Creating Effective Audio-Visual Aids (AVs)

Contributions of Audio-Visual Materials:

Supplement presentation
Outline the main points
Serve audiences needs, not speakers

The Purpose of Using Visual Aids:
support your ideas
improve audience comprehension
add variety to presentation (a break from listening)
enliven a difficult / boring subject
help illustrate complex ideas/concepts
help the presenter to stick to the plan


Tips on Preparing Visual Aids:
Start with an outline of the goal
Keep visual aids BRIEF
Do not read AV directly (what you say vs. AV)
Ask audience to read or listen, not both
Account for production time (both in planning and selection)
Check relevance to topic
Use charts and graphs
Make sure graphics are not too crowded
Don't let handouts become a distraction
Practice with AV
Seek feedback on the clarity of your AV
Check grammar and spelling







Making PowerPoint Slides:
-Avoiding the Pitfalls of Bad Slides

ADVANTAGES OF POWERPOINT SLIDES:
Professional image
Minimal expense
Compact and portable
Easy to
email
sort and practice
edit
insert graphics
share
Can be
Printed
copied
provided as handout material
Many options:
Animation
video clips
sound


DISADVANTAGES OF POWERPOINT SLIDES:
Equipment not always available
Technology being the focus - not content or presenter
Noisy projector distracting
Need of a darkened room



Tips to be Covered:

Outlines
1
st
or 2
nd
slide ---- outline
Only main points on the outline slide
Ex: Use the titles of each slide as main points

Slide Structure
1-2 slides per minute
Point / bullet form (no complete sent.)
4-5 points per slide
Key words and phrases only


Fonts
Use at least an 18-point font
Use different size fonts for main points and secondary points
o this font: 28-point
o main point font: 30-point
o title font: 42-point
Use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial
If you use a small font, your audience wont be able to read
what you have written
CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO
READ
Dont use a complicated font






Color
Use a color of font that contrasts sharply with the
background
Ex: blue font on white background
Use color to reinforce the logic of your structure
Ex: light blue title and dark blue text
Use color to emphasize a point
But use this only occasionally
Using a font color that does not contrast with the
background color is hard to read
Using color for decoration is distracting and annoying.
Using a different color for each point is unnecessary
Using a different color for secondary points is also
unnecessary
Trying to be creative can also be bad

Background
Use backgrounds such as this one (attractive but simple)
Use backgrounds which are light
Use the same background consistently
Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read
from
Always be consistent with the background that you use

Spelling and Grammar
Use graphs rather than just charts and words
o Data - easier to comprehend & retain
o Trends - easier to visualize
Proofread your slides for:
speling mistakes
the use of of repeated words
grammatical errors you might have make
Have someone else check your presentation!
Conclusions
Use an effective and strong closing
o Audience is likely to remember your last words
Use a conclusion slide to:
o Summarize the main points
o Suggest future avenues of research

Questions
End with a simple question slide to:
o Invite your audience to ask questions
o Provide a visual aid during question period
o Avoid ending a presentation abruptly

Difficulties Associated with the Use of Instructional Materials

Teachers Professional Knowledge and Technical Know How
Since educational communication and technology is a
fairly new area of importance in education, it is a lightly
technical field, and to understand how it can affect the
instructional delivery, one first has to understand the
operational functionality of the resource kits.
Teachers knowledge have a great impact on the effective
application of teaching aids or instructional materials, this is
because the teacher uses need to understand the sequential
presentation of the instructional gadgets so as to suit the
interests of the learners and its appropriateness with the
instructional tasks.


Environmental Factors
Part of the application of teaching aids or instructional
materials process is the target population for whom the
materials are to be used and the setting or vicinity where the
learning should take place.

Time Constraints
Time, is also a serious problem or factor that delay the
effective use of instructional materials in effective instructional
delivery in the class, because in most cases the time that is
allotted for a subject on the timetable might not be enough for
the teachers to present his contents alongside with effective
use of the materials which will affect the wholesome delivery of
the content.

Financial Constraints
This factor seems to be the handicap why most
educational institutions are unable to acquire relevant teaching
equipments and materials. In line with this, students and
teachers will lack on the opportunity to learn and use new
techniques in the field.
There are sophisticated teaching aids or instructional
materials that can make learning easier and faster such as
computer-aided program but lack of funds has effects on its
importation and use in schools.

Poor Maintenance Culture
Materials available for the effective instructional delivery
are poorly manhandled by both the teachers and some school
authority.
Schools are affected by non-availability of resource room
for the proper keeping of both the locally manufactured and
the commercially purchased teaching aids thereby limiting its
use as at the time needed.

Unavailability of the Teaching Aids
Another pressed issue about teaching aids or instructional
materials for use is that, the materials are grossly lacking in the
schools. There was scarcity of both printed and audio-visual
materials in most of the instructional neither printed nor audio-
visual materials were available in sufficient quantity or quality.
The few institutions indicates the availability of these materials
but were rather in poor condition.











Contributions, Difficulties,
Creating and
Criteria for Evaluating
Audio-Visual Materials
(PHYSCED 122)

Group 2
Shailyn M. Mamuad
Grace Ruiz
Tricia Clarysse Salvador
Florence May Tapaoan
James Ceasar Ventura
Mariano Marcos State University
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Laoag City