Effective visuals Source: Lisa Johnson Slide design for Students
4 areas to think about Content Visual: images 3. Visual: color 4. Delivery
content
Content What content to include? Plan Do an outline on paper or using post-its Put question on one slide and answer on a different slide People learn more from combinations of texts and visuals than just text alone
Content Be able to be read in 3 seconds or less 30 point is the smallest f ont 15 words per slide 6 bullets per slide
Content Remember…. One main idea per slide.
Visuals
Visuals: Images People process images 60,000 faster than text Remember, if using data, then pair an image with the data
Which Image is better?
Visual: Color Putting part of the text in another color really highlights important parts. Putting part of the text in another color really highlights important parts. Putting part of the text in another color really highlights important parts.
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Delivery
Delivery Volume of voice Speed Use your voice purposely Quiet and loud Fast and slow
Now…. Let’s analysis this presentation What are the strong points of design of this presentation? What are the weak points of design of this presentation?