Incorporate visual appeal and make sure everything is readable at a glance. Your slides should have visual appeal, but you don’t have to incorporate something on every slide. Fonts used on images you include should be readable at a glance, and there should be appropriate contrast between your content and the background.
Prepare a minimum of eight slides:
Title slide. Capitalize all major words and make sure to include your name.
Overview slide. This slide should show your audience the main points your presentation will cover in a concise bulleted form. Your conclusion and citation slides are NOT main points and should not be listed on the overview slide. It would be great to use parallelism on this slide, but sometimes that’s difficult to do so it won’t be assessed on this slide.
Written content slide (minimum of 4). Content slide titles should be titled similar to the corresponding main point on the overview slide and should follow the order shown on your overview slide.
Conclusion slide followed with citation slide. The conclusion slide may repeat the main points from the overview or show a takeaway point(s).
Follow the 6×6 rule. This is a big one! These slides are going to accompany your video presentation; therefore, there should be *no more than six words per bulleted point and no more than six bullets per slide. I DO count the words, and using seven words isn’t close enough because I’m assessing your ability to follow requirements and be concise. ONLY one slide may be an exception to the 6×6 rule, but only to incorporate a quote or a definition on a separate slide; even then you should still strive to keep it short. When counting the words per bulleted point, consider that names such as The New York Times count as one word because it’s one thing.
Use parallelism. This is a big one; review page 73 first! Bulleted points should have a common ring to them (aka balance) on your content slides.
Proofread and be consistent. Use proper punctuation, grammar, capitalization, and spelling. Check for typos and odd spaces. Follow the same style throughout. Be consistent with capitalization of slide titles and with content in bulleted points. Be consistent with use of end punctuation or no end punctuation of bullet points.
Use the presentation topic paragraphs as a guide to make the powerpoint over! You will need to add more information because this will be used for my final presentation! I have 2 sources already on the topic paragraphs!
