User guide

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Engaging learners through interactive presentations: Using Adobe Presenter (Breeze)
Educational Technology Team
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Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning
Here are some guidelines when you have decided to deliver an e-learning course:
• Know your audience
It is important to identify your audience and to be sensitive to the needs and interests of your
audience. Define prerequisites for your course, and if you have the tools and time, verify that
those tasks have been completed by your students.
• Deliver organised content
Make sure the content you plan to deliver is relevant, organised, clear, and to the point. If you
confuse your learners with too much topic-jumping, recovery from confusion in an online
environment will be exponentially more challenging.
• Make it relevant
Focus on scenarios, ill-defined problems, real-world examples, and outcomes that students can
recognize and relate to
• Make it engaging
Use stories, interactions and questions to challenge attitudes, demonstrate consequences and
make learners think – and think differently
• Deliver meaningful fun
Use multimedia and games that are specifically designed to augment the learning experience and
help meet the goals of your class.
• Rehearse your presentation
Run through a rehearsal of your presentation – with an audience of more than one. You don’t need
to ask your colleagues to join you for the entire two hour session, but just run through each topic
and presentation element to ‘mark’ each move you plan to make.
• Be more of yourself
Develop your own online teaching style, and making yourself and your learners comfortable in the
online environment. Become comfortable using your web camera and use it briefly to introduce
yourself, and to bring a personal feel to the room. Provide your audience with some suggestions
and ground rules for how to interact in your classroom.