Visual Design Visual design can negatively impact a presentation, regardless of the content.Three PowerPoint presentations are posted below that show how I have transformed a PowerPoint presentation I created into a nonexample of positive visual literacy and an example of positive visual literacy.
Original PowerPoint This is my original PowerPoint on students with Mild Mental Retardation.This presentation was created prior to this semester. It was shared with students who have taken the course on working with students with high incidence disabilities.
Simple design: The white background with black font makes each slide easy to read.
Color:
The red titles on each page highlights the topic of each page
Slide 10 uses a blue font to identify key terms
Uses aspects of the three principles of visual literacy discussed by Lohr
Selection:Helping the learner notice important information
Organization: Concepts presented began at introductory level and progress to providing detail
Integration:General information that only introduces concepts was presented.Limited details and no examples were provided. The learner was not asked to reflect on information or use higher order thinking skills, thus reducing the cognitive load.
Instructional Visuals
Contrast: contrast of text was used appropriately
Alignment: consistent left alignment made the slides easy to read.
Repetition and proximity were not used
Negative
Color and Figure Ground: The image on slide two is slightly difficult to read.The light green font on light blue background does not provide the best option for contrast.
Wording: Many of the slides contain too much text.
Nonexample PowerPoint
I altered my original PowerPoint to demonstrate inappropriate visual designs.
This PowerPoint has aspects of visual literacy that I learned from this course.This includes:
Contrast:The white font on black background for the headers draws the viewer’s attention to the header, which tells the purpose of the slide.The simple black text on white background for the content does not distract the viewer from the information.Subtitles and key terms in red alert the viewer to important terms and phrases.
Alignment: all headers are centered
Repetition: two slides contain the IQ of each level of MR.This repetition will show viewers that this is information that is considered important.
Proximity: Proximity and spacing is considered to create slides that are visually appealing
Visuals: Images and charts are simple in terms of font, background, and style.There is no concern regarding figure ground perception.
Font: The font style and size is consistent throughout the entire presentation.Slides that previously would not show all the content unless a small font size was use, was separated onto multiple slides.The reduction in information presented is visually appealing while introducing small amounts of information at a time.
Visual design can negatively impact a presentation, regardless of the content. Three PowerPoint presentations are posted below that show how I have transformed a PowerPoint presentation I created into a nonexample of positive visual literacy and an example of positive visual literacy.
Original PowerPoint
This is my original PowerPoint on students with Mild Mental Retardation. This presentation was created prior to this semester. It was shared with students who have taken the course on working with students with high incidence disabilities.
Positive
Negative
Nonexample PowerPoint
I altered my original PowerPoint to demonstrate inappropriate visual designs.
Improved PowerPoint
This PowerPoint has aspects of visual literacy that I learned from this course. This includes: