PowerPoint+Overload

The information on this page is based on the article "Five Ways to Reduce PowerPoint Overload" by Cliff Atkinson and Richard Mayer (2004). You can access the article at [].


 * The Modality Principle:** In order for the audience to understand the main concept of the presentation limit the amount of text on each slide. Using narration to provide the information about the topic will give a better understanding of the information being presented instead of over using text on the slides of the PowerPoint.

"Reduce visual overload by moving text off-screen, and shift processing to the auditory channel by narrating the content instead (pg. 12)."

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This PowerPoint is a good representative for our principle because on most of the slides it used more pictures than words. There also was narration that was explaining what was on each slide. Most slides had as few words as possible while still being able explain concepts. The narration helped fill in the gaps and went into more detail. Listening to the PowerPoint presenter while looking at the pictures is what will help the listener learn the information.