At 13:03 26/04/2002 +0100, Andy Ramsden wrote:>Secondly, does anybody know of any alternative methods of reducing the
>size of powerpoint file for distribution through Blackboard? It appears
>that some academics do like to develop large powerpoint presentations
>to support their lectures.
Switch to a monochrome colour scheme? Huge sizes are often because
lecturers use the high-colour, high-bandwith templates that come with
PowerPoint. It's pretty easy to switch colour schemes and produce
something that's smaller and easier to print out. Pale text on dark b/g
works best onscreen, but dark text on pale b/g works better for print. I
also know a lecturer who just pastes the ppt outline into word and uploads
that to Blackboard, which makes for a much smaller file size and easier to
print for students.
Kylie Baxter, Information Officer
University of Hull Law School
>On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:46:44 +0100 "Kennedy, Lilian"
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> > I saw an interesting piece of software at the eLearning conference in
> > Manchester on Wednesday.
> > It's called Impatica ( www.impatica.com <http://www.impatica.com> ).
> > Taken from the brochure:
> > "Launch the Impatica program and select the PowerPoint file you want to
> > impaticize. In seconds, it will create a corresponding Impatica file,
> > and
> > you're ready to go. Without hassle or additional software, you can add
> > the
> > Impatica presentation to your web site and email. ...When the
> > presentation
> > is accessed from a web page, a small Java applet streams the content and
> > dynamically shows the narrated, animated presentation. " File sizes are
> > very
> > small, apparently.
> > You can download an evaluation copy. I think it's £299 per copy if you
> > buy
> > it.
> >
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