I had a client that recently asked me to review their PowerPoint presentation. They were having a challenge trying to get animations to work right.
What was actually happening was they were confusing transitions with animations.
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I had a client that recently asked me to review their PowerPoint presentation. They were having a challenge trying to get animations to work right.
What was actually happening was they were confusing transitions with animations.
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For a more modern visual design, consider adding monochrome images to your courses. These images are stark, sometimes overexposed (meaning lots of white and a loss of details), and typically black and white.
They don’t have to be just black and white though. Sometimes a pop of color is intriguing. If you have the capability, you can add the pop of color yourself and have it match a primary color of your course.
Monochrome visual design doesn’t always have to be black and white either. It really just means a single color. This could be a cool blue color. Sometimes, it is also sepia (tan/yellow). Other times, it might be shades of brown or green.
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Do you find that you tend to have a lot of items on your screen and it is a pain trying to move them around in a way that they are synchronized with each other? How many times have you had to move one item, then another to line it up, and then another, etc. only to later add an element to the screen and have to move everything again?
You have several options:
This is where grouping comes in.
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One of the challenges of being proficient with a software tool is that you forget that many of the things you take for granted, others are not familiar with and it is totally a new way of thinking. Today, I had a situation occur that was just this topic.
A group of our classroom instructors have been working on a series of what I would term “base PowerPoint” files. Essentially, they lay out concepts, ideas, and content. Then, it is my role on this project to clean them up and put them into Adobe Captivate, where I would add audio and interaction.