Presentation Guideline

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: Creating Slide Shows for Video.
DOWNLOADS : EWP PowerPoint Templates.
MARGINS: Stay within video margins.
FONTS: Use large, bold, sans-serif fonts.
SIMPLICITY, LEGIBILITY, and HARMONY: Keep the slides as simple as possible.
BACKGROUNDS: Stay consistent in color and form.
GRAPHICS: Limit the number of colors used on a given slide. Two or three is often enough.
LINES: Do not use thin lines.
COLOR: Avoid the use of bright red, particularly for text.
VIDEO: Where possible, leave space for the producer to insert the faculty member or presenter.
PAPER OVERHEADS: Print slides in landscape mode.
VIDEO PRESENTATIONS: A VHS or SVHS tape must be recorded in SP (standard play) mode.

10. VIDEO INSERTS: Where possible, leave space for the producer to insert the faculty member.

If possible, leave room on a slide to insert the faculty member or presenter. Slides, no matter how good, get boring, and distance students especially get bored if they can't see the professor or other students in the class. Remember, video is a moving medium, as well as a visual one.