GOALS BCT 400

/ Power Point Activity / Grading Criteria / PowerPoint Tutorial /
/ Adding Original Sound Clips / Adding Original Video Clips /
/ Uploading Power Point to the Net / Sample Power Point Presentations /
/ Inserting Movies and Sound /

POWER POINT ASSIGNMENT

OBJECTIVE: Making the advanced Power Point presentation and uploading it to the Net

BACKGROUND

Satisfactory performance in BCT 300 or its transfer equivalent) is a pre-requisite for enrolling in BCT 400. This means that all of you have completed basic, introductory activities with POWER POINT in your 300 class. If you aren't sure of your skills, go to http://www.bamaed.ua.edu/bct300/ppt_tu~1.htm and revisit the introductory tutorial included in that course site.

For this course, you are expected to demonstrate more advanced applications of POWER POINT, including the use of sound, and video segments embedded in your presentations. Once completed you will upload your PPT (powerpoint file) to the Internet. You can use the digital cameras suggested for purchase, check out these digital camera links, and see a workshop from Westlawn Middle School, too, if you want.

Before beginning this assignment, you need to do the tutorial for this more advanced use of POWER POINT, included on this course site under POWER POINT Tutorial. Further, POWER POINT itself provides a HELP function that is useful in learning these skills.

You will also find some excellent resources on POWERPOINT by going to this page http://www.emTech.net and finding POWERPOINT on the listing of resources. It contains other tutorials, resources, tips, and ideas that will help you prepare your advanced PPT for this course. You can also continue to use this page as a resource when you hit the "real world"!

YOU CAN ALSO SEE EXAMPLES DONE BY OTHER STUDENTS BY GOING TO THE SAMPLES PAGE.

ASSIGNMENT: 3 Parts

Part 1: Selecting the Topic for the Advanced Power Point

Your POWER POINT (PPT) assignment for this course requires that you use advanced PowerPoint skills. You will be using PowerPoint to EXPLAIN some concept related to your major or some topic selected from the list below. This will be a professional presentation.

TECH TOPICS for College-age Students:

How to use an overhead projector
How to use a filmstrip projector
All about digital cameras
Digital cameras and classroom projects
Tips for buying a personal laminator
The types of scan converters
DVD: what it is and how it works
CD ROMS: How they are made
Visual Presenters including BARCO and ELMO
Multimedia: Examples from My Field
Steps in setting up an old fashioned slide projector
About Audio Formats....
Types of earphones for use with your computer
What is Napster and how does it work?
What is MP3 and how does it work?
What are language translators and how do they work?
How are Audio Cassettes made?
What is the difference between analog and digital?
What is JAVA?
What is MPEG and for what is it used?
What is a web cam? How do you use it?
What is shareware and where do you find it?
What is DVD and how does it work?
AOL's AOL@school program http://school.aol.com
Children's Online Privacy Act (1998)
web radio (what is it? how does it work?)
KidPix basics
Thinkquest (what is is? examples)

LIST OF TECH TOPICS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS:

Anything on scripting and/or producting a radio program for/by middle school students
Technology projects (non-computer)for math and science
Computer curriculum for middle grades
Middle school computer activities
Web radio in schools
Kids and email (ideas/projects)

HINT: maybe you want to do your course reader AND your Power Point on the same topic!

You are to select a topic from the above list or get a topic approved by the professor. Once the professor and you have decided on a specific topic, then you can proceed to develop your PPT product for this class. EMAIL YOUR AT THE ASSIGNMENT MAILBOX TO GET YOUR TOPIC APPROVED BEFORE YOU START (5 points).

Part 2: Make the Advanced Power Point with Specific Features

Check the grading criteria to be sure you have all of the features included that are associated with an advanced presentation, but here are some new features in the new PPT:

Original Sound clip (.wav file)
An appropriate .avi file
An appropriate .midi file
An appropriate .wav file from the net
You can use the digital cameras and/or scan in images
Your product must include notes pages for your slides. See the grading criteria for the specifics.
If you have questions about this aspect, send an email to your professor

Part 3: Putting Your Advanced PowerPoint up on the Internet

Once you have completed your PPT, you are going to put it on the Internet. You will upload your PowerPoint (PPT) file to the Internet so that anyone who logs into the site can see the Power Point presentation. Here's an example of how it will look.

http://www.emTech.net/links/tprationale/index.html

Here are some other examples of how your PPT will look once uploaded to the Internet:

http://www.emTech.net/ceesa99.htm Click on the sessions from this workshop and you will see PPTs.
http://www.emTech.net/MAISDirectors'Morocco.htm Click on the sessions to see PPTs.

Here's the TUTORIAL on putting your PPT on the NET on bamaed. When you finish, your PPT file will be on the net like the ones above PLUS it will have a button or link so that someone can download or see it as it is in its original PPT format. Here are some samples that will help you understand the two formats.

BE SURE TO CHECK THE GRADING CRITERIA FOR THIS PROJECT TO UNDERSTAND PRECISELY WHAT MUST BE INCLUDED.

The product must also include content features, meaning that your content covered in your PPT must "fit" with your topic, make sense, contribute to the overall project and, most importantly, actually convey some type of information relevant to your topic. There has to be some "meat" to the project, not just "fluff". This is a central part of the grading as is "looks professional".

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GRADING CRITERIA

ADVANCED POWER POINT	POINT VALUE
Topic approved by email, send to the professor	5 points
Presentation looks professional; spelling checked, proper grammar, sophisticated presentation look.	10 points
Presentation uses transitions in all slides.	3 points
Presentation uses Build effects.	3 points
Presentation includes at least 10 slides.	10 points
Includes Notes pages for the slides, with speaker notes related to slide. (at least 3 slides with notes)	6 points
Presentation uses clip art. (at least 5 clip art images)	10 points
Presentation uses background colors.	3 points
Presentation includes original sound clip(s), at least two; the sound clips are appropriate, well done, and enhance the product.	10 points
Presentation uses at least one .midi file, one .avi file and one .wav file from the net.	15 points
Presentation is uploaded to the Internet as an .html; runs from the Internet properly; loaded to right site in proper format.	15 points
Powerpoint is properly uploaded as a .ppt, and there is a link in the .html to download it. (samples)	10 points
TOTAL POINTS	100

HOW TO "TURN IN" YOUR PRODUCT

You will upload your finished Powerpoint assignment to the net, in both formats (.html and .ppt). Remember that all the sound and video files that you use in the presentation should be also uploaded. MAKE SURE YOUR POWER POINT WORKS FIRST before sending an email to the assignment mailbox. Have a friend check it on his/her own computer. Then, when you are SURE it works, send an email to the assignment mailbox stating where the Power Point is found.
You will then SEND AN EMAIL to your assignment mailbox:

goals400@bamaed.ua.edu

The SUBJECT will say "PowerPoint Assignment".
In the BODY of the email include:

Your name, Social Security Number, Section number and Semester
The URL for where you have uploaded your Power Point Assignment

If you need any assistance or clarification, see or send an email to your professor.

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POWERPOINT TUTORIAL

You can find an Advanced PowerPoint Tutorial here that will help you out on the advanced features of Power Point that are required for this class. Also you can go to Basic Power Point Tutorial and revisit the introductory tutorial of Power Point that you worked on in BCT 300 (CAT 200).

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ADDING ORIGINAL SOUND CLIPS

If you are not sure how to create your own Original Sound Clips, go to this site: Adding Original Sound Clips. It will help you out in creating your own wav files to add to your presentation.

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ADDING ORIGINAL VIDEO CLIPS

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS FOR THIS CLASS BUT WE LEFT THIS IN HERE JUST IN CASE YOU WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO DO THIS SOME DAY. If you are interested in adding an original video clip, go here: Adding Original Video Clips. You could get 10 bonus points if you do.

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UPLOADING POWER POINT TO THE NET

There are two main things you need to do in order to upload a Power Point presentaion to the net.

First, you need to save the presentation as an HTML. Power Point 97 and 2000 have this feature. NOTE: When you save as HTML, you need to make sure to include a "download presentaion" link in the HTML format. This is to make sure that the PPT format is also accessible. There is place to do this in the wizard you follow to save as HTML.
Second, you need to upload the .ppt file and ALL the files created by the "Save as HTML" wizard. You also need to upload any sound and video files that you used in your presentation.

Click here: Uploading Power Point to the Net, and you will find a tutorial on how to save and an HTML.

Click here: Upload, if you need a reminder on how to upload.

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SAMPLE POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS

Click here: Sample Power Point Presentations and you can find several sample presentation done by Dr. Price, Dr. McFadden and Dr. Wright.

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INSERTING MOVIES AND SOUND

If you need a reminder on how to Insert Movies and Sound, click on the link and view the totorial that will guide you through the process.

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