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All across the world students are nodding off in lecture halls, executives are yawning in boardrooms, military personnel are being anesthetized at briefings, and committees are being put to sleep in government offices by infected carriers that are unaware of their condition.

Most of us have been exposed many times and have woken up afterwards wondering where we were and what happened. Some of us may even be already infected! The PPA (Power Point Anonymous) gives us a list of 12 character symptoms to watch out for:
Sue Davidson I have collected several videos about how NOT to make a powerpoint. I use these with my students when they start their powerpoint projects. I emphasize keeping the words simple and short on each slide. Often students want to write large paragraphs in tiny print! I suggest bullet points alot even though some of the videos say not to overdo it! The o...See More
Jun 30, 2011
sci-saxet Thanks for providing that link. It will be very helpful.

In watching the powerpoint make-over (the 2nd video you had posted on the page) how did the speaker do the little imbedded video of himself and operate the powerpoint?

On 6/30/11, Sue Davidson wrote: > I have collected several videos about how NOT to make a > powerpoin...See More
Jun 30, 2011
Sue Davidson He might be using Camtasia by Techsmith. I know it has that capability to record yourself and record your screenshot or powerpoint. I have used Camtasia but not that function yet. I have only used voice over. Sue Davidson

On 6/30/11, sci-saxet wrote: > Thanks for providing that link. It will be very helpful. > > In watching the p...See More
Jul 1, 2011
sci-saxet to Sue I googled "camtasia" and came up with several hits. Some said "free trial", "download for free", and others said "buy" -- one was like $200.

What would you suggest?

On 7/01/11, Sue Davidson wrote: > He might be using Camtasia by Techsmith. I know it has that > capability to record yourself and record your screenshot or > ...See More
Jul 2, 2011
bernoulli I've been using camtasia for many years. I got a licensed copy from a friend who got it with his digital camera along with editing software. Camtasia works great for screen capture. My problem was selecting the right settings for rate of screen capture and quality of audio so that the file sizes would stay small enough for reasonable downloading. M...See More
Dec 16, 2011


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