Computer Science
Grade 3
20 min
Using Presentation Software: Creating Slides and Transitions
Learn the basics of using presentation software to create engaging slides.
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Introduction & Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Create a new presentation and add at least three slides.
Choose different layouts for their slides.
Insert a text box and an image onto a slide.
Describe what a transition is and how it works.
Apply a transition effect between two slides.
Present their slideshow from the beginning.
Have you ever wanted to make your own cartoon or tell a story with a computer? 🎬 Let's learn how to make digital storybooks that move!
We are going to learn how to use presentation software to create digital stories. You will build your own story page by page, called 'slides', and add cool 'transitions' that make your story come to life. This is a fun way to show your ideas using pictures and words.
Real-World Applications
Making a class presentat...
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary
TermDefinitionExample
PresentationA digital slideshow made of many pages, used to share information or tell a story.Your 'All About Me' project with a title slide, a hobby slide, and a favorite food slide is a presentation.
SlideA single page in a presentation. Each slide holds a small piece of your story.A page with the title 'My Pet Dog' and a picture of your dog is one slide.
LayoutThe way things like titles, text, and pictures are arranged on a slide. It's like a template.Choosing a 'Title and Content' layout gives you a box for your title at the top and a bigger box for a picture below.
Text BoxA special box on a slide where you can type words.You click inside a text box to type the sentence, 'My favorite color is blue.'
TransitionA specia...
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Core Syntax & Patterns
The 'New Slide' Event
Click 'New Slide' button -> A blank slide appears
This is an event. Your action (clicking the button) causes the program to run a command (add a new slide). Use this every time you want to add a new page to your story.
The 'IF-THEN' Transition Rule
IF you click to go to the next slide, THEN the transition effect will play.
This is like a conditional in coding. The condition is 'IF you are moving to a new slide'. The action is 'THEN play the animation'. You set this up in the 'Transitions' menu for each slide.
The Story Sequence
Slide 1 -> Slide 2 -> Slide 3 -> The End
Your slides tell a story in a specific order, just like a program runs commands in order. Always make sure y...
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Challenging
You are creating a digital story about a rocket launching into space. You have a slide of the rocket on the ground and the next slide shows it in the sky. What is the BEST transition to use between these two slides?
A.Checkerboard
B.Push from the Bottom
C.Random Bars
D.Wipe from the Right
Challenging
Your friend uses a different, exciting, and flashy transition for every single slide in their 10-slide story. Why might this make the story difficult for the audience to watch?
A.It makes the story seem more professional and serious.
B.The audience might get bored with seeing the same thing.
C.The fast-changing transitions can be distracting and take attention away from the story's content.
D.It is the only way to make a presentation interesting.
Challenging
Imagine this rule for a presentation: 'IF the slide is the very last one, THEN the transition is a slow Fade to a black screen.' What is the purpose of a rule like this?
A.To make sure the presentation can start over again quickly.
B.To show the audience that the story is officially over, like closing curtains in a play.
C.To confuse the audience about whether there are more slides.
D.To save the presentation automatically.
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