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PowerPoint Best Practices

Need to make a PowerPoint for your course? Follow these best practices:

1. Outline your presentation before you get started (just like you would do for a paper).

2. Use visuals to enhance what you are saying.

3. Avoid text-heavy slides.

4. Use a consistent visual theme throughout your presentation.

5. Make your slides easy to read.

· Suggested Font Sizes

· Slide titles = 36 to 44 pt.

· Slide text = 28 to 32 pt.

· Suggested Fonts

· Times New Roman

· Arial

· Any font that is easy to read

· Use Contrasting Colors

· Try a dark background with light text, or a light background with dark text

· Avoid overly bright or neon colors

· Avoid using similar colors for the background and the text color

6. Proofread your slides.

Making a PowerPoint

Follow these step-by-step guides on how to add certain elements to your PowerPoint presentation:

· Select a Design Theme – selecting a design theme is an easy way to get your slides to look consistent throughout your presentation. To select a design theme…

· Click on the “Design” Tab

· Select a “Theme” you like

· Add or Delete a Slide

Adding a Slide – to add a slide to your presentation…

· Click on the “Home” Tab

· Click on the “New Slide” option (by clicking the downward arrow)

· Then, select the slide layout you would like to use

· Popular Slide Layouts include:

· Title Slide

· Title and Content

· Two Content

Deleting a Slide – if you need to delete a slide from your presentation…

· Within the left navigation area, right click the slide you want to delete

· Then, select “Delete Slide”

Add an Image to a Slide – adding images to your slides can help enhance your presentation because they are more engaging than text-only slides. To add an image to your slide…

· Find the image you would like to copy into your PowerPoint

· Select the image

· Right click the image

· Select “copy image”

· Then paste (Ctrl + v) the image onto your slide

· From there you can adjust the size and placement of the image

Add Notes to Your Slides – you may be asked to add slide notes to your slides as part of your assignment. To do so…

· Click on “Notes” located on the bottom of your presentation

· This will open a section below your slide that will say “Click to Add Notes”

· To adjust how much space you have to write notes, click on the grey line and drag it up or down

Proper Formatting & Citations

Some PowerPoint assignments require you to follow APA guidelines when designing your presentations. To ensure that your PowerPoint meets the academic-style requirements follow these guidelines:

· Include a Title Slide

· Include In-Text Citations

Any information from sources that you include on your slides that is not common knowledge must include an in-text citation of that source.

· Cite Images & Figures

Any images or figures within your presentation need to be cited on the References slide only

· Add a References Slide

All sources cited throughout your presentation must be included on s separate slide at the end of your presentation:

· Format the slide in the same way you would format the APA References page

· Cite your source according to current APA guidelines