Make a presentation graphic with Prezi (tutorial)

What is a a presentation software?

Presentation software (sometimes called "presentation graphics") is a category of application program used to create sequences of words and pictures that tell a story or help support a speech or public presentation of information.

Benefits of using Prezi

Prezi is a web 2.0 tool to create presentation graphics. It can be used for business and educational purposes. In the English classroom context, Prezi can be very useful for adolescents, as it promotes autonomy and the development summarizing skills. This tool can be used in a variety of ways. For instance, the teacher can ask students to make a presentation graphic about a certain topic of study, to be later used as visual aid in an oral presentation to their classmates. Also, Prezi can be used as a personal tool for students to study for exams. Teacher can also make presentation graphics to be used when introducing a new topic or at the end of a unit, as a way of summarizing ideas. Creators can play with the format of their graphics the way they want, relying on a number of templates helpful to start. Both the graphics and the way the presentation develops are appealing and useful to show how ideas relate to each other in a non-linear way. 

1) Getting started

- Enter www.prezi.com
- Pess on 'log in' in the right up corner to create an account or log in. You can also log in with Facebook or Linkedin. 
- Click on 'New Prezi' to start your project.

2) Make your presentation graphic

- Before you start, choose a template for the structure of your graphic. Click on it and then on 'use template'. You can also choose to start a prezi from scratch if none of the templates fits your purpose. 

- Now, you can start filling in the chart. You can insert a title or add more bubbles. 

- When working on each of the bubbles, you can adjust the features of the text as you like using the set of options given. 

- You can also customize the background image and theme by clicking on 'Customize' on top of the page. 

- If you click on 'Insert' on top of the page, you will find a set of options for you to add elements such as: images, symbols and shapes, a youtube video, draw arrows or lines, highlight text, add background music, etc. When clicking on any of those, a side window will appear for you to choose the image you like, for instance. 

3) Finally

- Once you have finished, you can have a preview of your presentation in full screen. 

- Then, you can share your prezi on facebook, present it remotely, download as a PDF or download as portable prezi.  

- There is no need for you to save it because it saves automatically in your prezi account. So now you can simply press on 'exit' in the right up corner. There you will be able to have a look at your prezi finished. You will be given the same options for saving or downloading as before. You can simply press on 'Your prezis' and there you will find all your projects together with this new one. 

Have a look at a sample presentation graphic by clicking HERE!

See an Activity on Prezi

Have fun!