Visual Aids
Content Videos
Determing & Using Visuals
A video explaining what types of visuals you should consider using in a speech (photo, graph/chart/map/diagram). It also explores tips for making the best selection as well as how you should announce them and utilize them when referencing them during the speech.
Using Google Images for Pics
This video walks students through how to use Google Images to identify solid visuals (and what search words to use), how to make sure they are a quality images (pixels, watermarks), and what to look for in the image to make sure it stands out and is well understood.
Options for Visuals AIDS (WHEN PRESENTING ONLINE)
This video (set to music and text boxes on screen) shows students a variety of ways they can use visuals at home while presenting a speech remotely (printed visual, device/tablet, float onto screen with Adobe, or projector/TV).
Options for Visual Aids
This short overview visual can help give students an idea of what types of visuals they may use during a speech. This is a solid overview video that could be used to supplement other videos.
TED Talks
Avoid DEATH BY PowerPoint
Author of the ground-breaking book "How To Avoid Death By PowerPoint" (published in more than 30 countries) provides fascinating design tips to show people how to make PowerPoints effective, audience-centered, and pleasing to the eyes and brain.
Lectern Tags: PowerPoint, Visuals, Business and Professional Speaking, Perception
Student Tutorial on CREATING Google Slide for Presentations
MAKING GOOGLE SLIDES
A beginners guide for how to use the basic functions of Google Slides.
SLIDESGO TEMPLATES: FOR BOTH Google SLIDES & POWERPOINT
*My Favorite*
SlidesGo offers students and faculty vibrant, fun, pre-formatted slide themes with groovy icons and infographics that are related to each theme. Just be sure to keep the SlidesGo Attribution Slide at the end of your slideshow.
Visit: slidesgo.com
SLIDESCARNIVAL TEMPLATES: FOR BOTH GOOGLE SLIDES & POWERPOINT
Slidescarnival offers students and faculty vibrant, fun, pre-formatted slide themes with groovy icons and infographics that are related to each theme. You must give appropriate credit and provide a link to their website. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
Visit: Slidescarnival.com
Visual Aid Classroom Activity
Classroom Activity to prepare students to talk through their visuals
This set of slides (including directions on the first slide) allow students to practice using visuals in small groups before having to use that big scary overhead projector and screen in the classroom! Print off these images in color, along with the research cheat sheets supplied, and students will work in teams practicing the talking through of a visual aid!