eLearning and PowerPoint Templates - the need to grow your own
December 19, 2007 by Rory
Found this post from The Rapid eLearning Blog …
Most PowerPoint templates are designed for standard bullet point presentations. They’re not really designed for elearning courses.
… Which hasn’t stopped folks I know from using those bullet-point-intended templates … and it seems to me that they’ll find the gaudiest color scheme or the blandest - no middle ground … and because PowerPoint is intended to be used with bullet points … well … that’s what you get onscreen … the wall of text (that is usually accompanied by audio reading all of that text for you - how thoughtful).
The article is well worth reading … the gist being that you shouldn’t use a PowerPoint template alone because it is not designed for eLearning … so, you create a template for yourself - he shows you how.
And gives some good pointers.
Focus on white space
Make a few variations of the template
Find layout and color scheme ideas from other sources
Use graphics tools to help you build your templates
Subscribe to Feedburner
RSS to PDF
RSS to Mobile
You’ll find nice and free templates for your presentation on iSpring Solutions web site
PowerPoint presentations are a reflection of the speaker. If the speaker is boring, then the PowerPoint will be too. Work on enhancing your own communications skills with PowerPoint rather than emphasizing the weak points.