Assignment: Overhead Transparencies,”Assignment: Overhead TransparenciesAssignment: Overhead TransparenciesAssignment: Overhead TransparenciesOverhead Transparencies Before PowerPoint became common, using an over- head projector was a standard method of displaying words, drawings, and images when teaching or speaking. An overhead projector projects images drawn on clear sheets of plastic, called transparencies, onto a screen so that the images can be seen by a large group. Overhead projectors allow you to maintain eye contact with your au- dience as your write on the transparency. In addition, the overhead doesn’t require that you turn off the lights in the room. Although you may want to dim the lights a bit, most images can be seen clearly in normal room light.Although most teachers and speakers today use PowerPoint slides rather than overhead transparencies to display visual images, we discuss the use of overhead transparencies for three reasons: First, some speakers prepare transparencies as a backup method of projecting their PowerPoint slides—especially when the speaker is delivering an important presentation and the images are vital to the talk. Second, there may be times when, as a speaker, you’d like to summarize information during your talk. It is easy to draw a simple diagram, make a brief list of facts or numbers, or summarize comments made by audience members, using overhead transparen- cies. Finally, transparencies are relatively easy to use.If you do prepare an overhead transparency, apply the same principles and tips we present when developing PowerPoint slides. Make sure your images can be seen by everyone in the audience. Control the timing of the images you project by turning the projector off when not in use. And just as with any presentation aid, practice using the equipment you’ll use during your speech.PowerPoint Presentation Aids Richard had worked hard on his presentation to the finance committee. He had pre- pared an impressive-looking poster, distributed a handout of his key conclusions, and rehearsed his speech so that he had a well-polished delivery. But as he sat down after concluding his speech, certain he had dazzled his listeners, a colleague poked him and asked, “Why didn’t you use PowerPoint slides?”Basic Principles of Using PowerPoint Most audiences, especially those in the corporate world, expect a speaker to use PowerPoint—a popular software program that helps you create and present images, photos, words, charts, and graphs. Although PowerPoint or any other computer-generated graphic can be overused and, like any presentation aid, can distract from your message if used improperly, it nonetheless opens up professional-looking possibilities for illus- trating your speech.You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker
failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
- The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
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