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Presentation Example

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General Advice for Producing a Presentation:

Before You Begin


• The content in this Powerpoint is intended as a general guide – there are many ways to make
an effective slideshow, and you may approach it differently depending on your subject.
• Check to see if there are any specific guidelines in the module handbook. Do you need to
include anything specific, or use a particular font? Always prioritise fulfilling any assignment-
specific guidelines.
• Think about your audience. Why are you giving this presentation, and who are you giving it to?
• Are they subject experts (e.g. a tutor, or someone studying on your degree) or someone who is
learning about this content for the first time?
• What do you need to include for them to understand your point, and what do they already
know?

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General Advice for Producing a Presentation:
While Writing
• Try to focus on key points to avoid overwhelming your slides with text, and make use of bullet
points to break text up.
•You will not read directly from your slides, so including key points and expanding on these is
enough.
• Think about how many slides to include. Try not to include too few (e.g. three slides for a 1-
hour talk) or too many (e.g. 50 slides for a 10-minute talk).
• A useful starting point may be to aim for one slide per minute of talking, though this is heavily
dependent on your subject and the purpose of the presentation.
• Decide the order of your slides based on what you want to tell your audience – what order will
make the content clear and easy to follow for them?

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General Advice for Producing a Presentation:
Advice on Visuals
• Ensure any images you include are clear and relevant to the content. Your images should
help you to make your point. Remember to make sure you have permission to use them.
• Avoid using extreme colour combinations – for example, bright yellow text is difficult to
read, and if you use a lot of clashing colours on a slide (e.g. green, red, bright orange and
neon purple) it can become visually overwhelming.
• Although it can be tempting to show off your design skills, simpler and easy to read is
usually better. Avoid distracting transitions, animations and fancy fonts, unless these are
relevant to your course.
• Remember to include white space – don’t overwhelm your slides with excessive text, tiny
text, or an extreme number of images.
• Use the accessibility checker on Powerpoint, or other accessibility checkers available
online, to ensure that the presentation is visually accessible.
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Example Title Slide:
Jane Austen’s Novels
[Subtitle here, if needed]

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Advice for Your Title Slide

- Select an image which is clear (check that the image is not pixelated/unclear if you
resize it) and related to the topic you are presenting on.
- Choose a title/subtitle which accurately reflects the content of your presentation, and
helps to indicate to your reader what information is coming.
- Check to make sure your title is readable against the image.
- Check in case your school/module guide has a style guide or any advice – do you need
to include your name, student number and module code on your title slide?

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Picture and
Caption Example

• You might use this sort of slide when


you wish to include information that
discusses an image, e.g.
• Illustration of Jane Austen, born 16
December 1775
• Famous for writing novels including:
• Sense and Sensibility (1811)
• Pride and Prejudice (1813), and
• Northanger Abbey (1817)

Image from canva.com .


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Example Basic Content Slide:
Themes in Jane Austen’s Novels

• Austen’s novels generally focus on themes of


social class, love, marriage, family, wealth (or
lack of it), and friendship.

• Northanger Abbey, as a parody of Gothic


fiction, also includes themes such as the gap
between fantasy and reality.

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Section header slide
- You might want to include these to split up your
presentation into themed sections (e.g. Problem, Hypothesis,
Investigation, Results, Analysis.)

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A Comparison Example
Example One Title Here Example Two Title Here

- You might use this layout for a slide if you - For example: the results of two different
are comparing two things. experiments, or the argument in favour of
something versus the argument against
something.

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Content and caption example
• Tales of Jane Austen novels
have traditionally spiked after
the release of film or
television adaptations
• These adaptations include
Pride and Prejudice (2005, dir.
Joe Wright) and Emma (2020,
dir. Autumn Wilde)

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• You may include a concluding slide like this at the end, which invites
the audience to ask questions about your presentation.

• For more support with presentations, take a look at our Get Ready to
Communicate resources.

• Remember to practice your presentation, and good luck!


If you need to include your contact details, you can do so on this slide

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