Tech Integration Project
Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

Meet My Mammal
Application: PowerPoint 2008
Platform: Mac

Description

The process for creating the Meet My Mammal presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2008 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 46399 1:15
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 46400 1:59
2. preview Adding a title and subtitle 46401 0:53
3. preview Saving your file 46428 0:47
4. preview Adding a picture to the title slide 46402 1:02
5. preview Resizing and moving slide elements 46403 1:53
6. preview Using the Slide Layouts tab to add a slide 46404 1:13
Key # Length
1. preview Adding a title and text to slide two 46405 0:48
2. preview Changing font characteristics 46406 2:03
3. preview Inserting clipart from the Clip art Gallery 46407 2:30
4. preview Adding a slide with a title and two content boxes 46408 0:55
Key # Length
1. preview Adding a title and text to slide three 46409 0:32
2. preview Inserting the map graphic from a file 46410 0:55
3. preview Quickly adding a new slide layout 46411 0:45
Key # Length
1. preview Adding a title and bullet points to slide four 46412 1:58
2. preview Adding a shadow to text 46413 2:06
3. preview Aligning content using Dynamic Guides 46429 1:34
4. preview Adding another new slide and layout 46414 0:59
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide five 46415 1:39
2. preview Copying and pasting a text box 46416 1:37
3. preview Inserting a title-only slide 46417 1:11
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide six 46418 2:08
2. preview Inserting another title-only slide 46419 0:41
Key # Length
1. preview Using the Format Painter 46420 2:47
2. preview Inserting a text and media slide 46421 0:56
Key # Length
1. preview Inserting a media clip 46430 1:57
2. preview Inserting slides and changing the layout 46431 1:56
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide nine 46422 0:57
2. preview Inserting the final slide 46423 0:49
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide ten 46424 2:31
2. preview Creating a URL hotlink 46425 2:42
Key # Length
1. preview Setting up your slideshow 46426 1:26
2. preview Viewing your slideshow 46427 0:38
Tutorial series by Brittany Beck