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WORKSHOP OUTLINE

===What is Prezi? Why use it?===
*Free and versatile online presentation software
*Has different features and capabilities than PowerPoint
*May be accessed from online or as a document saved to your computer

===Creating a Prezi account===
*Use your school email address to sign up for a free educational account

===Tour of the Prezi website: prezi.com===
*'''Your prezis''': starting point for creating a prezi and where you may view all the prezis you have made
*'''Learn & Support''': how-to instructional videos from basic to advanced, manual and faq
*'''Explore''': browse through the prezi gallery for inspiration or copy a “reusable” prezi to use elements from it in your own prezi

===Creating and Editing a Basic Prezi===
*Working with a blank canvas or customizable template
*Working with frames/placeholders
*Adding and editing text
*Inserting images, video and URLs (being mindful of elements that require connection to Internet)

===Managing and Presenting Prezis: How to Publish and Share===
*Manual navigation versus autoplay
*Online versus off-line
*Creating a portable prezi (downloading/saving a non-editable version)

===Presentation Tips===
'''PRESENTATION SCRIPT VERSUS PRESENTATION CONTENT'''
*Keep content relevant, organized, and focused to the audience you are presenting to
*Avoid reading directly from the presentation you are showing - use presentation content as a guide/outline/series of points through which to introduce key items/topics/talking points to elaborate on through the oral component of your presentation


'''VISUAL PRESENTATION'''
*Content should be the "star"of the presentation
*Avoid overwhelming an audience with text- or image-heavy frames
*Refrain from incorporating too much motion or animated transitions that move too quickly or distract from the content
*Use of scale or sizing to emphasis different points or elements

===Resources===
*[http://prezi.com/ Prezi website]
*[http://prezi.com/the-basics/ Prezi page: The Basics]
*[[Lynda.com Video Tutorials ]] -- see tutorial: “Up and Running with Prezi”
*[http://wikis.evergreen.edu/computing/index.php/Prezi_Embed_-_WordPress How to Embed a Prezi into WordPress]

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