Lesson 17

Part III (Introduction to Presentation, continued)

You can use a slide show to share information with others, to explain a new topic to others, to explain a homework problem to someone, to make a math movie, etc.

I used Presentation to create a math movie to show to my algebra students. Here are a few slides from my show:

Below are a few slides from a show that I made to help explain the Graph window and also the usefulness of drag and drop. With this type of slide show, I would show it one page at a time and explain things along the way.

It is now your turn to become creative!

Part III


Practice Exercises

  1. Before beginning, check to see what the name of your active vcp file is. If you completed Lesson 16, it is most likely yourname.vcp.
  2. If yourname.vcp is not your active file, please complete A and B below. Otherwise, skip A and B and continue with step 4.

(A) To find the name of your current vcp file:

(B) To create a new vcp file "yourname.vcp":

  1. In this section you will create a slide show to present to your instructor and possibly the rest of the class. Your slide show should contain some of the features that you find particularly interesting.
  2. Open the Presentation application and select Edit/Delete All.
  3. Begin a new presentation by entering the name your initials_Show. For example, dw_Show.
  4. Create an interesting slide show that contains somewhere between 20 to 40 pages. Your slide show should take about 3 minutes to show. Be creative and have fun!
  5. When you are finished, open Presentation and click the Disabled radio button. This is important to prevent adding unwanted pages to your slide show unexpectedly. If the radio button in front of your presentation is on, any screen capture taken will be added to it. Well, at least until you hit the 60th slide!

Part IV

Written Exercises

Please copy and paste the following questions into your Lesson17 document (under a title of Part IV) and answer them.

  1. Name three ways to add a page to a slide show.
  2. Should we click or to show a slide show one page at a time?
  3. How can we show a slide show continuously?
  4. How many pages can we have in a single Presentation file (slide show)?

Reflection Exercises

You have just completed the seventeenth lesson in ClassPad 101. You are now a ClassPad expert! Please take a few moments to copy and paste the following three questions at the end of your Lesson17 document and answer them.

  1. Approximately how long did it take you to complete this lesson?
  2. Which activity did you find particularly useful?
  3. Did you find any part of this activity difficult to follow? If so, which part? Also, how did you overcome the difficulty?

Assessment 17a: Introduction to Presentation

Assessment 17b: Uploading your file