Suggestions for Creating PowerPoints (and other visual presentations)
CONTENT
Focus on content before format or animation
Check the rubric to make sure that you are hitting all the points required in this project
Make sure that the organization of your slides is clear and well planned out, this will end up being the order of your presentation, so check that is has a logical flow
FORMAT
Make sure your audience can read your text - i.e. font size should be greater than 32, often 40-80 is ideal
Make sure that you audience can read your material - do not use colors for your fonts that are too similar to the background colors, it is better to pick high contrast colors
Try to make your slides image-centered rather than text-centered, people would rather look at a picture than read what you are saying
Your writing on the slides does not have to be in the form of a sentence, you can use bullets
You should have a title slide (with the names of the authors) and a concluding slide and if applicable a slide listing sources
PRESENTATION
Think about your presentation when your create your powerpoint - your presentation should not be read from the screen, and ideally you are saying more than what is written on the screen - so try to summarize your main points in your text, not include all the pertinent details
Do try to include relevant images for each of your slides (or most of them at least)
Make sure you know what you are talking about as you will need to answer questions
Proofread your presentations - typos will detract from it