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Better Than Bullet Points Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint

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ISBN-10: 0787992453

ISBN-13: 9780787992453

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jane Bozarth

List price: $63.00
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This book focuses exclusively on the application of PowerPoint to the creation of online training programs. "Better than Bullet Points, Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint" fills that gap. By providing in-depth guidance, specific instructions, and helpful exercises, the book will enable training practitioners to create impactful learning interactions in PowerPoint. The author steps readers through the powerful features of this popular desktop application, covering everything from text to art, animation to interactivity. Provided that the reader owns a copy of PowerPoint, this book will immediately put free real-world tools into the hands of those who need it. The information is…    
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Book details

List price: $63.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/9/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Jane Bozarth is the e-learning coordinator for the North Carolina Office of State Personnel's Human Resource Development Group and has been a training practitioner since 1989. She is a columnist for Training Magazine and has written for numerous publications including Creative Training Techniques Newsletter and the Journal of Educational Technology and Society.

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Foundations
Creating E-Learning with PowerPoint
Examples
Why PowerPoint? Development Checklist
Chapter 2
Who are your Learners? Objectives and Strategies
Cognitive Load
Choosing a Treatment
Writer's block?
Can you find a story?
From classroom to online: think "transform", not "transfer"
Cut-n-chunk
What's working? What's not?
Inventory your assets
Converting from classroom to online: the process
Why Storyboard?
Types of storyboards
Interface And Content
The Graphic User Interface and Course Architecture
The Graphic User Interface
GUI basics
Learner control: some decisions
Navigation tools and action buttons
Eye movement and placement of items
Building the GUI
Create a slide master
Examples: creating the GUI
Architecture
Designing for Impact
Use Graphics with Soul
What conveys the message?
"Let me show you what I mean" Is there a visual here?
Blunders
Dreadful design
Decoration
Noise
Demeaning
Text
Chunk content and use white space
Creating and Editing Art
Bitmap or Vector?
Working with Clip Art
Recoloring clip art
Set transparent color
Transforming clip art
Editing Photos in PowerPoint
MS Paint
Using Paint to create and edit art
Editing photographs with Paint
File Size: Compressing Images
Animation
Animation Basics
Animations that Teach
Process/Stages
Demonstration
Realistic Movement
Order/Sequence
Charts, timelines, and diagrams
Annotating graphics
Combining Animations
Trigger Animations
Interactivity
It's All About Hyperlinking
Quizzes and Games
Basic quizzes
Multiple Choice and Game Show Quizzes
Timed Quizzes
Board Games
Linking to external games and quizzes
Simulations
Case study/Story
Mazes
Treasure Hunts
About Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Add-Ons, Blending, Performance Support, and Job Aids
Other Documents
Site Samplers
Animated Characters
MS Producer
Other Add-Ons
Blending
One-Time Tasks
Sometime Tasks
Locators
History and Background Information
Organization Charts and Company Directories
Company Policies and Manuals
Prompters of Process
Adding Narration and Multimedia
Adding Narration
Editing Sound
Adding Sound Effects and Music
Adding Video
Adding Flash Objects
Delivery And Support
Saving, Uploading, and Distributing
Saving and Uploading Your Files
Tracking
Test, Test, Test-and Launch
Appendix: PowerPoint Basics
References and Other Sources
Other Resources
CD Contents
Development checklist (Word document)
Process chart (.png image)
Action Settings Tutorial (PowerPoint files)
Slide Master Tutorial (Word Documents and PowerPoint file)
Creating GUI with Tabbed Navigation: Figure 3.26 (Windows Media file)
Adding and Resizing Images Tutorial: You Try (Word document and .jpeg files)
Condensation Example (Windows media files)
Color and Texture Tutorial (PowerPoint file)
Animation Basics Tutorial
(Windows Media File)
Animation Basics Tutorial
(Windows Media File).