Power+Point+Overload

The information on this page is based on the article "Five Ways to Reduce PowerPoint Overload" by Cliff Atkinson and Richard Mayer (2004). You can access the article at [].

Our group got the Segmentation Principle which says many people get caught up putting too much information on each slide. It suggests looking at the slides in the Slide Sorter view, to see how the slide show flows from one slide to another and checking how much information is on each one. By doing this you can look at the text on each slide, and see which slide has too much text. You can then split up those slides to create a more effective slide show.

media type="custom" key="4577950" This page has got a ton of information. As you go through the slides you'll see their is way to much text for a power point. Who ever wrote this power did want the viewers to be able to read the text. Each page is filled with words too small to read. not only did they look at this through the Slide Shorter view but the must not have seen it in a presentation.-SC

media type="custom" key="4578030" The presentation that I selected was titled "teaching and learning in a digital world (without breaking the law*). Also on the title page the creator explains how he is not a lawyer which most everyone does while explaining this topic. This presentation is a great example of our segmenting principle. Each specific slide has very little text with images that help explain the topic being discussed. Even though there is not a lot of text doing the explaining his titles of each slide are more headlines than anything else. Also, with the the presentation note being overwhelmed with text it creates an opportunity for the presenter to be the center of attention for their audience. As well as the images the creator incorporates a video from YouTube to enhance his presentation. The slides flow very well between one another, and the creator more than likely used the slide sorter view to create a dynamic presentation. -SS