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Plot Master
| Application: | PowerPoint 2008 |
|---|---|
| Platform: | Mac |
Description
The process for creating the example Plot Master presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2008 is described below. The Completed Project Movie shows what the finished product might look like. Each following section contains tutorials that demonstrate, step-by-step, how to construct the presentation, using the text provided in the Project Activity Guide. This project can be easily modified or adapted for creating a non-linear presentation about any subject under study. For a complete project description, including goals, objectives, and materials, see the Project Overview.
The Example Project
The Completed Project movie will show you
what the completed example project looks like.
Completed Project Movie
Completed Project Movie| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |
What the example project looks like | 72338 | 0:45 |
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. The first task will be to create the title slide by entering and formatting text, inserting a clipart, and setting the slide background. In the next section, we will be creating and formatting the slides for the first branch in the story. Then we will create buttons to link the slides with choices for this branch. We will repeat the same steps to create slides and buttons for the second branch in the story. Once the story slides are all created, we will add navigation buttons so that the reader can advance forward and backward in the story. We will finish up by setting the slide transitions.
| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
Creating a new slide | 72318 | 2:34 |
| 2. | |
Choosing a slide design & background color | 72319 | 2:34 |
| 3. | |
Entering and formatting text | 72320 | 2:48 |
| 4. | |
Inserting clip art | 72321 | 1:55 |
| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
Using Slide Design for the first slide | 72322 | 2:14 |
| 2. | |
Entering and formatting text | 72323 | 1:40 |
| 3. | |
Creating choice slide pt. 1 | 72324 | 1:21 |
| 4. | |
Creating choice slide pt. 2 | 72325 | 1:00 |
| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
Creating a button | 72326 | 2:03 |
| 2. | |
Entering and formatting button text | 72327 | 1:33 |
| 3. | |
Formatting the button color | 72328 | 0:55 |
| 4. | |
Testing the buttons | 72329 | 1:45 |
| 5. | |
Creating & formatting the second button | 72330 | 1:39 |
| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
Creating the choice slides | 72331 | 1:12 |
| 2. | |
Creating the choice buttons | 72332 | 2:05 |
| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
Using the Format Painter | 72334 | 1:56 |
| 2. | |
Creating a forward button | 72333 | 1:02 |
| 3. | |
Creating a back button | 72335 | 1:00 |
| 4. | |
Copying and pasting buttons | 72336 | 2:12 |
| 5. | |
Setting slide transitions | 72337 | 1:28 |
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Each Lesson Accelerator provides:
- Project activity guide
- Copy of the completed project
- All the resources needed to recreate the example project
- Step-by-step tutorial movies that walk students through the project
- Assessment rubric
These resources come as .zip files.
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