Multimedia Presentation Tools

Prezi, Google Slides & Wideo

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 • Show the whole presentation all
at once
• Zoom into the details
• Easily integrate multimedia
(images, video, audio) content
directly into the presentation
• Cloud-based platform allows
easy access from any computer
• Easy collaboration

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• Your whole presentation is arranged
on one big canvas so that you can
show ideas in context
• Set your slides in order for
autoplay or navigate freely
• Arrange information spatially
• Different themes and
backgrounds are available

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• Zoom feature helps to visually
explain how the different points
and ideas relate to one another
• Zoom into slide’s details to
make your presentation more
engaging
• Zoom out to see the overall
picture of the presentation

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• Easy access to your Prezi
presentation anytime and anywhere
• Log in to edit your presentation
• Easy sharing and collaboration
• Set privacy levels
• Share with others to allow them
to view/edit

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 • Interesting Features
• Prezi presentation can be played and controlled remotely
by you
• 4 GB storage room for free account
• Drawbacks
• Free version (Edu Enjoy) requires your email address issued
by your educational institution
• Requires a seperate Prezi account (or login with Facebook
or LinkedIn)
• More complicated interface than (paths, zoom, etc.)

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 Slides
• Access through your UIC Google
account easily
• Many layout/template options
• Different ways to collaborate
• Easy to incorporate multimedia
files

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 Slides
• Access through your UIC Google
account easily
• Create/edit your Google
presentations through your
Google account
• Access your Google
presentations anytime and
anywhere

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 Slides

• Support real-time collaboration

• Real time co-editing
• Live chat
• Support asynchronous
collaboration
• Commenting
• Revision history

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 Slides
• Set privacy levels to allow:
• private work
• public viewing
• viewing or editing by specific
people
• viewing or editing via link
• viewing or editing by anyone
at UIC

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 Slides
• Interesting Features
• Use the Tools>Research function to find information or
about your content or pictures related to a topic while
creating the presentation
• Can convert PowerPoints into Google Slides
• Presentations can be embedded into webpages and set to
play automatically.

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 • Create animated and
informational videos
• Animate texts, images, and
shapes
• Many animation path, style,
and pre-made template
options
Check out the sample video

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 • Create animated and
informational videos
• You can create animated
videos from scratch Or
choose from many
pre-made templates

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• The main parts of the tool are the
timeline and the scenes
• You add objects to the scene
and add animations to the
objects
• You arrange the animation
points on the timeline.
• Many animated objects,
images, and music clips are
available Or You can choose
your own

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• You can create animated videos
for different purposes, such as:
• Story-telling
• Grammar instruction
• Project presentation

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 • Interesting Features
• You can embed your Wideo videos to your websites
• Log in through Google
• Drawbacks
• For the free version, you can only create 45-second videos
• You need to upgrade your account to make your videos
private
• Anyone can remix your videos
• No way to collaborate

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