We will end the first week of multimedia assignments with a short assignment on creating a Powerful PowerPoint.

You are to make a short PowerPoint presentation that is impactful and has a message.

Use The Girl Effect video presentation as inspiration. This is a simple, yet powerful presentation. Its message is clear and to the point. The technology to create it was simple, a PowerPoint presentation with effectively timed transitions and some well chosen animation. The requirments for your Powerful PowerPoint are below the video.

Your presentation must: 

  • be at least 5 slides long
  • contain at least 2 animations
  • contain compelling content
  • have appropriately chosend and timed transitions
  • have the last slide be your credits slide - givecredit to the author of the text and give credit to yourself for the animation. If you had music give credit for that as well

Ideas for compelling content: 

  • a famous quote
  • a not-so-famous quote
  • lyrics from a song
  • words from a poem - Maya Angelou, e.e. cummings, Emily Dickinson, the Beatles, Ghandi, etc.
  • your own compelling content

Your Presentation Can: 

  • Incllude audio for the entire presentation or just one slide
  • include complementary images or icons