Not On The Test…

I’m sure most of you have seen this, but I hadn’t, and I loved it! I’m sure my many teaching friends will appreciate this. One of my students found it and I think it’s worthy of sharing.

Making Powerpoint Interactive

I am a little late getting this out, but this will still be very helpful to many.

This week’s assignment is to make your presentations interactive. You’ve been informative, entertaining (with your integrated videos) and now it’s time to engage your viewers. So, how do you do that? You get them typing and interacting with your powerpoint.

Here is a file you will want to download and open: example05-03.

Now that you have this file open, watch this presentation on how to utilize visual basic to make your presentation more interactive and engaging.

Your project, which is due on 8/29, is to combine your powerpoint with your integrated video and engaging questions to make a full-functional interactive experience for students and business professionals.

Have fun with this one. When you’re finished, you’ll need to post your presentation on your blog site. Test it out after you post it. If all the functionality doesn’t work (video, sound, interactivity, etc.) then you’ll need to zip your files and turn in a zip file to the drop box online.

Let me know if you have any questions!

How Do I Upload a Powerpoint to WordPress?

WordPress allows you to upload many file formats. Here’s the complete list: Allowed file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif, pdf, doc, ppt, odt.

For my students who are trying to upload their powerpoint presentations, here’s the least creative, but quickest method to do this:

1. On the “Write Post” screen, type in the text you’d like to type for your post.
2. Across the top of the “Post” box, on the right side, before the “visual” and “html” tabs, you’ll see “add media”.
3. Mouse over the “add media” icons until you come to the star/asterisk looking icon that simply says “add media”.
4. Click the icon. This will take you to a screen where you can upload your file and add link text to it.

Let me know if you have any questions and share this posting with a friend!