Source: https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-4-1-slides [Revision notes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes.md) › [Teacher CPD](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd.md) › [CPD: Dual Coding by Oliver Caviglioli](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli.md) › Slides # Slides CPD: Dual Coding (by Oliver Caviglioli), topic 1.4.1 ## Slides Ditch the over-crowded, jumbled, over-coloured, over-bulleted slides. Discover the rules used by the top communication professionals. ### The grid ![The grid](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-02/6c0cd688-c078-4af0-afeb-ad827693acf1/Untitled%20drawing%20(5).jpg) - Use your chosen grid for every slide in your deck. - PowerPoint and Apple's Keynote have guide lines with which you can build a grid. - Align all the elements on the slide. But you can vary the pattern, of course. - Alignment is very important in bringing order and harmony to how the information is presented. ### Fonts ![Fonts](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-02/aa36697e-cf87-4597-a52f-bc53aac0b8fb/Untitled%20drawing%20(6).jpg) - No less than 40 point size. Smaller than that becomes too hard to read. - Don’t use more than two fonts. It looks amateurish. - Don’t use serif fonts. The edges are too fuzzy on screen. - Don’t use Comic Sans. It’s just too corny. - Don’t centre your text. Too hard to read, use only for titles. - Don’t use colour text on top of colour background. ### Rule of thirds ![Rule of thirds](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-02/10f3bf53-99e0-4356-9b25-1cf6c57f5163/Untitled%20drawing%20(7).jpg) - Professional photographers and graphic designers have long known about, and constantly use, the rule of thirds. - This is where the screen, canvas or page is divided into three along the height and width, resulting in nine sections. - Place the point of interest of your image where these dividing lines meet. ### Bullet points ![Bullet points](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-02/fc0252ad-ef89-4529-a7e5-eb62601d0330/Untitled%20drawing%20(2).png) - When used purely for lists, bullets are fine. - But, in many cases, bullets are used in public as short-hand reminders for the presenter. - They are empty of meaning and, as a result, boring for the viewer. - Instead, write pithy, arresting sentences are much more interesting! - Just like the stand–first sentences seen below titles in newspapers. ## How to Create Good Slides Here are three steps to follow when creating slides. ### 1. Clarify your purpose ![1. Clarify your purpose](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-02/bd5e4e23-445d-459e-a3c4-249933a322b4/Untitled%20drawing%20(8).jpg) - As best you can, get to know who your audience is and what bothers them. - Pinpoint their problem and fashion your presentation around that. - Figure out what you would like them to think, feel and do after your presentation. - Acknowledge and integrate emotional and intellectual aspects. ### 2. Collect your content ![2. Collect your content](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-02/fe333ff0-15db-4e4a-a2fe-ffe744dd2f9b/Untitled%20drawing%20(9).jpg) - Use either sticky notes to gather and arrange your thoughts. - Or, you can use the built-in light table of your presentation app. - But that has its dangers. You will probably be sucked into writing too many words on each slide and bothering about what it looks like. - Oliver Caviglioli prefers a fat felt tip with small sticky notes. ### 3. Organize a story sequence ![3. Organize a story sequence](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-02/76b25d86-a673-4559-8f24-8b06c6960077/Untitled%20drawing%20(10).jpg) - The first thing is to cull whatever irrelevant or duplicated points you have collected. - Then, you will need to chunk the ideas into meaningful groups or themes. - And then, you should fashion your narrative, which comes as a sequence. - If that breaks the tidiness of your categories, then so be it. Story first. ## Test yourself on Slides - What should you do when preparing slides? - What are the three steps to follow when creating slides? - Three steps to create good slides - Which of these is NOT a step to create good slides? [Practise this topic for free](https://app.senecalearning.com/classroom/course/9375f141-2704-49d8-a754-e142c7aad967/section/6a4b7584-e148-4cd3-acf4-b3ca37bb028c/session) - Previous topic: [1.3.2 To Try in Class](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-3-2-to-try-in-class.md) - Next topic: [1.4.2 To Try in Class](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-4-2-to-try-in-class.md) ## CPD: Dual Coding (by Oliver Caviglioli) contents ### 1 Dual Coding With Teachers - 1.1 The Limitations of Working Memory - [1.1.1 The Limitations of Working Memory](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-1-1-the-limitations-of-working-memory.md) - [1.1.2 To Try in Class](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-1-2-to-try-in-class.md) - 1.2 Design Guide - [1.2.1 Design Guide](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-2-1-design-guide.md) - [1.2.2 To Try in Class](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-2-2-to-try-in-class.md) - 1.3 Pen Craft - [1.3.1 Pen Craft](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-3-1-pen-craft.md) - [1.3.2 To Try in Class](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-3-2-to-try-in-class.md) - 1.4 Slides - [1.4.1 Slides](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-4-1-slides.md) - [1.4.2 To Try in Class](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-4-2-to-try-in-class.md) - 1.5 Documents - [1.5.1 Documents](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-5-1-documents.md) - [1.5.2 To Try in Class](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-5-2-to-try-in-class.md) - 1.6 Displays - [1.6.1 Displays](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-6-1-displays.md) - [1.6.2 To Try in Class](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-dual-coding-by-oliver-caviglioli/1-6-2-to-try-in-class.md)