What do you know about PowerPoint?
Interactivity in PowerPoint
This PowerPoint Slide has three main sections
Section 1 – Interactive Tips
Section 2 – Whiz Quiz
Section 3 - Cheat Sheet
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Testing your interactive multimedia
presentation is one of the most important steps.
Here are a few rules to help you avoid making
mistakes
 Only make one draft copy. Call it the live version
 Ask a friend to review the live version
 Make the changes only to the live version
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PowerPoint can assist you to package your
presentation by putting all the required files into
one file, so you to you can copy the file to a CD
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Open the presentation that you want to package
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On the Microsoft Office Button, point to the
arrow next to Publish, and then click Package for
CD.
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In the Package for CD dialog box, in the Name the
CD box, type a name for the CD or the folder that
you want to copy your presentation to.
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Select Copy to CD and click OK
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Your presentation should start burning onto a
blank CD
What do you know about Interactive Multimedia PowerPoint?
Click the star next to the correct answer
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Cinema
Radio
Internet
Television
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Internet
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Action buttons
Transitions
Clip Art
Embedded objects
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Action buttons
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Nintendo WII
Apple iPod
MultiChoice Personal Video Recorder
Sony Car Radio
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Sony Car Radio
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Include Action Buttons in the presentation
Create Hyperlinks
Turn off the “Advance on mouse click ”
All of the above
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All of the above
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To move step by step through a presentation
To be able to turn electronic pages
To be able to access the internet
To navigate directly to information that the
user would like to see
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To navigate directly to information that the
user would like to see
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The on screen visualisation of information
available
A charming animated character responsible
for introducing you to the programme
The file structure within the object
The collection of multimedia resources
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The on screen visualisation of information
available
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Feedback gives the user an idea whether
his/her objective has been achieved
Feedback tells the musician that his
microphone is too close to a speaker
Feedback is required at the end of a course so
that the lecturer can improve the content
Feedback redistributes excess food to hungry
people
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Feedback gives the user an idea whether
his/her objective has been achieved
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User control
Immediate Response
Adaptability
No choices
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No choices
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A kiosk provides unattended access to
electronic information
A kiosk provides people with coffee and tea
A kiosk is usually used as a news stand
None of the above
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A kiosk provides unattended access to
electronic information
Well done PowerPoint whiz – you completed the quiz
Cheat Sheet
Creating non linear PowerPoint presentations is fun – but it also
challenging, and it can take a long tome to create an interface and
materials. The best way to master non linear media is to practice,
get feedback and correct your mistakes .
Don’t try to be an interactive Power Point master in a day. Simply
use the following “CHEATS” to produce a great PowerPoint
presentation.
Now see if you can complete the cheat sheet
Cheat Sheet Index
•Create a hyperlink
•Create an action button
•Insert a clickable thumbnail image
•Turn off “Advance on mouse click”
•Create a navigation bar
•Use sound or mouseclicks to generate feedback
Ways to create
interactivity HYPERLINKS
Create a Hyperlink to
a slide in the same presentation
a page or file on the Web
a new file
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cheat sheet
Create a Hyperlink to
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You can create hyperlinks (or connections) from
 one slide to another slide in the same presentation or
 a Web page
 to a file
Ways to create
interactivity HYPERLINKS
Create a Hyperlink to
> a slide in the same
presentation
a page or file on the Web
a new file
A slide in the same presentation
Select the text that you want to use as a hyperlink.
On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Hyperlink.
3. Click “Place in This Document”
4. Click the slide that you want to use as the hyperlink
destination.
5. Then click OK.
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If you click on the hyperlinks alongside, you’ll see an
example of hyperlink s to another slide in this
presentation.
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cheat sheet
Ways to create
interactivity HYPERLINKS
Create a Hyperlink to
A page or file on the Web
a slide in the same presentation
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> a page or file on the Web
a new file
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Select the text that you want to use as a hyperlink.
On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Hyperlink.
Click Existing File or Web Page
Enter the URL of the web site you’d like to link to.
Then click OK.
If you click on the GOOGLE hyperlink, you’ll be taken to
the Google Web site.
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cheat sheet
Ways to create
interactivity HYPERLINKS
Create a Hyperlink to
A new file
a slide in the same presentation
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a page or file on the Web
> a new file
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Select the text that you want to use as a hyperlink.
On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Hyperlink.
Click Create New Document.
In the Name of new document box, type the name of
the file that you want to create and link to.
Under When to edit, click whether you want to change
the file now or later.
Ways to create
interactivity – ACTION
BUTTONS
Create an action button
Create an Action Button
Click on the Insert tab, select Shapes and choose an
action button at the bottom of the section
2. Drag the crosshair cursor diagonally on the slide and
draw the action button
3. Use the action setting dialogue box to specify where
you would like the action button should take the user
once clicked.
4. Click OK once you have completed the box
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cheat sheet
Ways to create
interactivity
THUMBNAILS
Insert a clickable thumbnail
image
Insert a clickable thumbnail image
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cheat sheet
Click on the Insert tab, select picture and choose the
picture you would like to preview in the show
Resize and position the picture using the handles
Use the action setting dialogue box to specify where
you would like the action button should take the user
once clicked.
Click OK once you have completed the dialogue box
Ways to create
interactivity – NO
MOUSE CLICK
Turn off “Advance on mouse
click”
Turn off “Advance on mouse click”
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cheat sheet
If you’d like users to go to particular places, then turn
OFF PowerPoint automatic advance feature
 Select all your slides
 Click on the animations tab
 Disable the “On Mouse Click Check box. (This will
stop users from moving the slide show on
sequentially, rather than through your navigation
system.
Ways to create
interactivity –
NAVIGATION BAR
Create a navigation bar
Create a navigation bar
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Home
About
Contact
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cheat sheet
Home Page
 Click the format tab, choose a shape and drag the
cross hairs to place the shape.
 Duplicate the slide
 Click shape effects and select shadow. Give the
unselected button an outer shadow and the selected
button an inner shadow
 Click the insert tab and click the action button and
link each button to the appropriate slide.
Ways to create
interactivity –
NAVIGATION BAR
Create a navigation bar
Create a navigation bar
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Home
About
Contact
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About Page
 You’ve already created the three buttons, so simply
copy and paste them
 On the home tab, click shape effects and select
shadow. Give the home button an outer shadow and
the about button (on the selected page) an inner
shadow
 If you have copied and pasted, you will find that each
button is already linked to appropriate slide.
Ways to create
interactivity –
NAVIGATION BAR
Create a navigation bar
Create a navigation bar
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Home
About
Contact
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cheat sheet
Contact Page
 You’ve already created the three buttons, so simply
copy and paste them on the new page
 On the About tab, click shape effects and select
shadow. Give the contact button (on the selected
page) an inner shadow
 If you have copied and pasted, you will find that each
button is already linked to appropriate slide.
Ways to create
interactivity
How to generate feedback
> Using Sound
Using Mouseclicks
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How to generate feedback
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Using sound
 To add sound as feedback, highlight the object and
press action.
 Create a hyperlink to the page you’d like to jump to.
 Click the “Play sound ” check box and choose a sound
effect
 Click OK
Ways to create
interactivity
How to generate feedback
Using Sound
> Using Mouseclicks
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How to generate feedback
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Using Mouseclick
 To add a mouseclick as feedback, highlight the object
and press action.
 Create a hyperlink to the page you’d like to jump to.
 Click the “Highlight Click” check box
 Click OK