Interactive PowerPoint Lesson Checklist
For Dr. Pastore's Classes, Bloomsburg University

Your mission is to create an interactive PowerPoint lesson for your students.

Total points for the lesson is 100 points. Each category below is worth 3 points except for those indicated.  Your final product should be beta-tested in class by another student using this checklist!  Your final product will be put on the web as explained in a future class. You final product should be put on the web as explained in the directions at: http://teacherworld.com/pponweb.html

Points on Assignments: (A Reminder Copied from the Syllabus)
Each assignment is worth a certain number of points, however, you will not receive ANY points for an incomplete assignment.  In addition, you will not receive ANY points if you do not obtain at least 70% of the allocated points for the assignment.  The rationale for this policy is that an assignment that is partially completed or that is below the expected average of performance is not useful to you or your future students.

 

CONTENT

  Your lesson should be a minimum of 15 slides.
  At least 8 slides should  be of a tutorial nature (presenting information about a topic).
  At least 4 slides should be testing for content (at least 1 multiple choice question).
  At least 1 slide at the end (after the CORRECT multiple choice question) section notifying the student that they are at the end of the lesson (include return to title slide button here).
  The content should be a lesson that could be used in teaching.
  The content should be appropriate for your major. 
  The content should be appropriate for the grade level of the student.
  There should be no spelling or grammatical errors.

 

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

  Use of sound on the first and last slide either from the clip organizer or web, not from the sound associated with transitions.
  Readable text on all slides.
  Use of animated gif, a graphic moving across the slide, and a background on the first slide. (6 points) To insert a background: 1) click the DESIGN tab 2) on the right-hand side, click the "Background Styles" button
3) click the "Format Background" button 4) make sure that "Fill" is selected on the left-hand side, select the "Picture or texture fill"radio button 5) select the "File..." button to browse for your saved background image, after choosing your image, select "Apply to All" if you want all of your slides to have this background, or choose "Close" if you only wish to apply the background to the selected slide. Directions for a graphic moving across the slide will be given in class (Animation/Custom Animation). Note that animated gifs are not animated until you go into presentation mode.
  All buttons for navigation should be in the same location and not appear to "move."
  All slides must be free of technical problems including problems with sounds, links, and animation.

 

DESIGN and NAVIGATION

  The first slide should have your name, the name of the lesson, the subject area, and grade level. This slide should also have a forward button.
  The second slide should have a main menu.
  The second slide should have a minimum of 8 hyperlinks of graphics AND text.
  Each hyperlink should link to another slide that gives information of a tutorial nature (tutorial slides).
  Each tutorial slide should have a return button back to the main menu. 
  Each tutorial slide should have an appropriate graphic that reinforces the content THAT IS A DIFFERENT GRAPHIC THAN THE MAIN MENU.
  Each tutorial slide should have a minimum of 3 sentences. 
  The main menu should have a link to a multiple choice question.
  The main menu should have directions for navigation. (2 points)
  The lesson should have one multiple choice question with three choices.
  For the multiple choice question, the wrong answer should only have a return button to the question slide and the right answer should link to the last slide.
  Each wrong multiple choice question must give feedback as to why the answer was wrong. (2 points)
  All multiple choice responses must be positive in nature! (2 points)
  The last slide of the program should have have a Return to Title Slide button.  There should be a message letting the user know that she or he should click on the Return to Title Slide button for the next user.
  Graphics should reinforce your point, not "clutter" your lesson. (2 points)
  The amount of text on each card should be limited. (2 points)
  Users should navigate only by clicking on buttons or links.  Users should NOT be able to advance by clicking anywhere on the screen. To remove this feature, go to ANIMATIONS TAB. Uncheck "Advance slide on mouse click" on the right side of the screen and select "Apply To All."
  Design should be consistent.
  Do not use sound to signify wrong answers. This could embarrass students. (2 points)
  When using sound, hide the speaker graphic unless it needs to be seen. (2 points)
  Underlining should only be used to signify hyperlinks. (2 points)
  You need to change the color scheme manually so that clicked hyperlinks don't appear as a different color. To do this, click on the DESIGN TAB. Click once on "Colors" in the top right portion of the screen. Select "Create New Color Themes" at the bottom of this drop down menu. "Hyperlink" and "Followed Hyperlink" colors are at the bottom of this selection window.

 

Resources

PowerPoint 2007 Tutorial (Extensive)
http://teacherworld.com/pptutorial.ppt

PowerPoint 2007 Tutorial (Short Version)
http://teacherworld.com/pphelp.doc

PowerPoint Resources
http://www.teacherworld.com/pptresources.html

2003 PowerPoint Example
http://teacherworld.com/planets.ppt

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Professor of Education
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