At the Learning Solutions Conference in Orlando, Bianca Woods gave a great session titled "I Know That is Ugly but I Can't Tell Why". During her hour long presentation she showed examples of "ugly" PowerPoints and gave specific tips on how to make them better. While doing so she would show before and afters of each slide with tweaking just a few things. These types or presentations are some of my favorite because they provide practical tips that I can incorporate into my every day work.
Below are just a few of the tips she covered. For more information you can go to her website at http://biancawoods.weebly.com/design-basics.html. Or if you are an eLearning Guild member you can view her recorded session at http://www.elearningguild.com/conference-archive/index.cfm?id=6147.
1. Get rid of gimmicky fonts such as Jokerman, Mistral, and Chiller.
2. Be careful with visual effects such as drop shadows, bevels, and 3-D shapes.
3. Be pickier when choosing images - no screen beans.
4. Get rid of anything you really don't need.
5. Make things bigger.
6. Put more empty space between things.
7. Align your content and size evenly.
8. Use a small number of colors.
9. Avoid the Frankendeck - inconsistent design that occurs when pulling multiple presentations together.
10. Find images that relate strongly to your content.
11. Use visual hierarchy to show how things relate.
12. Use graphics to explain things faster.
Below are just a few of the tips she covered. For more information you can go to her website at http://biancawoods.weebly.com/design-basics.html. Or if you are an eLearning Guild member you can view her recorded session at http://www.elearningguild.com/conference-archive/index.cfm?id=6147.
1. Get rid of gimmicky fonts such as Jokerman, Mistral, and Chiller.
2. Be careful with visual effects such as drop shadows, bevels, and 3-D shapes.
3. Be pickier when choosing images - no screen beans.
4. Get rid of anything you really don't need.
5. Make things bigger.
6. Put more empty space between things.
7. Align your content and size evenly.
8. Use a small number of colors.
9. Avoid the Frankendeck - inconsistent design that occurs when pulling multiple presentations together.
10. Find images that relate strongly to your content.
11. Use visual hierarchy to show how things relate.
12. Use graphics to explain things faster.
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