Tech Integration Project
Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

Meet My Mammal
Application: PowerPoint 2003
Platform: PC

Description

The process for creating the Meet My Mammal presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2003 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 18561 1:09

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 18562 1:20
2. preview Adding a title and subtitle 18563 0:53
3. preview Saving your file 18564 0:37
4. preview Adding a picture to a slide 18565 0:42
5. preview Resizing and moving slide elements 18566 1:31
6. preview Using the slide layout task pane 18567 0:42
Key # Length
1. preview Adding a title and text to slide 2 18568 0:47
2. preview Changing font characteristics 18569 1:15
3. preview Inserting clip art from the Clip Art Gallery 18570 1:09
4. preview Inserting a text and picture slide 18571 1:02
Key # Length
1. preview Adding a title and text to slide 3 18572 0:31
2. preview Inserting the map graphic from a file 18573 0:42
3. preview Inserting a 2-column text slide 18574 0:25
Key # Length
1. preview Adding a title and bullet points to slide 4 18575 1:58
2. preview Adding a text box with preset font style 18576 1:26
3. preview Using the New Slide command 18577 0:55
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide 5 18578 1:16
2. preview Copying and pasting a text box 18579 1:16
3. preview Inserting a title-only slide 18580 0:39
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide 6 18581 1:39
2. preview Inserting another title-only slide 18582 0:36
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide 7 18583 1:38
2. preview Inserting a text and media slide 18584 0:30
Key # Length
1. preview Adding text to slide 8 18585 0:26
2. preview Inserting a media clip 18586 0:50
3. preview Inserting slides and changing the layout 18587 1:21
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide 9 18588 1:10
2. preview Inserting the final slide 18589 0:44
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide 10 18590 1:59
2. preview Creating a URL hotlink 18591 2:09
Key # Length
1. preview Setting up your slideshow 18592 1:19
2. preview Viewing your slideshow 18593 0:39
Tutorial series by Andrea Carlson