Creating and Posting JPEG

Announcements
He who posts
announcements is heard
by many students.

He who posts JPEG

announcements is heard
by more students.

~ Ancient Proverb
What: You can make JPEG announcements and post them to your
class.
How: Create the announcement on one PowerPoint slide. Save the
announcement as “JPEG file interchange format” (this will save the
entire slide as an image). Then, load the announcement into the
course web site like you would any other image.
Why: This allows you post an attractive and stylized announcement
with ease.

Things to Do Things to Avoid

 Use illustrations to add interest  Text heaviness
 Emphasize your most important  Type size that is too small to read
points with color, line, or placement
(12 point and larger is fine)
 Keep visual tracking in mind
 Text that blends in with the
 Save each file as two formats
background making it difficult to
(.ppt and .jpeg) so that you can edit
read
announcements when needed
 Busyness and visual confusion
 This entire announcement has
been saved as one image,
making it easy to post.

Parts of the
illustrations
that hang
over the side
of the slide
are cut off
when the file
is converted
to JPEG.

Illustrations can be Use lighter

placed anywhere colors behind
and resized to fit. text for easy
readability.
 Use clip art and/or
photos from royalty
free sources like
Microsoft Clip Gallery.

Use color and line

to make the
announcement easy
visually navigate.

Save as JPEG file

Interchange Format
in addition to saving
as PowerPoint.
 The announcement
will appear on the
course web page
just as it does in
the JPEG file.

To Post and Announcement in the Classroom

 Enter “Author Mode” like you normally would
 Click “Add New Announcement” and enter announcement title
 Click “Add an Image” icon – a dialogue box will open
 Choose “I need to upload the file”
 Add descriptive text in the box provided
 Scroll to the bottom of the dialogue box
 Browse for the appropriate file and click “Open”
 Click “Add Link”
 Click “Post Announcement”