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Spring 2023 Common Faculty Development Instructor Course

LESSON TTITLE: Revise a Power Point Slide SUBJECT: Color Theory/Design/Accessibility ADVANCE ORGANIZER

SECTION I: ADMINISTRATIVE DATA *Equipment Required: • Power Point slides • One Power Point slide for assessment • All students must have a working computer and be familiar with how to change the font and slide background in Power Point. *Materials: • • •

PowerPoint Slides Newspapers and magazines for check on learning QR code for mo�vator

SECTION II: INTRODUCTION *Motivator: Show the students the slide show of the six worst presentation slides ever. These bad examples include slides with too much text, too many graphics, boring fonts, painful color combinations, and illegible fonts. https://www.emaze.com/2020/08/22/6-worst-presentation-slides-ever/ Ask the students what they saw that may make some of these slides hard to read.

Note: You may substitute other examples of bad slide design. *Terminal Learning Objective (TLO): ACTION: Revise (C5 verb) a power point slide.

CONDITIONS: In the classrooms setting, using Microsoft Power Point and the information from this lesson.

STANDARDS: The students will be able to change (C3 verb) the text and background color to show contrast. The students will be able to choose (C3 verb) a font that is legible and accessible. *Safety Requirements: • In case of fire, use the stairwells to the le� or right, avoid the fire. Exit the building and meet at the basketball court for accountability.

• In the event of an earthquake, get under the desk and cover your head.

• If there is a hurricane or tornado, go to the second-floor hallway, avoiding windows, get in the fetal posi�on, and cover your head.

• In case of an ac�ve shooter, run, hide, fight. *Risk Assessment Level: Low *Environmental Considerations: Reuse, Recycle, Reduce

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*Evaluation: At the end of this training, you will have an exam where you will be given Power Point slide with information on it. You will be evaluated on your ability to change the slide colors, color of font, and size of font on the slide to meet the requirements. You must have all three correct to receive a go for the slide. You have two minutes to complete this task. *Instructional Lead-in: Audiovisual materials are an essential part of instruction. Not only do they need to be aesthetically pleasing, but they also need to be constructed in a way that students can easily receive the intended message. Poorly designed slides could interfere with the message being sent and hinder the learning process. For these reasons it is imperative that presentations contain text that is easily read. Two ways to ensure that the text is easily read are: • Provide proper background and text contrast.

• Select a font that is legible and accessible.

Has anyone ever had an experience with text that they couldn’t read on a handout or presentation? Would you like to share your experience with us?

SECTION III: PRESENTATION *Learning Step Activity 1: Text and Background Colors Show the students three color combinations where the text/background color makes the text unable to be read.

• Bright text on a bright background • Dark text on a Dark background • Light text on a light background Remind the students that text renders differently on different screens. It makes a difference if the presentation is projected, on a screen, or printed.

Then, show students examples of good color contrast (text that is legible).

• Dark text on a light background • Light text on a dark background Check on learning questions: Show students the check on learning slide.

Question #1: What text and background color combinations should you avoid?

Answer: The correct answer is A (bright text on a bright background).

Incorrect B: Dark text on a light background is ok.

Incorrect C: Light text on a dark background is also ok.

Question #2: Use your computer or phone to find an image with good color contrast between the text and background. You have two minutes.

Have a few students describe what they found and show it to the class.

Answer: Acceptable color combinations: • Dark text on a light background • Light text on a dark background 2

*Learning Step Activity 2: Legible and Accessible Fonts The font needs to be large enough to read.

• Recommended size for Power Point is 14-28 pt • For Army correspondence it is 12 pt There are three types of fonts, each with a different purpose • Serif fonts are used mostly in titles on the screen.

• Sans-serif is best used in body text as it is easy to read.

• Script is mostly decorative and should be avoided in body text.

Recommended fonts • Arial, according to AR 25-50 Accessible fonts: • Tahoma • Calibri • Helve�ca (not available in Word) • Arial • Verdana • Times New Roman  These fonts are determined to be accessible (for those with vision impairments, dyslexia, etc.) because of their weight, spacing, and overall legibility.  Note that some fonts are available on some computers and not others. Some that were available to me at home, are not available to me here.  Ask students if they notice one common font in the Army recommended fonts and the accessible fonts. It is Arial.  Let the students know that the required font for the Army used to be Times New Roman. What could have changed in the last 25 years to change the font? The answer is documents have gone from print to digital. Times New Roman is easier to read in print, but not on screen. Pass around a newspaper as an example for students to see the serif font. Provide different magazine articles as examples.

Check on learning question: Question #3: What font that is accessible and is preferred according to AR 25-50?

Answer: Arial Question #4: Give the students five minutes to go online or look through the magazine to find one example of a serif font and one sample of a sans serif font. They can take a screen capture of either font and place them in a Word document.

Note: Students can do this individually or in groups of two or three. This will depend on the class size and the amount of time remaining.

SECTION IV: *Review/Summarize Lesson: In summary we discussed text and background colors and legible and accessible fonts.

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SECTION V: STUDENT EVALUATION: At the end of this training, you will have an exam where you will be given Power Point slide with information on it. You will be evaluated on your ability to change the slide colors, color of font, and size of font on the slide to meet the requirements. You must have all three correct to receive a go for the slide. You have two minutes to complete this task.

Activity: You must create a visual

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Slide 1

___________________________________ ___________________________________ Revise a Power Point Slide

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Karen E. Ballengee

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PowerPoint Examples

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https://www.emaze.com/2020/08 /22/6-worst-presentation-slidesever/

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Terminal Learning Objective (TLO) ACTION: Revise a Power Point slide.

CONDITIONS: In the classroom setting, using Microsoft Power Point and the information from this lesson.

STANDARDS: The student will be able to change the text and background color to show contrast. The student will be able to choose a font that is legible and accessible.

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LSA 1 Text and Background Colors

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Bad color combinations Words

Bright text on bright background

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Words

Dark text on dark background

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Words

Light text on light background

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Good color combinations Words

Dark text on light background

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Words

Light text on dark background

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Check on Learning #1

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Directions: Select the best text/background color combination.

A

This is just some random text that I made up for this exercise.

B

This is just some random text that I made up for this exercise.

C

This is just some random text that I made up for this exercise.

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What types of color combinations should you use in your presentation?

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LSA 2 Legible and Accessible Fonts

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Slide 10

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Font Size

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Power Point

12 pt

14-28 pt

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Types of Fonts

Serif

• Best used in titles • Best for printed materials

Sans Serif

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• Best used in body text • Best for screen display

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Used for Decoration Only

Script

Decorative

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Slide 13

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Recommended Fonts

Army Correspondence Preferred type font: • Arial

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Accessible Fonts • • • • • •

Tahoma Calibri Helvetica (not available in PowerPoint) Arial Verdana Times New Roman

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What font is accessible and is also preferred according to AR 25-50?

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You have five minutes to go online or look at printed materials to find an one example of a serif font and one example of a sans-serif font.

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References Reference Site Improve AR 25-50 Preparing and Managing Correspondence CDC Creating Accessible Power Point Presentations Worst Slide Show Ever

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Link https://www.siteimprove.com/glossary/accessible-fonts/ https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN36874-AR_25-50-004-WEB7.pdf https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/health_Statistics/nchs/publications/Quick_Guide_508/19309712-A%20_Quick%20Guide%20Section%20508.pdf

https://www.emaze.com/2020/08/22/6-worst-presentation-slides-ever/

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Practical Exercise Directions: Change the color and the font on the slide provided. The slide should have a text color and background that are able to be read. The body font should be sans serif. You have two minutes.

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Go/No Go

Text and background have contrast and are legible. Used the following: • Light text on a dark background • Dark text on a light background • Avoided using two bright colors for the text and background

Go/No Go

Font is 14 pt or larger

Go/No Go

Body font is sans serif

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Go/No Go REVISE SLIDE

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Go/No Go

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