The webinar, “Enhancing PowerPoint for the Online Classroom and Beyond” will be offered Thursday, July 23, from noon to 1:15 p.m. Register at https://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/events.asp

When was it that PowerPoint presentations went from “cool” to “cruel”? What started out as a way to enliven meetings and classroom lectures devolved into a deadly dull exercise in the overuse of bulleted lists. Used correctly, PowerPoint can be an exceptionally effective way to illustrate information, reinforce learning and reinvigorate an audience. But it truly is all in the execution. In a new webinar, learn how to create the kind of PowerPoint presentations that keep students interested and involved and how to use it effectively in the online classroom.

“Enhancing PowerPoint for the Online Classroom and Beyond” will be led by Paul J. Gibler, founder and principal of CONNECTINGDOTS, a leading strategic marketing firm. In the first part of this lively session, he’ll show you how to transform your presentations using the fundamental design principles of contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity. You’ll also see how to make best use of background, color, text and images.

In the second part of this 75-minute seminar, Gibler will introduce tools such as SlideShare, Camtasia, GoView and others that can help easily convert PowerPoint presentations to digital assets for use in online courses and how to integrate them into learning systems like D2L.

You can submit questions for the presenter during this live, interactive seminar, to be addressed during a question and answer session. Questions can be sent to maquarle@iupui.edu.