EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY QUARTER 2 REVIEWER

ADVANCED PRESENTATION SKILLS d) E-mail Address – creates a hyperlink that opens Microsoft Outlook that
automatically adds your specified recipient on a new email.
Creating an Effective Presentation
 MINIMIZE - Keep slide counts to a minimum to maintain a clear message and to 3. When done, click OK to apply your hyperlink.
keep the audience attentive.
 CLARITY - Avoid being fancy by using a font style that is easy to read. A font size
EMBEDDING OBJECTS IN MS PPT
of 72 is about an inch. A one-inch letter is readable 10 feet away; a two-inch letter is
readable 200 feet away Embedding objects is easy using PowerPoint Presentation. With this option, you can
 SIMPLICITY - Use bullets or short sentences. Summarize the information on the insert an Excel file that would look like a table to a PowerPoint Presentation.
screen to have your audience focus on what the speaker is saying than on reading the
1. Go to the Insert tab.
slide Limit the content to six lines and seven words per line. This is known as the 6x7
2. On the Text group, click on Object.
rule.
3. The Insert Object dialog box would
 VISUALS - Use graphics to help in your presentation but not too many to distract the
audience. In addition, instead of using a table of data, use charts and graphics Options:
 CONSISTENCY - Make your design uniform. Avoid having different font style and
backgrounds a. Create New – creates a new file from scratch. You can select on a wide variety of files
 CONTRAST - Use light font on dark background or vice versa. listed.
b. Create from File – creates a file from an existing file saved on your hard drive; simply
browse the file to use it. Putting a check on the “link” option will allow you to modify the
USING HYPERLINKS IN MS PPT Excel file inside your PowerPoint Presentation.
 Using hyperlinks in your presentation is an easy way to navigate slides during your 4. Once you are done, click OK.
presentation

1. Select an object or highlight a text. ADDING HYPERLINKS

2. Go to Insert > Hyperlinks (under links category) or use the shortcut key Ctrl + K.
The insert Hyperlink dialog box would appear.  Insert action button on your presentation
 Insert hidden slides at the end of your presentation then insert an object containing
LINKS TO OPTIONS: your excel files
a) Existing File or Web Page – creates a hyperlink to website or a local file saved in
your hard drive. Just browse your file in the dialog box or type the web address.
b) Place in This Document – creates a hyperlink that allows you to jump to a specific
slide in your presentation. IMAGING AND DESIGN FOR ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
c) Create a New Document – creates a hyperlink that once clicked, creates a new
document on your specified location. Basic Principles of Graphics and Layout
1. BALANCE. The visual weight of objects, texture, colors, and space is evenly
distributed on the screen.

2. EMPHASIS. An area in the design that may appear different in size, texture, shape
or color to attract the viewer’s attention.

Variety

(balance and emphasis example)

3. MOVEMENT. Visual elements guide the viewer’s eyes around the screen.

4. PATTERN, REPETITION, AND RHYTHM. These are the repeating visual INFOGRAPHICS
element on an image or layout to create unity in the layout or image. Rhythm is Information graphics or infographics are used to represent information, statistical
achieved when visual elements create a sense of organized movement. data, or knowledge in a graphical manner usually done in a creative way to attract the
viewer’s attention.
5. PROPORTION. Visual elements create a sense of unity where they relate well with
one another. ONLINE IMAGE FILE FORMATS

6. VARIETY. This uses several design elements to draw a viewer’s attention.

Proportion Example

Pattern, Repetition, and Rhythm

Principles and Basic Techniques of Image Manipulation

 Tips to help you edit images for your website:

1. Choose the right file format. Try to make a real-life photograph into GIF to see the
difference between PNG, GIF, and JPEG. Knowing the purpose is the key to finding
out the best file format.
2. Choose the right image size. A camera with 12 megapixels constitutes to a bigger
image size. Monitors have a resolution limit, so even if you have a million
megapixels, it will not display everything.
3. Caption it. Remember to put a caption on images whenever possible. If it is not
related to the web page, then remove it.
SHARING PHOTOS WITH PHOTOBUCKET
There are plenty of free image hosting sites out there, and Photobucket is one of the
oldest. Here’s how to access it:
1. First, sign up for a Photobucket account on photobucket.com. Just like Piktochart,
you may use your Google+ or Facebook account to automatically sign up.
2. Once your account is set up and you are already logged in, click the Start Uploading
button.
3. A new page will load allowing you to drag and drop your photos or to choose them
manually or to choose an entire folder to upload. Select a folder, add a password
(optional), then feel free to upload any photos you have right then.
4. Once selected, a progress bar will appear indicating that the image is uploading. This
may take a moment and will depend on your Internet connection. Once you are done,
you will see an indicator similar to the one shown in the image below.
5. Let us just assume you will share a photo individually. To do this, click on View
Uploads. Once the page loads, click the photo you want to share.
6. On the top of the image, you will see the following options:
7. You may choose to share your photo to your friends on Facebook. If you are done
sharing, you may now log off and close the browser.
WEB DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS  Organizing information by making good use of headlines and sub-headlines,
illustration, and using bullet points is a clear and consistent ways of
WEB DESIGN PRINCIPLES
communication to convey information to the users.
 Web design principles are general rules for the design of website that include basic
guidelines for the design of layouts and interaction design.
 It will also help you on how your website will work based on the design you put into ONLINE PLATFORMS FOR ICT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
it.
 Blogging allows you to develop a strong community and social media allows you
PURPOSE to build a large community. It’s quantity against quality. However, if you can mix
the two together, you will have a big presence on the web.
 The starting point of building a website is to have a very clear purpose.
 This could be anything from providing information, selling products to entertainment. ONLINE PLATFORMS FOR ICT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
 Having a simple clear intention on your website may accommodate and meet the user
 Social Media Platforms. Websites like Facebook allow you to create not only
expectation with what you have to offer.
personal accounts but also pages and groups where you can share content.
SIMPLICITY  Blogging Platforms. It typically looks like a newsletter where you are given
options to change the design to your liking. Though you can manipulate the
 Over-designed website may not work and may lead to distraction from the main
design, social media platform’s popularity is still unrivaled.
purpose of your website.
CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
 Having design features that do not serve the purpose may be frustrating to the loading
time of your website. A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer application (sometimes online or
browser-based) that allows you to publish, edit and manipulate, organize and delete web
 Keep your design as simple as possible so that the users can feel it easy-to-use and
content. CMS is used in blogs, news websites, and shopping.
can find what they are looking.
CLOUD COMPUTING
LOAD TIME
 There is no need to install any software in our computer.
 Crowded and over-designed web design can affect the loading time of your website.
 This may result to lose your visitors even if every aspect of your website has a clear DISADVANTAGES
purpose.
 Can be hampered down by slow internet speed; no connection, no cloud
 To improve the speed 10 and performance of your website you need to simplify your
computing
design to optimize its loading time.
 May still require compatible software like browser
COMMUNICATION  You do not own the software; you are simply renting it.
 Security risk of doing things over the Internet as opposed to your personal
 To establish better communication with the users, you must formulate straight
computer alone
forward and easy-to digest information.
 More prone to hacking
 This will establish connection with the user to spend more time on your website.  Limited control over the infrastructure itself