Microsoft PowerPoint

One reason PowerPoint is a useful tool for developing your content is that it can be transferred to many various types of output. This means that the work you do creating a presentation for your class can be quickly and easily converted to other formats to fill other needs for you and your students.

How to create a PowerPoint Presentation (PDF: 332K)

PowerPoint presentations can be converted to:

• Overheads
• Handouts (1, 2, 4, or 6 slides on a page)
• Presenter Notes
• Web pages (PDF: 103K)
• Word outlines (PDF: 46K)

Compressing images in PowerPoint presentations will help reduce the file size of your presentation and in turn reduce the time it takes for students to download/print the PowerPoint presentation.

• Compressing Images in PowerPoint Presentations (PDF: 113K)

Resources for Meiling Hall

PowerPoint Template
On the Faculty Download page of the College of Medicine Web site, there is a template which has been developed for optimal viewing in Meiling Hall, on the Web, and for being printed.

• Download the PowerPoint Template

TurningPoint
TurningPoint is a software package that works with PowerPoint and allows students to respond to questions in your presentation via wireless laptops. TurningPoint is currently available in the Meiling Hall Auditoria.

• TurningPoint Quick Start Guide (PDF: 162K)