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A New Twist on Powerpoint By Rus Wilson English Language Institute The University of Utah A great variety of interactive and interesting activities can be created through PowerPoint once you understand how to use triggers, hyperlinks, and the timing feature of animations. TRIGGERS can be used to create interactive maps, games, and more. Add them by clicking on the “Timing” in the “Custom Animation” field of an animated object. For more on how to use triggers: http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/Triggers1.html HYPERLINKS can link one slide to another within a presentation, link two or more PowerPoint slideshows together, or link to an external file, such as a video, spreadsheet, or song, without closing your PowerPoint presentation. How to create hyperlinks in Powerpoint: http://www.nursing.umich.edu/snits/documentation/Office/PPTlinks.pdf The TIMING FEATURE can help you with assessment, drills, speaking practices, timed tasks within a game, etc. For the basics on how to use them: http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/nextstepsinpowerpoint/ss/custom_timi ngs_2.htm EMBEDDING a Youtube file in Powerpoint: http://richfrombechtle.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/embed-youtube-in-powerpoi nt-2007/ TIME STAMP a Youtube: video, so you need not spend time queuing it : http://google.about.com/od/googleblogging/f/Time_YouTube.htm Templates for Memory and Vocabulary Countdown can be obtained for classroom use . Simply email me: [email protected] or follow the link which may already be available.
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A New Twist on Powerpoint
By Rus WilsonEnglish Language Institute
The University of Utah
A great variety of interactive and interesting activities can be created through PowerPoint once you understand how to use triggers, hyperlinks, and the timing feature of
animations.
TRIGGERS can be used to create interactive maps, games, and more. Add them by clicking on the “Timing” in the “Custom Animation” field of an animated object. For more on how to use triggers:http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/Triggers1.html
HYPERLINKS can link one slide to another within a presentation, link two or more PowerPoint slideshows together, or link to an external file, such as a video, spreadsheet, or song, without closing your PowerPoint presentation. How to create hyperlinks in Powerpoint:http://www.nursing.umich.edu/snits/documentation/Office/PPTlinks.pdf
The TIMING FEATURE can help you with assessment, drills, speaking practices, timed tasks within a game, etc. For the basics on how to use them:http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/nextstepsinpowerpoint/ss/custom_timings_2.htm
EMBEDDING a Youtube file in Powerpoint:http://richfrombechtle.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/embed-youtube-in-powerpoint-2007/
TIME STAMP a Youtube: video, so you need not spend time queuing it :http://google.about.com/od/googleblogging/f/Time_YouTube.htm
Templates for Memory and Vocabulary Countdown can be obtained for classroom use . Simply email me: [email protected] or follow
the link which may already be available.
