Google/Prezi Tutorial for Presentation
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ICT and Leadership Training contents ⑤ Google/Prezi Tutorial for presentation February 2016 APWINC Prezi Prezi The presentation software for when it matters What is Prezi? Prezi is a cloud-based (SaaS) presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. The product employs a zooming user interface (ZUI), which allows users to zoom in and out of their presentation media, and allows users to display and navigate through information within a 2.5D or parallax 3D space on the Z-axis. Prezi was officially established in 2009 by co-founders Adam Somlai- Fischer, Peter Halacsy and Peter Arvai. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prezi 3 Prezi Get your Prezi Account 1. Prezi Account Public Account Create an account for free. With a public account, your prezis will bepublicly viewable, searchable, and reusable. CONTINUE FREE Private Account https://prezi.com/pricing/ 4 Prezi Create your Prezi 2. New Prezi It’s simple. Just click “New Prezi”! 5 Prezi https://prezi.com/your/ Number of reusable templates 3. Choose Template When you create a prezi, you can choose from a number of reusable templates or a blank canvas. When you decide to use a template, you can edit everything you see on the canvas. 6 Prezi Number of reusable templates 3. Choose Template 7 Prezi Zooming and Panning 4. Navigate the Zooming Canvas This is a key feature of Prezi, so naturally we made it simple. You can zoom in and out by using your mouse’s scroll wheel or by clicking the + and - symbols on the right of your screen. Panning To move your prezi canvas left, right, up, or down, hold down the left button of your mouse and then move in the direction you want to go. 8 Prezi Zooming and Panning 4. Navigate the Canvas 9 Prezi Add Text 5. Add text and Adding your text is very simple, but it can also be copied and pasted images from other programs. Once you enter your text, use the text editor to add color, change font, add a background, and much more. In Edit mode, click anywhere on the canvas to add text. Then start writing. Your text will appear in a text box like the image below. 1 0 Prezi Add Images 5. Add text and Select Insert from the top menu to start adding images from the web images or your computer. 1 1 Prezi Move, resize, and rotate 6. Transformation Once you add anything to your canvas, click on it once to bring up the Tool Transformation Tool. Now you can move, size, and rotate your content any way you like. 1 2 Prezi Group ideas 7. Frame Frames are a signature part of Prezi and a great way to manage your content. They work like slides and can be used to group your ideas. Use frames to create a placeholder in your prezi and then add content to them. You can change the color, shape, size, and position of a frame, and once you add a frame to your prezi’s canvas, all the content inside it will move, size, and rotate to your desire. 1 3 Prezi Creating Frame 7. Frame 1 4 Prezi Insert frame by Layouts menu 7. Frame You can also add frames from the “Insert” menu in the shape of layouts to help organize your information. Click Insert from the top menu and then select Layouts. 1 5 Prezi Change background and theme 8. Customize Background Choose a color from the palette to change your background. If there’s an image on your background, you can erase it by clicking the trashcan icon. Themes If you don't like a theme, you can choose a different one or revert to your original theme by clicking Revert to original in the upper left corner of the sidebar at any time. 1 6 Prezi Change background and theme 8. Customize 1 7 Prezi Add symbols and shapes 9. Simbols and Click Insert and then select the “Symbols and shapes” icon at the Shapes top of the screen to add shapes, lines, arrows, and more to your prezi. Insert rectangles, circles, and triangles to frame your content, or add symbols or drawings from a huge library to further enhance your prezi. 1 8 Prezi Add symbols and shapes 9. Simbols and Shapes 1 9 Prezi Journey of ideas 10. Path When presenting your ideas, it helps to have a clear narrative that takes your audience through your prezi. With the Left Sidebar, you can create a journey from one idea to the next. Edit your path and its points in “Edit” mode and take your audience along that path in “Present” mode. To set your path, click the Edit Path on the left side of screen. Then click on the objects in your prezi canvas in the order you wish them to appear. 2 0 Prezi Journey of ideas 10. Path 2 1 Prezi Borrow from other Prezi 11. Reuse content You can find loads of great prezis from which you can “borrow” content, animations, or even sound effects. To use content from another prezi, first select a reusable prezi you like from the Explore page, then click Save a Copy to place a copy of the prezi in your own prezi library. From here you can open the prezi and start adding your own content. Alternatively, cut and paste the elements you like into one of your own prezis. 2 2 Prezi Borrow from other Prezi 11. Reuse content You can find loads of great prezis from which you can “borrow” content, animations, or even sound effects. To use content from another prezi, first select a reusable prezi you like from the Explore page, then click Save a Copy to place a copy of the prezi in your own prezi library. From here you can open the prezi and start adding your own content. Alternatively, cut and paste the elements you like into one of your own prezis. 2 3 Prezi Prezi Google Slides Google Create beautiful presentations What is Google It is a presentation program, all part of a free, web-based software Slides? office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service. The suite allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating with other users in real-time. File Limit: Up to 100 MB for presentations created in Google Slides and presentations that are converted to Google Slides. File Format: .ppt (if newer than Microsoft Office 95), .pptx, .pptm, .pps, .ppsx, .ppsm, .pot, .potx, .potm 2 5 Google Slides Google Create Google Account 1. Google Account 2 6 Google Slides Google New Presentation 2. Create a slide To create a new presentation: 1. Open the Slides home screen: slides.google.com 2. In the bottom right corner of the screen, click the button. This will create and open your new presentation. You can also create new presentations straight from the following URLs: slides.google.com/create, google.com/slides/create 2 7 Google Slides Google Theme 3. Add Theme and To change or add a theme to your presentation, go to the Slide menu, Background and select Change theme. Select the theme you’d like to use, and it will automatically be applied to all of the slides in your presentation. 2 8 Google Slides Google Theme 3. Add Theme and Background 2 9 Google Slides Google Background 3. Add Theme and Background images let you customize your slides using an image Background that’s saved to your computer. You can apply a background image to a single slide or to all of the slides in your presentation. 3 0 Google Slides Google Background 3. Add Theme and Background 1 2 3 1 Google Slides Google Text or Object 4. Insert Text or Insert text or an object Object ① Click the Insert menu. ② Choose from the following options: • Text box • Image • Line • Link • Video • Word Art • Shape 3 2 Google Slides Google Text or Object 4. Insert Text or Object 3 3 Google Slides Google Table 5. Insert Table To add a table to a document or a slide in your presentation, follow these steps: Insert text or an object ① Click the Insert menu. ② Choose from the following options: • Table ③ Drag your cursor over the grid and click to choose the dimensions of the table you'd like to add. You can insert a table as large as 20 x 20 cells. 3 4 Google Slides Google Table 5. Insert Table 3 5 Google Slides Google Dynamic Effect 6. Animation Animations are helpful way to make your presentation slides look more dynamic in Google Slides. They’re also a great way to reveal text or objects on a slide one step at a time. For example, you could have five bullet points of text, and reveal them one-by-one on the slide with each click. 3 6 Google Slides Google Dynamic Effect 6. Animation Set Animati 2 on 1 Select Obj ect 3 7 Google Slides Google Access your presentations anywhere, at any time 8. Seamless Access Access, create and edit your presentations wherever you go – from your phone, tablet or computer – even when there’s no Internet connection. Android iOS 3 8 Google Slides Google Make a slide together 9. Real Time Share Real time edit Chat & Comment 3 9 Google Slides Google Never hit “Save” again 10. Auto Save All of your changes are automatically saved as you type. You can even use revision history to see old versions of the same presentation, sorted by date and who made the change.