7 Ways to Create Effective

Visuals
Katie Roughan
Use Pictures
• Make sure the pictures go with your information
• Don’t have too many pictures
• Becomes distracting
Do Not Make Boring Slides
• No engagement
• Students may be creating meaningful connections
Make Your Information Short and Concise
• Short, concise, & to the point
• Bullet Concise
• expand the bullets when you present
Do Not Make the Slides Full of Paragraphs
• There are many ways to create effective visuals. One way to create an
effective visual is to not over crowd the slides. When presenting a
power point presentation, one has to make sure that there are not
too many words on the slide. This makes the audience feel very
overwhelmed. Additionally it may also cause the audience to not be
able to focus on what the speaker is saying because they are either
trying to copy down what the slide says or read it.
• Slides that are over-crowded can be very distracting to the
audience. When presenting the power point to the
audience the speaker can elaborate and expand on the
bullets written on the slides rather than writing bulleted
paragraphs.
Use Muted Colors for the Backgrounds
• Allow the audience to concentrate on the words
• Not distracting
Do Not Use Distracting Colors
• dark colors
• Makes the writing hard to see
• If using a dark color background – use white text
Choose an Appropriate Font
• Choose a legible font
• Times new roman
• Calibri
Do Not Choose “Fancy” Fonts
• May be distracting
• Could be hard to read
• Stick to one font
Bold or Underline Important Words
• Bolding words helps them stand out
• Underlining words helps draw attention to them
• Places an emphasis
Choose the Appropriate Font Size
• Font size should be consistent
• Unless trying to make something stand out
Do Not Make Font too Small or too Large

•Too large
• To small
Wrap it up With a Key Take Away
• Creating effective visuals is vital to supporting student’s learning!
Do Not Leave Loose Ends
• May leave students confused