Unit 4 Scott Foresman Series
The Night Alone
Today you will create a multimedia presentation to share some of the events or happenings in your life that signaled to you or to others that you are growing independent. (For example: dressing yourself, starting school, tying your shoe, going to a sleepover at a friend’s house, etc.)
Use Microsoft PowerPoint to share this information with the class. You may want to bring in photos to scan of you and some of these “milestones” in your life.
1. Open PowerPoint
2. Add slides
a. Choose “slide layout” on left
b. “Insert, new slide” for more slides
3. Add graphics
a. click on the “insert clip art” button
b. use the search box to find an appropriate graphic
c. click on it and backspace to delete it
d. You can also find pictures from the scanner
i. Scan the image and save it to your folder
ii. Insert, picture from file and navigate to your folder
4. Add backgrounds
a. Format, Slide Design OR
b. Format Background
5. Add animation
a. Click on each section, starting with Slide 1
b. Slideshow, custom animation, then “add effect”
c. Remove it if you don’t like it!
6. Add sound
a. Click on the down arrow for the effect and choose “effect options”
7. Save your work to your folder often! Remember, once it is in your folder all you have to do is “file, save”.