You have a lot of freedom here, so refer to your required materials notes on the best practices and the assignment sheet for the requirements. Try your best to create an interesting, dynamic, and creative slide deck and work on your confidence speaking to the camera.
Start with an Outline and Storyboard
Remember when you read about documents in the video creation process? No. Okay. Well you took notes about video production including a storyboard and script. Now is a great time to use those tools as the plan for your presentation.
- eCampusOntario. Presentation Organization. In Communication for Business Professionals. Creative Commons.
Draft Out Your Slides
Like written documents, you should start with a draft and edit the work over time. Slides can be created in PowerPoint, Pitch., Prezi, Slides, or Ai powered Presentation Tools. You can build the deck with AI interns, but your intern CANNOT present for you (meaning I need to see and hear you verbally explaining your research).
- Pitch Deck for Higher Ed Recommendation Report. | Presentation Example-Recorded Pitch.
- (NOTE: previous classes submitted a full, recorded dress rehearsal before a live presentation that gets referenced in this video. You are submitting the recorded video for credit)
- Speed Build for DUI Report Pitch Deck. |
Inspiration and Resources. Just make this your own and push your creative limits. The slide deck is there to spotlight YOU, so make it fit your vibe.
- How to use Adobe Express for a Slide Deck or Posters.
- Masterclass. How PechaKucha Works: Tips for Presentations.. Masterclass Articles.
- 4 Core for Custom Animations in PowerPoint (Video).
- Inspiring PowerPoint Tutorial for Graphs (Shorts).
- Inspiring PowerPoint Tutorial for Images (Shorts).
- Playlist of long-form PowerPoint tutorials.
Practice and then Record the Presentation
How to Record and Share a PowerPoint. DO NOT UPLOAD your video. I want you to submit a link–either a OneDrive link (check that “Anyone can View” permission is on) or a YouTube/etc. link. You can also use Microsoft Stream to record, host, and share your video.
Examples:
- PowerPoint: HigherEd_Pitch.pptx.
- Pitch Recorded with PowerPoint: HigherEd_Pitch_Example.mp4.
- Pitch Recorded with ScreenPal (with commentary): https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c3liD3VvXha.
- Commentary and Write Along about the Pitch: Creating and Grading the Pitch Deck (screencast-o-matic.com)
- Presentation for DUI Recommendation Report.
Corporate/Real Examples. Note: often, the corporate examples are… fine. But if you notice, “Wow, this is boring, confusing, basic,” then lean into that and do better than them!
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- Speed Build of a Presentation at Work (PR Review).
- Speed Build of a Pitch Deck for a Campaign Strategy.
- Fairness Criteria in Machine Learning Systems.– Presentation from a Software Engineer at Facebook
- PyTorch Conference 2022.: a collection of presentations from STEM/Software folks
- Slide Decks from the NASA Presentation Archive.
