Bad PowerPoint Presentations

I enjoyed all of the 'horrible' presentations on what not to do when creating a Power Point, but I especially enjoyed Juan's, Alex's, and Andre's. I loved that all of Juan's slides were white and barely readable, and his presentation was very amusing! Alex did a great job making all of the slides clash with obnoxious colors, and I really liked that she included charts and graphs with distracting values. The use of distracting animation and colors was also very well done in Andre's presentation. After seeing all of the wonderfully-terrible presentations, things you should remember to do when giving a Power Point presentation are:

• Include title pages for your slides, using a large, bold font
• Use simple, color coordinated backgrounds and colors
• use appropriate pictures and animations to make the presentation captivating, but don't use too many!
• Coordinate text fonts and sizes so that it looks professional and is easy to follow
• Make text size legible
• Use short, concise statements in a bulleted format
• Include a bibliography for any cited sources, including pictures

For another example of what NOT to do during a Power Point presentation, follow this link:

http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~sbrusnig/bad_files/frame.htm

Samantha Brusnighan

Copyright Policies

In today's tech-savvy world, copyright infringements can become a problem. Technically, as soon as anything as fixed in a tangible form (ie printed off or published) it is protected by copyright laws. In certain instances, photos can be used without citing the sources. For example, students may freely use other’s works, as long as the work (say a Powerpoint including video-clips) is displayed only temporarily, and on a secure sight (like Blackboard). All other works, photos included, are most likely protected by copyright laws. Some photos may not display an explicit copyright policy; these should still be cited, but permission for use does not need to be obtained. If a photo does have explicit copyright policy, has displayed that permission must be given for use, the appropriate information should be cited and actual permission granted for use of the photo.