Tech Integration Project
Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

Family Connections
Application: PowerPoint 2007
Platform: PC

Description

The process for creating a presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2007 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 36695 2:23

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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 2007 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 36677 0:54
2. preview Choosing a slide design 36678 1:10
3. preview Changing the Slide Master format 36679 1:48
4. preview Adding navigation buttons to the Slide Master 36680 2:11
5. preview Adding an image on the Slide Master 36681 1:31
6. preview Making the image a button on the Slide Master 36682 1:20
7. preview Saving your presentation 36683 0:57
Key # Length
1. preview Adding title text to slide 1 36684 0:48
2. preview Adding SmartArt graphics 36685 1:28
3. preview Adding additional SmartArt 36686 1:49
4. preview Copying a graphic on a slide 36687 1:30
5. preview Adding text to a slide 36688 1:13
6. preview Using the Format Painter 36689 0:57
Key # Length
1. preview Inserting a second slide 36690 1:44
2. preview Adding a title and text 36691 2:01
3. preview Entering data 36692 2:41
4. preview Duplicating and editing a copied slide 36693 1:42
5. preview Entering the text in the other slides 36694 1:34
Key # Length
1. preview Creating buttons that link to other slides 36696 2:48
2. preview Removing master graphics from a single slide 36697 1:44
3. preview Hiding a button on the final slide 36698 2:09
4. preview Viewing a slideshow to test buttons 36699 1:38
Tutorial series by Robert Norgon