Chris Clark, University of Notre Dame, 3/14/13 – Creative Commons license

PowerPoint and Prezi compared updated 3/14/2013  Basics   PowerPoint   Prezi  

• Metaphor   Slides  /  Slide  Tray   Canvas  /  Whiteboard  • Software  model   Desktop   Web-­‐based,  also  desktop  client    • Pricing   $$  -­‐  part  of  MS  Office   Basic  for  free,  pay  for  upgrade  

     Saving  and  Printing   PowerPoint   Prezi  

• Printing   Slides,  handouts,  notes   Path  steps  as  pages    • Save  to  PDF   Yes   Yes  • Where  saved   PPT  file  on  computer   PEZ  file  on  Web,  downloadable    • Embed  on  web  page   With  3rd  party  (e.g.,  Slideshare)   Yes  

     Showing   PowerPoint   Prezi  

• Default  Path   Linear   None  –  user  determines  • Transition  effects   Lots,  optional   Move  between  items,  zoom  in/out  • Nausea  factor   Low   High,  if  not  careful  • Presenter  view   Notes  and  thumbnails   Thumbnails  • iOS  software  • Screen  blackout  

3rd  party  editors  |  Apps  play  files  Yes  

Player  with  limited  editing  Yes    

     Themes   PowerPoint   Prezi  

• Included     Lots   Lots  • Custom     Yes   Yes  • Fonts   Unlimited   Fifteen  –  three  per  theme  

     Inserting  media   PowerPoint   Prezi  

• Image  • Image  cropping  

Yes  Yes  

Yes    (can’t  paste-­‐in  web  images)  Yes  

• Video  file   Yes,  limited  formats   Yes,  many  formats  • YouTube   Windows-­‐Yes,    Mac-­‐No   Yes  • Sound   Yes,  multiple  file  types   Yes,  multiple  file  types  • Soundtrack   Yes   Yes  • Web  link  • Auto  spell-­‐check  

Yes  Yes  

Yes  Yes  

• Drawing  tools   Huge  variety   Line,  arrow,  marker,  rectangle,    circle,  triangle,  freehand

• PDF,  XLS,  PPT   No   Yes  • Flash   On  Windows,  not  Mac   Yes  • Animation   Yes   Flash  SWF