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EDUC 1200: Visual Aids and Powerpoint

Images and Fair Use

Did you know that copyright and fair use apply to images as well as to text?  So in the same way that you shouldn't use someone else's work in your class papers without permission, you also shouldn't use someone else's images without permission.  All of the image sources on this page provide images that are either not in copyright or that Lee College has paid for its community to use.

You should also cite images that you do not own, even if they are out of copyright.

General Image Resources (Multiple Subjects)

From the Lee College databases:

Sources from the Internet:

Visual Aids Guide

  1. Make sure your visual aids are large enough for everyone in the audience to see from any point in the room.
  2. Never obscure or block the visual aid with your body, i.e., do not stand in front of your presentational aids.  Determine where you will place or show themand use a pointer to avoid blocking your audience’s view.
  3. Use your visual at the appropriate time, i.e., refer to it at the time you are talking about it.  Don’t wait until the end of your presentation and then display/use your visual.
  4. Explain and interpret all important elements of the visual for the audience.
  5. When talking about the visual aid, use the same words that are used in the title and labels of the visual aid.
  6. Always talk to your audience, not to the visual aid.  Discuss the content while maintaining eye contact with your audience.
  7. Practice using your presentational aids until you feel comfortable with them.  It becomes quite obvious to your listeners if you’re uncomfortable and unfamiliar with the aids you’ve selected.
  8. Make a “note” in your notes about when/where/how to use visual.

Four women painting in a field

Four Female Artists / Dachau / c.1910. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/109_108143/1/109_108143/cite. Accessed 22 Aug 2020.

PowerPoint Do's and Don'ts

 

1.     Hold up your end with compelling material

2.     Keep it simple

3.     Minimize statistics & facts in slides

4.     Avoid difficult to read fonts

6.     Avoid text with shadows

7.     Avoid choosing too many fonts

8.     Set up the presentation before you begin

9.     Make fonts large for visibility

10.   Time your remarks

11.   Use vibrant colors

13.   Import other images and graphics

14.    Edit ruthlessly before presenting