Presentation Module Reflections

This was a certainly a learning experience for me in relation to using Keynote for presentations. The first lesson learned was related to exporting keynote files to powerpoint or quicktime. You do not get the exact look or effects exporting to powerpoint. In fact, I would say it was unusable. Quicktime was better, but the sound files must be kept as separate files when exporting.

The other problem was related to inserting sound clips. Keynote has the ability to record narration for your slides. The problem is you cannot record sound just for one slide. It is all or nothing. The solution is recording the sound clips in GarageBand and inserting them as sound clips into Keynote. This took me a while to figure out, but it solved the problem.

I also used the microphone included with the iMac. In the future, I would use a separate mic. I don't think the quality was good enough for this type of presentation. It was not bad, but it could be better.

I also played with using photos from flickr's creative commons section. I believe this is a good solution for some photos, but it took awhile to understand how to give credit on the slides.

Overall, this was a good experience. I did need to request for more time on this project, but I believe I succeed in my goals mentioned in my learning contract in relation to navigation and audio.