Lesson video

Hello and welcome to this lesson on creating a slide deck.

My name's Mr. Coxhead, and I'm looking forward to working with you throughout this lesson.

Let's get started.

Here's the outcome for today's lesson.

I can create content for a digital product to meet specified criteria.

Here are the keywords for today's lesson.

Search, to actively look for something.

Licence, to allow certain permissions to do something.

Reliability, how accurate and trustworthy a source of information is.

There are two parts to this lesson.

The first one we're gonna look at is planning the content of a slide deck.

So a slide deck can be used to share information with an audience.

And many forms of content can be added to a slide deck, such as text, images, audio, and video.

Look at the slide below.

Can you spot any issues with the content on this slide? Pause the video and have a good look.

Okay, did you spot anything that you didn't think was great content? Well, some of the content is not relevant.

Pictures are poorly arranged.

There are lots of pictures around, and some are hidden.

The text is hard to read.

A title hasn't been added.

And what text there is is vague.

There's too much content, and the content is confusing.

Well done if you managed to spot any of those things.

Here's a little question for understanding.

What is the information in a slide deck known as, content, text, or details? Pause the video and think of your answer.

It is, of course, content.

Well done.

Don't worry if you didn't get that correct.

You can always have a look through the rest of this lesson or take a look at this slide.

How has the content been designed so that it's communicated clearly? Here are some features of good content.

It has relevant text and images.

The text is well-written, interesting, and factual.

The bullet points help guide the reader.

And the message is clear.

Take another look at the contents of this slide, and let's have a look at the components.

So the first thing we should probably do to make this slide better is to remove distracting and irrelevant content.

Let's take those pictures away.

The next thing is to probably choose the image that is most relevant and has the most impact.

So for this one, the picture of the astronaut landing on the moon has probably got the most impact and is most relevant.

Create a relevant title and improve the text.

So now we have a relevant title, and we have some text that is factual, and it's also clear to read.

Maybe next, we need to rearrange then adjust the content for maximum impact.

So we've moved the text across to the left-hand side, and we have the image to the right.

So content on a slide deck should be relevant to the topic and audience.

It should contain information that is interesting and engaging.

It should be well-structured and easy to understand.

Let's take a look at this scenario to check our understanding.

Laura and Jun are talking about adding content to a slide for a school project.

Jun says, "We have lots of relevant information.

We should put a lot of text onto the slide for people to read." And Laura, she thinks we should use bullet points to present only the most important information.

Who do you think is right? Pause the video and think about your answer.

Welcome back, who did you think was right? Well, it is, of course, Laura, so we should only think about the most important information and break that text down to make it more manageable.

And bullet points are a great way of breaking up text into chunks and drawing attention to the most important information.

Well done if you got that correct.

If you didn't, don't worry.

You can always look back over previous content.

So before creating a slide deck, the content should be planned.

And a well-planned slide deck ensures information is clear and presented in a logical and organised way.

Let's explore how the first three slides of a slide deck might have been planned out.

Slide one is the title slide, and it may have looked something like this.

We have the title, which is Humans in Space.

We have a logo position, which is the bottom right.

The content on the slide should be simple, and it should be clear.

Slide two, an overview and context of the presentation.

So in this case, we have a title, which is Beyond Earth, captivates the audience.

We have text, which is, "Humans have been looking up into the stars for thousands of years," and so on.

And that really sets the scene for the rest of the presentation.

So the content on the slide should grab the attention of the audience so that they want to know more.

Slide three is bullet points and a relevant image.

We've seen this one before at the start of the lesson.

And the plan would look something like this.

We have a title, which is First Moon Landing, and then we lay out the bullet points and the text that we were going to put into that slide.

So the bullet points, they communicate three or four chunks of information, and the image should be relevant, and make sure it makes an impact on the audience.

So the complete planning document may have looked something like this.

We can hope to see that it's really well-organized, and it makes sense as we go through the slides.

And we're onto the first task of this lesson, which is going to be planning out the contents of a slide deck.

So for this task, you're gonna choose a charity and plan out the content for the first three slides of a slide deck.

The slide deck should tell the audience about the charity's mission and why it's important.

If you prefer, you can choose a charity from the three examples provided.

Part one, choose your own charity or a charity from the three examples provided.

Part two, use the planning document to plan the content for the first three slides of the charity's slide deck.

Good luck with this task.

I hope you enjoy it.

Pause the video and have a go.

And welcome back.

I hope you enjoyed that task.

Let's see how we got on.

Okay, so Jun chose the Our Air charity because he thinks everyone should be able to breathe clean air.

And you can see to the right there, we have some of the points that are important to the Our Air charity.

Remember, you are free to choose your own charity.

Even though Jun has picked the Our Air charity, you may have picked a different one, and that's absolutely fine.

Part two, use the planning document to plan out the content for the first three slides of the slide deck.

So Jun, he planned out the first slide to have a title of Our Air, and the logo would be in the bottom right corner.

For slide two, Jun planned out the title to be Take a Deep Breath, and he had some text that explains how important it is to be able to breathe clean air and what the charity is committed to doing.

And the logo position is in the top right corner.

Remember, you may have different positions for your logo and some different content, and that's fine.

Slide three, his title was Our Aims, and he had three bullet points to outline what the main aims of the charity are.

He's also planned an image of a wind turbine or a photo of nature, which he can find later on.

And the logo position is in the top right corner of the page.

Remember, you may have different text and content.

That's absolutely fine.

It should suit your charity.

Well done for completing Task A.

You've done a brilliant job so far, and hopefully you have some of your content planned out, ready to populate a slide deck later.

Let's move on.

And we're onto the second part of this lesson, which is creating a slide deck to clearly convey a message.

Let's get started.

So a slide deck template can be used to support the creation of a slide deck.

The template should have pre-designed settings for the font, the colour, the layout of each slide.

If you have a pre-designed slide deck template, you should use it at this time.

If you don't have one, make sure you keep the style and structure consistent throughout the slide deck when you start to create it.

Once planning is complete, you may need to search for additional content to include in the final slide deck.

As with other digital products, content used in the slide deck should be free of copyright and/or used under the correct licence.

Remember, you can filter results on a search engine to find images that are free from copyright or have the correct licence.

Copyright is a legal right that protects the original works of creators.

It is possible to use content protected by copyright, but a licence agreement is usually needed.

A licence agreement is a legal agreement between the owner of the copyright and the person who wants to use the content.

The licence agreement outlines the permissions of how the content may be used.

Some creators choose to protect their work with a Creative Commons licence.

Creative Commons licence allows creators to share and use content while respecting copyright.

There are many types of Creative Common licences, so care must be taken to ensure you use the content as allowed under the licence.

Information that is accurate and trustworthy is said to be reliable.

Care should be taken to consider the reliability of the information source when you're searching for content.

This is especially important when searching the internet for content.

Here are some tips to consider when thinking about the reliability of information.

Check the source.

Was the information written by an expert or a known organisation? Look for clues.

Is the information up to date and published elsewhere? If it is, there's a good chance it could be correct.

Be a critical thinker.

Does the information make sense, or do you think it's biassed? If the source of information is unreliable or biassed, the information should not be used as content in a slide deck.

Here we have a true or false question to check your understanding so far.

Care should be taken to make sure a source of information is reliable.

Is this true or false? <v ->Pause the video and think of your answer.

</v> Welcome back.

Let's take a look at the answer.

It is, of course, true.

We should be taking care to make sure the information that we use is reliable.

Let's take a look at the next question.

Content that is licenced can A, be used with certain permissions, B, never be used, or C, be used for any purpose.

Pause the video and think of your answer.

Welcome back.

Let's take a look at the answer to this question, and the answer is A.

So content that is licenced can be used, but with certain permissions.

Well done if you got that correct.

If you didn't, no worries.

You can always go back through the video and take a look at some of the content.

Well done, and let's move on.

Okay, we're on to task B.

Well done for making it this far in the lesson.

Let's take a look at this activity.

Question one, add content to three slides for your chosen charity using the slide deck plan you created in task A.

Note that the charity would like you to use a slide deck template to ensure the slide deck is of a high quality and has a consistent branding.

If you don't have a template, ensure the style and branding of the slide deck is consistent throughout.

Don't forget, you may need to search for suitable images for slide three.

Good luck with this activity.

I can't wait to see what you produce.

Pause the video and have a go.

Welcome back.

Let's take a look at some example answers for this task.

I hope you enjoyed putting the content onto your slides, and I can't wait to see what you produced.

So here's Jun's example.

So just like you, Jun had previously planned out his content in the start of the lesson, and he's now added that content to his title slide as he put down in his plan.

Slide two, so you can see here Jun's included his content from his plan again, and he thinks the content on slide two is really clear, and he's pleased that he's pl out the text before because it made making the slide really easy.

So a lot of the hard work had done previously by putting the planning down and making sure that it was clear and what he was gonna put into the slide.

I hope your slide two was great and you managed to put in your content that you'd planned out.

And finally to slide three, so slide three is the same content that Jun planned out again in his planning documents.

And he's got a great picture of a wind turbine that really suits the theme and the ethos of the charity.

Okay, he's really pleased with slide three and he thinks the image reinforces the message of the charity, and that the bullet points make the text easy to read.

Hopefully you've got a brilliant slide three as well, even if you've got a different charity or theme, but it should make sense and the image should match, and you should have broken the text down to make it manageable, just like you put in your plan.

Well done for completing Task B.

Finally here, we have some feedback from Laura on Jun's slide deck.

And so she says that she really likes Jun's slide deck and the slide deck looks professional and it communicates the charity's information clearly.

And she's also given him some praise there, "Well done." So I'd like to say well done for creating your slide deck.

I think you've done a brilliant job planning out your content, adding your content to your slide deck template, and I'm sure you've got a professional slide deck that communicates with clarity, just like Jun did.

Let's take a look at the summary.

So content should be carefully chosen to ensure that it's communicated clearly and engages the audience.

Planning can be used to help structure and focus the creation of content.

Information found on the internet may not be accurate or reliable.

And finally, content can be added to a slide deck template.

Well done.

So that's the end of the lesson.

You've planned out your content, you've added your content to a slide deck template, and you should have a really good start to a charity slide deck that's consistent and communicates clearly and potentially could be reused again by changing the template.

I've really enjoyed teaching this lesson with you, and I hope to see you in future lessons.