Presentations & Slide Design
The speaker and the signboard, the 6-by-6 rule, contrast, layouts and aspect ratio.
By the end, you will be able to:
- Explain that slides support the speaker rather than replace them, and use the words slide, slide deck, placeholder and speaker notes.
- Apply the 6-by-6 rule and choose a high-contrast colour scheme.
- Build a 3-slide deck (Title, Problem, Solution), resize a picture from a corner handle, run it with F5 and save it.
What you need
No computer at home? Print the PDF and practise on paper.
Follow these steps in order
Tick each step when you finish it. Your ticks are saved on this device, so you can stop and come back later.
Learn the ideas ⏱️ 35 min
Read pages 1–4 of the workbook and try every small task. Type your answers straight into the boxes: they save by themselves.
Explore the 3D lab ⏱️ 15 min
Play with the 3D model below. The 🎯 missions tell you exactly what to do next. When you finish every mission, this step ticks itself.
Do the Lab Mission ⏱️ 25 min
Page 5 is the hands-on task. Do it on a real computer, step by step. You need: Microsoft PowerPoint, LibreOffice Impress or Google Slides.
Check yourself ⏱️ 10 min
Answer the questions on page 6 without looking back, then check your answers below.
Finished? Check your answers
Storyboard (Page 6): open task. Look for: a title and name on slide 1; a problem slide and a solution slide with short bullets (6 words or fewer each), e.g. "Rubbish blocks school gutters" and "Place bins in every block".
Written Review Questions
- Part 1 (Bullets): no more than 6 bullet points on a slide. Part 2 (Words): no more than 6 words in each bullet.
- Corner handles keep the picture's natural proportions (aspect ratio). Side handles stretch or squash it so it looks deformed. Look for: "keeps its shape".
- The F5 key.
Rate yourself and save your work ⏱️ 5 min
Tick how confident you feel on the last page, then press 🖨 Print / Save as PDF in the workbook to keep a copy. On a shared computer, press Clear my answers when you have saved it.
🎉 Session 12 complete!
Brilliant work. Next up: Session 13: Presentation Delivery & Public Speaking.
Go to Session 13 →🎤 Slide Design & Show Time
Fix a badly designed deck (contrast, the 6-by-6 rule, a squished picture, carnival animations), then present it in a 3D classroom with real slide-show keys. Follow the 🎯 missions on the right: they tell you what to do next.
Stuck? Try this
Most problems are one missed word. Look for the Panic Button or Help box in the workbook.
Refresh the page. On a very old computer it may not show 3D. The workbook still has everything you need.
Answers save on the computer you typed them on. Open the workbook on that same computer and browser.
Ask your mentor, a teacher or a friend. Show them the step number you are on.