Slide making survey
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This document summarizes the results of a survey about user behaviors when creating presentation slides. The survey found that people spend over an hour creating simple slides, with much of that time spent copying information from Wikipedia and formatting the slides in PowerPoint. The goal is to create an intuitive web application that allows users to create simple presentations in under 5 minutes. Respondents were mostly students and interns who frequently give presentations. They enjoyed formatting slides and were comfortable sourcing information from Wikipedia. To be successful, the new application should allow formatting flexibility while mirroring the interface of popular desktop presentation software.
Slide making survey
- 1. User Interface of Slide Making Softwares Survey Sébastien Fourault
- 2. Index Stakes of the survey Presentation of the user pannel Slide making behaviour Information source Formating a presentation Softwares used Conclusion
- 3. People spend too much time making presentations ! “ Stakes of the survey Observations : People are spending approximately half an hour copy- pasting wikipedia articles in powerpoint slides, and another half hour formating it in a beautiful way. Speaking of short presentations on easy subjects like presenting a famous person Goal : Create an intuitive web application which allows you to create a simple presentation in less than 5 minutes !
- 4. Results of the survey
- 5. Presentation of the user pannel 37 people answered the survey, most of them are studying or doing an intership, and they often give presentations Professional situation Presentation giving frequence
- 6. Slide making behaviour The time spent match what we expected : more than an hour for building simple slides. And wikipedia is the second most used source of information Time spent on slide making Information sources used
- 7. Information source We observe that people usually trust wikipedia when they are dealing with simple searches on common subjects (specified in the question) How much do you trust wikipedia ? 1 = Misinformating 5 = Totaly trustworthy
- 8. Formating a presentation People seems to be enjoying formating presentations. So maybe the app should let the user a certain degree of liberty in formating the content How difficult/pleasant do you find formating a presentation ? 1 = Quick/Pleasant 5 = Long/Unpleasant
- 9. Softwares used As expected, Powerpoint is the most used. However we can notice a certain appeal for online app like Prezi or Google presentation.
- 10. Conclusion Identified needs : We confirmed that time spent on little presentations is currently too high and can be reduced. The people willing to use our app would mostly be students or interns, most likely because they have many presentation to give in which they have not much value added. How to do it : People have an appeal for web apps thanks to the confort they provide but they mostly use desktop applications. Therefore, the app interface must not be too different from a desktop app to keep the norms users are used to. This can be translated trough icon design, or features available. Moreover, people seem to be confident towards wikipedia, thus information can be extracted from there and others websites.