Moving beyond bullets
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The document discusses alternatives to using bullet points in presentations. It recommends using fewer words per slide, incorporating images and other visual elements, and following design principles such as proximity, alignment, repetition, contrast and color. Guidelines are provided for using the 5-5-1 rule with 5 words, 5 bullets and 1 image per slide and the 1-1-5 rule with 1 image and no more than 5 words per slide. The purpose is to engage and empower audiences through more visually appealing presentations that move beyond traditional bullet points.
Moving beyond bullets
- 1. Moving Beyond Bullets 12/7/2012 Engage . Enrich . Empower
- 2. 1. Awareness: Learn more about what’s available 2. Use: Widen toolkit and possibilities 3. Integrate: Plan for improving student experience
- 4. Bullet Benefits • Introduction • Ordered/Numbered Steps • Transition • Conclusion •?
- 5. Why?
- 6. Accident
- 7. Accident
- 8. Accident
- 9. Accident
- 10. Why? Simplicity less is more
- 11. Why? Variety
- 12. Why? Are you going to put the slides on Moodle?
- 13. Why? Modeling
- 14. Options 5-5-1 Rule Free-Form Text Fields Shapes Bullet Rules Video Bullet Builds Images Charts Tables Slide Layout
- 15. Bullet Rules Guidelines •6 bullets x 6 words per bullet •24 pt or larger •Sans serif font •Words or phrases, not sentences •Limit second level bullets •Bold and italicize for emphasis
- 16. 1-1-5 Rule • Must have at least one image per slide • You can use each exact image only once • You should add no more than five words per slide. From the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://bit.ly/hoTr7s
- 17. The eyes tend to move . . . • Z •Dark to light •Big to little Unusual shapes to common shapes •Saturated to unsaturated • before seagull
- 18. Other design principles •Pro x imity •Alignment •Repetition Repetition Repetition Repetition Repetition •Contrast •Color •Gestalt (unified whole) •Typography