PREPARING

MULTIMEDIA
PRESENTATION
Prayer

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“ If opportunity
doesn’t knock,
build a door.”

Milton Berle
Comedian 3
Hello!

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PREPARING
MULTIMEDIA
PRESENTATION
Introduction
● For communication to be more
effective, it is imperative to know how
technology work, what purposes can
serve and how a can be used efficiently
and effectively used to achieve specific
goals in the communication process.

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Multimedia
Presentation
● It is a stand-alone presentation that
includes information presented with
slides, video, or digital representations
and includes sound which might be a
narrative, music or sound effects.

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What are the examples of
Multimedia Presentations?

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Important
Considerations in
Preparing Multimedia
Presentations for
Various
Communication
Purposes
A. Characters of
Multimedia
Presentations
● Multimedia presentations are
visually oriented (displayed in a
monitor or projected onto a
screen).

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Special features of
computer-based
presentations
● They allow user to use different
modalities such as:
a. Text
b. Graphics
c. Photographs
d. Audio
e. Animation
f. Video
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Special features of
computer-based
presentations
● 1. Custom navigation (linking
steven slides, to other media and to the
Internet
● 2. Can be made into hard copy
printout or transparencies.
● 3. Can be uploaded to the Web
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B. Steps in Making
Effective Multimedia
Presentations
1. Know the purpose of the
presentation
2. Know the audience
3. Gather information

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B. Steps in Making
Effective Multimedia
Presentations
4. Use a variety of resources
such as:
a. textbooks
b. digital resources
• photographs
• scanned images, student work
c. Internet 14
B. Steps in Making
Effective Multimedia
Presentations
5. Do not forget to cite
sources.
a. Write the author's name, title
of the work and date of
publication.
b. Include the website or Web
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B. Steps in Making
Effective Multimedia
Presentations
c. In general, non-profit educational
use of online materials for a lecture
qualifies as "fair use" but it is better to
ask the author's permission to use such
materials.
d. Always have full bibliographic
references for all citations

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B. Steps in Making
Effective Multimedia
Presentations
6. Organize the information
a. List the main points
b. Have only one main idea per slide.
c. Present ideas in a logicalorder
d. Place important information near
the top

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B. Steps in Making
Effective Multimedia
Presentations
7. Check technical issues.
a. Contrast
*Dark text on light background
*White text on dark background
b. Use only one design and color
scheme throughout the slide
presentation.
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B. Steps in Making
Effective Multimedia
Presentations
c. Avoid clutter.
d. Avoid patterned or textured backgrounds.
e. Use large font size (minimum 18 pts).
f. Use fonts that are easy to read. Don't use
fancy fonts.

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B. Steps in Making
Effective Multimedia
Presentations
g. Don't use more than two types of fonts.
h. Avoid too much text. Don't use the
presentation as your notes.
i. Use no more than 3 or 4 bullets per slide.

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B. Steps in Making
Effective Multimedia
Presentations
8. Be creative
a. Use transitions and animations
to add interest.
b. But don't overdo it!

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 Thanks!
Any questions?
You can find me at @username & user@mail.me

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Credits
Special thanks to all the people who made and released
these awesome resources for free:
● 3D illustrations by Alzea Arafat
● Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
● Photographs by Unsplash

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