Using PowerPoint in the Classroom

Using PowerPoint® in the Classroom
This information page is for both the classroom teacher and student.

In the classroom, PowerPoint® can be used in two ways:

By the teacher to assist with lectures
By students for presenting projects

Getting to Know PowerPoint®

Using the Auto Content Wizard is the easiest way to begin.

1. Once in PowerPoint®, click New on the File menu, and then click the Presentations tab.

2. Double-click AutoContent Wizard, and then follow the instructions. PowerPoint® will create a sample presentation to which you can add your own words and pictures, and then PowerPoint® will display the presentation in outline view.

3. Double-click Slide 1 to switch to slide view, and then type in the title of your presentation

4. Use the scroll bar to move to other slides, and continue to type your text in to replace of the sample text.

5. When you have finished, click Save on the File menu.

6. Name your presentation, and then click Save.

Adding Graphics to Your Presentation

1. Display the slide on which you want to add clip art or a picture.

2. On the tool bar click, Insert. Then click Picture and next you will locate the picture that you wish to insert. By choosing Clip Art, step 3 will lead you through.

3. Click the category you want, and then double-click the image.

Adding Pictures From Free Graphics Sites on the Internet

Finding the picture you want to add toour presentation on the Internet is easy. There are any number of web sites offering free use of their graphics. There are even some site that assist you in making your own. Below are some links that you might find useful.

1. If you have Microsoft Explorer, simply copy and paste your picture into the presentation. Use the right mouse button key and click over the picture and then select Copy.

2. Paste the picture onto the PowerPoint® slide by pressing the Ctrl and v keys simultaneously.

With Netscape, follow these steps:

1. Save the picture from the web page as a file by using the right mouse button. Click over the picture and select Save Picture As.

2. Open PowerPoint® to the slide on which the picture will appear.

3. Under Insert on the main menu bar, click Picture, and then select From File. Navigate to the picture file, select it, and then hit return.

Adding Sound to Your Presentation

1. Use the Animation Effects toolbar for sounds that are automatically available with PowerPoint®.

2. Insert sounds already on your computer as PowerPoint® objects by clicking on Movies and Sound on the Insert menu, and then clicking Sound From file.

3. You then go to the sound file you like and click on Open. This will import a "bell icon" into your presentation which you can resize and place anywhere that you like on the slide.

Steps for Importing Sound

1. First find a web page.

2. Then save the selected sound to your disk or hard drive.

3. Then import it into your presentation by clicking on Insert on the master toolbar and then clicking on Movies and Sound and then Sound from File. Navigate to your sound file, and hit Open.

Visit this web site for some neat sound files.

Adding Links From the Internet

1. Save the presentation into which you want to insert the hyperlink. This is the most important step, because you could run into problems later if you don't do this.

2. Open your web page browser, and go to the web page to which you want to link.

3. Copy the URL of the web page in the address bar by highlighting it and hitting the Ctrl and c keys simultaneously.

4. In PowerPoint® go to the slide on which you wish to put the hyperlink.

5. Type the name or sentence for your link on the slide, and then highlight it using the mouse.

6. On the second toolbar, click on the globe and paper clip icon.

7. A dialogue box will appear. Click in the box under Link to File or URL: . A cursor will appear. Hit Ctrl and v keys simultaneously, and the URL for the web page will appear in the box.

8. Hit okay, and you have successfully created your link in your presentation.

Some other PowerPoint® Resources that you might find useful are:

In and Out of the Classroom with Microsoft® PowerPoint® 97 is a practical guide to Microsoft® PowerPoint® 97 for educators

Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint® 4.0 was written by Ken Messman, Lab Assistant, Summer 1996 and was edited by the Help Desk Staff, Spring 1997 for Fairfield University community members.

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Some of the graphics on this site were provided by: The Mousepad: Vikimouse Graphics
Others were developed or created by : Carolyn Putnam and Cynthia Ridgeway Parker