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Easily Extract ALL Images from a PowerPoint

If you’re an Instructional Designer, I bet you’ve done some heavy storyboarding and development using PowerPoint and probably the Articulate Presenter and Storyline. However, when…

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Do You Know C.R.A.P.? – Repetition

Almira Roldan July 5, 2010 1 Comment elements of design graphic design making better presentations powerpoint repetition

Yesterday, I discussed the concept of Contrast which can be used to create visual appeal in your design whatever your design is (PowerPoint, flyers, business cards, brochures, website, etc). Today, going down the C.R.A.P. line (no pun intended), let’s talk about Repetition.

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Do You Know C.R.A.P.? – Contrast

Almira Roldan July 4, 2010 5 Comments c.r.a.p.contrast design design principles graphic design powerpoint presentations

“Ooooo, she said a bad word!”, this is something my 10 year old would say. But, in this case C.R.A.P. isn’t what you think it is, it’s simply an acronym for 4 principles of graphic design coined by Robin Williams (no not the actor).

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Office 2010- Remove Background from Pictures

Almira Roldan June 26, 2010 2 Comments background removal elearning instructional design Office 2010 Office 2010 background removal picture editing powerpoint remove background from picture remove background from pictures training

Office 2010 is proving to have a lot of great new features. In previous posts I demo-ed video editing and screen capture. Today, I’m introducing…

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Graceful Ending

Almira Roldan June 22, 2010 No Comments powerpoint presentations tips tricks

I facilitate a good number of live classes. In the beginning of my career one of my biggest challenges was ending my presentations gracefully. By this I mean, is my PowerPoint presentation would end and then flop back to my desktop view of PowerPoint, which I would drive me batty.

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Free PowerPoint to Movie Converters

Almira Roldan June 22, 2010 No Comments Converters flash converter movie converter powerpoint

Today I got a call from a colleague who wanted my recommendation for a Free application that would allow her to convert her PowerPoint to Flash or into a movie.

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The Power of Scaffolding

Almira Roldan June 17, 2010 No Comments powerpoint

Scaffolding can be a great tool to help student’s learning cognition. You don’t need fancy tools to develop a scaffolding exercise, PowerPoint is a great tool to use for this.