Tech Integration Project
Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

Meet My Mammal
Application: PowerPoint 2007
Platform: PC

Description

The process for creating the Meet My Mammal 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 provided in the resource packet. This project can be easily modified for creating a similar presentation relevant to 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 33496 1:18

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 document that uses a PowerPoint design template. The first slide will be our title slide. We'll add 9 more slides to hold the content for the presentation, including a bibliography.
Key # Length
1. preview Choosing a design template 33497 1:18
2. preview Adding a title and subtitle 33498 1:08
3. preview Saving your file 33499 0:52
4. preview Adding a picture to a slide 33500 0:53
5. preview Resizing and moving slide elements 33501 2:08
6. preview Inserting a new slide 33502 0:42
Key # Length
1. preview Adding a title and text to slide 2 33503 0:55
2. preview Changing font characteristics 33504 1:21
3. preview Inserting clip art from the Clip Art Gallery 33505 1:45
4. preview Inserting a text and picture slide 33506 0:45
Key # Length
1. preview Adding a title and text to slide 3 33507 0:32
2. preview Inserting the map graphic from a file 33508 0:49
3. preview Inserting a 2-column text slide 33509 0:31
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1. preview Adding a title and bullet points to slide 4 33510 2:03
2. preview Adding a text box with preset font style 33511 1:57
3. preview Using the New Slide command 33512 0:31
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1. preview Adding content to slide 5 33513 1:44
2. preview Copying and pasting a text box 33514 1:51
3. preview Inserting a title-only slide 33515 0:37
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide 6 33516 2:04
2. preview Inserting another title-only slide 33517 0:31
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide 7 33518 1:46
2. preview Inserting a text and media slide 33519 0:30
Key # Length
1. preview Adding text to slide 8 33520 0:30
2. preview Inserting a media clip 33521 0:49
3. preview Inserting slides and changing the layout 33522 1:26
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide 9 33523 1:04
2. preview Inserting the final slide 33524 0:41
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide 10 33525 1:36
2. preview Creating a URL hotlink 33526 2:41
Key # Length
1. preview Setting up your slideshow 33527 1:28
2. preview Viewing your slideshow 33528 0:41
Tutorial series by Robert Norgon