PowerPoint

Student message: "I was absent [due to a medical problem]. Do you mind sending me the PowerPoint/notes that were taken during that day?" Students often refer to PowerPoint presentations as being

Conferences often require presenters to share a common computer projection system. These situations raise the potential problem of dead time that occurs when presenters are being switched. The usual

Note: This was first published on October 20, 2023. Complex figures can be overwhelming to an audience. The issue: where should one begin? A similar problem is describing processes that have multiple

Note: This was first published on October 20, 2021. PowerPoint has a special screen for presenters that shows the slides plus a variety of control buttons and a clock. Accessing this feature requires

Note: This was first published on March 22, 2021. Like many educators, my pandemic classroom presentations have been split between in-person, classroom students and students who are watching online

Note: This was first published on March 5, 2021. Transparency is a hot idea in higher education. The idea has multiple dimensions, but here we will focus on the essential "transparent" component: The

Note: This was first published on February 2, 2021. The Impact of Multi-Media Presentation Format: Student Perceptions and Learning Outcomes by Katherine Moen, University of Nebraska Kearney (Note:

Note: This was first published on September 25, 2020. Students often feel a compulsive need to write down the text from PowerPoint presentations. This is modern note-taking: a simple verbatim copy of

Note: This was first published on April 7, 2020. I recently had the opportunity to help seven undergraduate students prepare for a presentation at a regional conference. These people are some of our

Note: This was first published on March 20, 2020. It was advice for educators who needed to rapidly move course content online during the COVID pandemic. There are several possibilities for adding