3.2 Visual Aids

Task 1Critique
Sample Visual Aids

Task 2: Creating Effective Powerpoint Slides

Task 3: Visualizing Data
Which visuals (a table, Pie Chart, Bar Chart, Line Graph) would make it easiest to see the following stories?
  1. Canada buys 20% of U.S exports. 
  2. Undergraduate enrollment rises, but graduate enrollment declines.
  3. Open communication ranks number one in reasons to take a job.
Task 4: Visual Aid Self-evaluation
Use Visual Aid Checklist to critique your own Powerpoint slide. 
    Wrap-up:
    1. "Consistency and predictability" over "Variability, awe or wonder" 
    2. "Purposeful" over "Decorative or artsy"
    3. "Simplification" (visual aids should NOT stand by itself)

    Helpful Resources:
    Presentations: Visual Designs PPT
    Life After Death by Powerpoint (Don McMilan)
    U of I PowerPoint Templates