform: Mac

Description

The process for creating a presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2004 software is described below. The Completed Project Movie shows you what the example project might look like. The tutorial movies that follow demonstrate, step-by-step, how to construct the presentation using information and images provided in the resource packet. This project can be easily modified for creating a presentation on any subject under study. For a complete project description, including goals, objectives, and materials needed, see the Project Overview.
The Example Project
The Completed Project movie will show you what the completed example project looks like.
 Completed Project Movie
Key # Length
1. preview What the example project looks like 18402 1:35

Go to: Project Overview (Information for Teachers)

Subscribers have access to download the resource materials for this project, which includes all example files, an assessment rubric, and information about adapting and extending the example project.

Creating Your Own Project
We'll begin by creating a new presentation in PowerPoint 2004 and setting up the Slide Master template that is used for every slide in the presentation. Then we'll create a title slide with images representing members of the family, plus a detail slide for each member of the family. The images on the first slide will be buttons that link to the detail slides. Some different effects, such as sounds or highlighting may be added that will occur when the button is clicked. Finally, we'll view the slide presentation and test all the buttons.
Key # Length
1. preview Starting a new presentation 18403 0:52
2. preview Choosing a slide design 18404 0:56
3. preview Changing the Slide Master font format 18405 1:21
4. preview Adding Navigation buttons to the Slide Master 18406 1:20
5. preview Inserting an image on the Slide Master 18407 1:02
6. preview Making the image a button on the Slide Master 18408 0:55
7. preview Saving your presentation 18409 0:42
Key # Length
1. preview Adding title text to slide 1 18410 0:24
2. preview Showing the Formatting palette 18411 0:42
3. preview Inserting graphics on a slide 18412 1:55
4. preview Copying a graphic on a slide 18413 0:43
5. preview Adding text to a slide 18414 1:30
6. preview Copying and editing a text box 18415 1:18
Key # Length
1. preview Inserting a bullet-list slide 18416 0:29
2. preview Adding a title and bulleted list 18417 1:39
3. preview Copying graphics between slides 18418 0:43
4. preview Duplicating and editing a copied slide 18419 1:23
Key # Length
1. preview Creating buttons that link to other slides 18420 1:27
2. preview Changing the button color 18421 1:33
3. preview Hiding a button on the final slide 18422 1:20
4. preview Testing your buttons and viewing the slides 18423 1:11
Tutorial series by Jeremy Anderson