This document discusses how to enhance teaching presentations using Prezi, an online presentation tool. Prezi allows users to create presentations on a virtual "canvas" rather than slides. Items can be dragged and zoomed on the canvas to create engaging, nonlinear presentations. Prezi encourages incorporating multimedia like images and videos. Creating a "path" connects different elements on the canvas and adds animation. The document provides step-by-step instructions for getting started with Prezi, including signing up for a free account and adding text, images, and a storyline or path to create an online presentation.

1. Enhancing Teaching Presentations with Prezi Mohamed AminEmbi

2. What is Prezi? It serves a similar function to power Point, but with more powerful & interesting features. Presentation are created on a ‘canvas’ rather than on slides. This encourages presenters to focus on combining text, image & multimedia.

3. What is Prezi? Items on the canvas can be dragged, tilted & zoomed to create engaging look. A ‘path’ can be drawn between the different elements on the stage to create animation.

4. Why use Prezi? Prezi has the ‘wow’ factor which Power Point lost many years ago. The ‘canvas’ layout deters presenters from using too much text.

5. Why use Prezi? It is easy to incorporate images, sounds & videos into one presentation Most importantly of all: it is very easy to use!

6. GET STARTED WITH PREZI

7. STEP 1

8. Go to: http://prezi.com

9. STEP 2 Sign up for free account

10. 1 First, clicks signup now 2 Start the registration by fill in your details. Click ‘Register and Continue’ 3

11. 4 Once you register, you can use you Prezi by activate it first.

12. STEP 3 Start using Prezi

13. 1) Writing text 1 Double-click anywhere on the canvas to add a text This text box will appear and jot down your key ideas. You can drag it around to create more space 2

14. 2) Using Zebra When you click on one of the text boxes, you'll see the striped transformation zebra 1

15. 2 When you click and drag inner ring of the zebra in and out. You can resize the scale of your text. When you click and drag the outer ring of the zebra, you can rotate objects of any kind. 3

16. 3) Add image and video 1 Click ‘load file’ at Insert tool to insert image or video 2 You also can insert video from YouTube by paste the link of the video. Click ‘Shape’ to insert frame. 3

17. 4) Create story line 4 After you've added and arranged your text and images, it's time to add the storyline or path. Click ‘add’ to start inserting the path. 5 You can add your path like this. Based on your storyline.

18. 5) Show to ‘present’ Now, you can start present your Prezi by click the ‘Show’ button and full screen. 1 You can click to zoom in and out of your ideas at any point and press the arrows to get back to the path. Click this arrow button and your presentation will show based on your storyline path. 3 2

19. STEP 4 Publish online

20. To publish your Prezi online, click ‘start online presentation’. 4 5 To publish your presentation, check the box marked Publish. On the Share tab, you can invite others to view or edit your Prezi, and obtain an embed code to easily add the Prezi to your blog.

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