D2l-Presenting with Prezi.com

James Falkofske
St Cloud Tech and Community College

Problems with PowerPoint in online class
6 X 6 format "does not cut it" online

Prezi
FREE with .edu get 500MB online storage
Mind-map organized
animated
allows seamless navigation "big picture" down

Visually stimulating
Can drill down in
easy to build
Students get free accounts and storage so they can do projects
Free tutorials online
easy to distribute

Forward and backward, full screen

Hiding text under heading
moves and rotates to next object
will fill screen with the size of the object

Can insert images (photos should have a frame to help avoid graininess when the picture fills the whole screen) The larger the dimensions the more resolution 1024 X 768 But keep in mind you only have 500 MB to work with

Can add graphics easy by clicking "upload picture"

Spatial arrangement with mind-map big pciture and details and relationship to each other

No audio

Can embed youtube videos

Container frames

To embed you just paste in the URL and the next time prezi runs it will automatically embed it

It is a flashbased program

*Video from Youtube "what are you going to be when you grow up?" in James podcast section of prezi presentation--look up later

3 ways to manipulate
1. click on center of zebra (target)
2. zoom in and out manipulates size (if you want everything the same size do the "Add another text" at the same time then go back and edit content
3.click and drag

Duplicate an object (click on the plus on the zebra)

Multiple select

Can present animations

Helpful Help

Well designed interface makes this program easier than you think

After completed you can download, share directly to facebook, twitter, download, embed

Can distribute public, public and allow them to copy, or private

James:"I'm happy to share. Anything on my blog is free to use and share"

Tips
Layout is important
outline ideas graphically
Create relationships spatially
size is important
hide the detail (hide test inside of text) helps clean the interface
group frrame sets of elements (helpst to creat a picture for viewers
group frames
Don't use spin feature alot

Design Tip
Cut and paste from word into notepad (program accessary in word then copy into prezi) as there is no spell check in prezi
create some frames (containers) to figure out positioning
figure out items which should have same relative size and tilt, set zoom view to that proportion, and enter all text-boxes at same time
pre-size graphics 48K onoine (conserve your 500 MB)
Gather all text and graphics files in same directory
Path to "container views" then zoom to elements

Media
Audio embed through YouTube (with Closed Captions) or add your transcrips adjacent to Audio/Video

Make it All Yours (copyright)
text
pictures and graphics
videos

Converting Powerpoint to Prezi
Save As--Outline/RTF (easier to edit text)

Another place to copy text from word is into VUE (free program) and then into Prezi