A PowerPoint presentation should only be shown on a large computer screen to a small audience, or with a data projector and large screen to a large audience.

How to use PowerPoint as a presentation tool:

• First write the contents of the talk
• Focus on the content of the talk, and then create a presentation to enhance the meaning of that content.
• Limit the presentation to approximately 12 slides as more is too long for the average viewer.
• Create speaker notes for the speaker.
• Practise giving the talk using the speaker notes and synchronising the talk with the mouse control.
• Know the content so that the speaker can talk about the key words/illustrations on the screen while looking at the audience.
• Check the size of the font (text), with regard to the size of the venue.
• Prepare handouts for the audience, if required.
• Check that the sound, if used, works on the equipment to be used.
• Check the lighting to be used in the venue, and how the screen can be seen.
• Look at the audience and share the content of the presentation with them.

Give this assessment rubric for oral presentations to your learners before they use PowerPoint to present a final presentation. Use the rubric to assess their presentation.