First of all, I want to say how much fun this project was. Besides the fun part, I learned some interesting new presentation and WEB 2.0 skills and improved my Microsoft PowerPoint knowledge. Although I have worked with PowerPoint quite often in the past, during my studies at Maastricht University, here, like on every occasion, I learnt something new. Besides PowerPoint, I got into contact with some other new software, allowing me to record my voice, transforming the PowerPoint presentation into a video and uploading it automatically on a Web 2.0 platform.
It was quite new for me to make a presentation, but not conduct it in front of an audience. I missed this part of presenting quite strong. Just recording the voice, speaking in a microphone, is not same as speaking in front of people. It was really hard for me, not being monotonous during the voice recording. Although I had prepared notes, I tried to speak freely and fluently, getting a little bit the flair of presenting. Usually I prefer to have contact with the audience and interact with it. To me the presentation is totally clear and logically in sequence, but of course this has not to be the same for somebody else. Unfortunately there is no room for a question-answer-session, which I really appreciated in past presentations. Sometimes it is just a small question that could make the difference. However it was a totally new experience and I really enjoyed making my first online presentation.
Although I really like playing around with PowerPoint and all its “funky” functions, I tried to keep my presentation modest. With respect to my impression, the usage of too many animations could distract the listener and could be some kind of unprofessional. I styled my presentation using the slide master function which is one the easiest and efficient ways to have a consistent and styled design.
For voice recording and video manipulation I used a quite good program, called Camtasia Studio 7, which I found online after some research. It is not a freeware program, but you can test it for 30 days free. If I would need such software more often, I would definitely buy this software. It is really intuitive and provides a lot of opportunities and services. For instance you can directly upload your work to Screencast.com, an online sharing platform with 2GB storage for free. Furthermore Camtasia Studio 7 provides a PowerPoint Add-in function, i.e. you can record everything while you are in PowerPoint and afterwards transfer everything to the digital mixing console. In addition to that you can do a lot of animations, like slide transitions etc.
What I some kind disliked was working on the source document and on the storyboard. The storyboard task could be very helpful and effective, when you are doing a really long and complicated presentation. In my case, it was not really of adding value, since I had the storyboard from the beginning on in mind. However, it was fun to do the storyboard with Microsoft Paint and see how difficult it is to draw something using a mouse and not your hand. With the source document I struggled a little bit with regard to copyright violations of pictures and videos. First I used some public domain webpages, but I did not find any related or useful media source. Later I used google.com for finding pictures of interest, but worried about copyrights. I therefore consulted the discussion board and found there some help.
Lastly, I am looking forward to the evaluation of a peer. I am highly interested in the feedback of other students, helping me to improve my presentation style.
The presentation can be found, using the link below:
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