Lesson 7
Putting it all together: Slides
In this lesson we will take everything we've learned so far and put it to use in creating your own slide presentation. This project will demonstrate your ability to use visuals, commit to a color scheme, have visual consistency throughout, and use the tools and resources available to make your own graphics, and ensure the project is accessible to all.
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Since, I'm assuming, most instructional designers have already created slide presentations, this lesson will not focus on HOW to create slide presentations. The project will be graded on the use of visuals, tools, resources, and accessibility as noted above.
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During this lesson we will also utilize mobile tools to create content as described below. We will use mobile apps to create a video -- a piece of visual story utilizing the art of digital storytelling. Learn about digital storytelling below and incorporate your own digital story in your presentation.
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Create your own digital story
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Using the techniques you learned from the videos above, and a mobile tool, such as Animoto or Vimeo (Animoto is available on web and iOS, and Vimeo is available on iOS and Android), create a short video story (2 minutes minimum). Use images, videos, voice over or on-screen text, and/or music to create your 2-minute digital story.
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The story content can be anything of your choosing, as long as it pertains to the content of your overall instructional presentation. This can be a personal story about an experience that relates to your content (maybe why you had to learn something in the first place), a personal story of something that happened to someone you know, it could be a historical example, or even a well-known story. The main point of a digital story is to convey a human experience and an emotional connection. Digital stories convey emotion and we humans connect with that emotion in a strong way. Which is why stories are so powerful! Use this to your advantage and connect an emotion to your content -- using this emotional connection can really convey the WHY of your content -- WHY do we need to learn this content? WHY do we need to connect to this information? Use that emotional story connection to connect your content to the learner's why. It's powerful!
YOUR TURN
Your project this week is to create a slide show presentation that demonstrates your understanding of the following components. Your presentation must include:
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A total of at least 8 slides with educational content of your choosing (we are instructional designers after all, so design some instructional content in your presentation.
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Incorporate visuals into each slide.
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Incorporate a consistent color scheme throughout the presentation.
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Include at least one original graphic created by you.
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Include one 2-minute video (digital story) created using the mobile tool as described above. This can be used as an "attention grabber" story to draw the audience into the content and connect emotionally with the learner's why (doesn't have to be, but just an idea).
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Must be accessible -- visuals have captions and alt tags. Verbal components have closed captions, or a transcript available.
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Submit your presentation as a video -- use zoom, video editing software, or other tool to record yourself presenting your slides. If you are using a transcript (instead of closed captioning), also submit your transcript as a separate file.
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This is due by the end of the week.
In summary, we are nearing the end of our course together. Consider this your first final (next module will be your second final). This final project is an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of visuals in a presentation form. Next week, your final will incorporate visuals into a full video form with more training on using videos for instructional design. Thanks for joining this week we will see you next week!