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Videoconferenced Lectures: Guidelines for Presentations

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roadcasting a lecture to both local and distant site audiences presents some issues when planning visual

support materials for a presentation. For UBC’s Undergraduate Medical Program video conferencing system,

computer projection using Microsoft PowerPoint software is believed to be the most effective means for

displaying (most) visuals.

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ollowing are some basic guidelines to follow when designing presentations to be used in a broadcasting environment:

Type (text elements):

•

The

size

of the text on the visual needs to be large enough for the audience to clearly read (minimum size should be

30

points for text,

60

points for headings).

•

Visuals should have approximately 6-8 lines per slide and 6-8 words per line. Avoid complete sentences.

•

The text should be of sufficient

contrast

in color or density to stand out from the background.

•

The style of letter design should be crisp and clear for easy reading (i.e.

Arial

).

•

To emphasize a point, make important text a larger size, or in bold or italic type. Avoid using all upper-case letters.

•

If you distribute related text over two or more slides, link them by using the same title at the top of the slide with the

word "Continued" after it (i.e.

Drug Treatment Plan [Continued]).

•

When you have long bulleted lists, or charts or tables to display, see if there is a way to divide the chart into at least

two parts and link them by title as above.

Color/Contrast:

•

The general rule on color for computerized projection is

darker background, light text

.

Shades of medium to dark

blue generally work well for background color, with correspondingly lighter colors for text.

•

While PowerPoint

template designs

are recommended, it is best to avoid complex, overly-detailed template designs,

or those that are "gimicky", or with strong, bright color contrasts.

Images

•

If you use images in your presentation, ensure they are in

JPEG format

.

GIF images may look slightly better when

displaying text, but are extremely poor at displaying images.

•

PowerPoint

animations

(i.e. sliding bullets, fancy slide transitions, pop-ups)

are not recommended

, unless there is

a significant learning benefit. (Animations do not always transmit smoothly over network.)

•

Any movie clips embedded into a PowerPoint presentation also have to be saved to a DVD as a separate file.

Scope/Expanse of Visuals:

•

Present no more than

20 slides per half-hour of discussion

. Showing a large number of overheads or slides to

audiences can negatively impact understanding, integration and recall of the information.

•

Put only key points on slides/overheads and plan to "speak from them" to fill in the related details. Use handouts for

complex graphical/statistical information and use slides/overheads as only a part of your entire instructional plan.

Timing:

•

Divide lectures into 10-15 minute blocks and intersperse when possible with group discussion, video clips, question

and answer sessions and demonstrations (live and virtual).

•

Remember: During a videoconference lecture, you can only cover about

two-thirds

of what you usually can in a live

session, so choose your content well.

Handouts/Notes:

•

PowerPoint automatically sets up handouts of your slides if you wish to give the students a copy of your presentation

as the handout.

(Handouts are particularly important for distributed lectures in the rare event that video

transmission goes down.

A well prepared lecture handout will allow students at remote sites to continue to follow

along with the lecture audio.

)

•

If you must keep a large, complex chart, table or list on one slide so that the information is small, dense, and difficult

to read at any distance, be sure to distribute a handout of the chart to the audience so they can follow the content as

you discuss it.

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or more information on how to create effective PowerPoint presentations contact Erin Creak, Faculty Liaison, UBC Faculty of

Medicine at [e-mail] or visit:

etc.health-disciplines.ubc.ca/etc_site_files/resources/tip_sheets/tip_sheet_files/powerpoint/pp_ease.pdf.