Making a Virtual Book

With PowerPoint 2007

How to make a virtual bookUsing PowerPoint 2007

This is not a presentation

template.

This is not the venue for

bullets and colorful

backgrounds.

This is an interactive book

template created using

PowerPoint and a bit of

illusion.

Tapping into Schema

When students

see the layout of

the virtual book,

they forget that

they are in

PowerPoint and

on a screen.

Instead, they fall

into what they

know about

books and

reading.

They know to

start at the top-

left corner and

read left to right

down the page

and then over to

the page on the

right.

How These Pages Work

This PowerPoint slide has a black line

drawn through the middle of the

slide.

A gradient blend of black and white

has been added to give the illusion of

the shadow of a curved page in a

book.

Another black line and a gradient

blend has been added to the left side

of the book to give the 3-d illusion of

several pages.

The small red house at the bottom of

each page takes the reader to the

beginning of the book when clicked.

How These Pages Work

A triangle has been put in the bottom

left and top right hand corners of the

slide. A slight gradient blend and a

gray line have been added to these

triangles to give the illusion of a bent

page.

An action has been assigned to each

triangle. The left triangle takes the

reader back to the previous page

when clicked.

The right triangle takes the reader to

the next page when clicked.

A slight turning sound has been

added to the action to give the

illusion of a page turning.

How These Pages Work

When inserting a text-box into a

virtual book, your goal will be to

maintain the integrity of what we

“know” a book to be.

That doesn’t mean you can’t break

the rules, but it does mean if your

intent is to fool the viewer’s eye into

thinking they are reading a book, you

must maintain that look. Anything

else becomes something else.

The following page will go over the

main points to consider as you design

or have your students create their

own virtual book.

1. Use book elements such as title

page, table of contents, a lot of white

space, index, bibliography, and page

numbers.

How These Pages Work

2. Keep your text box away from the

edges of the slide and mid-line to

maintain your margins.

3. Don’t allow the text box to cross

over the mid-line of the slide.

4. Don’t change the background

color of the slide, because the

gradient blends of the shadows will

not match your pages and you will

lose the illusion of a book page.

5. Don’t let text or graphic elements

interfere with the triangles that are

programmed to turn the pages.

How These Pages Work

The standard book features of text on

a page become alive when the

interactive multi-media tools of

PowerPoint are added to the

equation.

Teachers can scaffold information

and lessons into the content of a

virtual book by adding hyperlinks

that will take the reader to content

with more information.

Individual words can be provided

with pronunciation guides

Entire text can be narrated and set to

play as soon as a page is turned or by

a click.

How These Pages Work

Music, images, animation and video

are all elements that can be added to

your pages to turn a traditional book

into a dynamic and engaging tool.

How to Add Elements

New Slides

This template

was created

using a master

slide. Every new

slide you insert

will look the

same and

include the

gradient

shadows and

page turning

elements.

When you insert

a new slide, the

slide layout

window will

open. Choose the

blank template

under the

content layout

option.

How to Add Elements

Text and White Space

When you insert a text box, be sure

to line up the edges so that you leave

a lot of white space /room for large

margins.

To increase white-space between the

lines of text, click on the Line-

Spacing tool in the paragraph module

and choose line spacing options.

Change the option from Single to

Multiple and type in 1.3

How to Add Elements

Images

To add images to your book, click on

Insert and choose picture if you

have provided your own images or

clip art if you are using Microsoft

resources.

Be sure to resize your images to fit

neatly on only one side of the side or

“one page” and keep them away

from navigation tools and shadows.

How to Add Elements

Hyperlinks

When linking to another page or to a

site on the internet, there are two

options.

Select a word by highlighting it and

right clicking. Choose Hyperlink from

the menu that appears and either

type in the URL address you wish to

link to or choose the slide you wish to

link to.

The other option is to connect a

hyperlink to an image on your page.

To do this, right click on the image,

choose Hyperlink and follow the

above directions.

How to Add Elements

Video

Video adds an exciting and

unexpected element to virtual books.

Click on Insert and choose Movie

from file. Navigate to the video clip

that you wish to insert. Try to insert

only short clips and link to larger

video clips.

When you have selected the video to

embed in your page , click OK. A

window will pop up and ask you if

you want your video to play

automatically or when clicked.

Choose one option and click OK.

You can resize and decide where you

want your video on your page.

How to Add Elements

Narration

Narration can be added to entire

pages or to select pieces of text.

Unfortunately, when recording small

clips of sound, the latest version of

PowerPoint does not offer the clarity

of sound that previous versions had

and so be warned that your sounds

might be a bit fuzzy.

Click on Insert and choose Sound to

record small clips. Have your

microphone plugged in, click the red

record button and begin your

recording. Click the stop button when

done and place your recording on

your page.

To narrate each slide, choose Slide

Show and then Record Narration.

When you start recording, the screen

will be in show mode. Hit escape

when you are done and save.

The audio will play automatically

when a page is turned.

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Table of Contents Chapter 1

1. Chapter 1-Intro

2. Chapter 2

3. Chapter 3

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Chapter One

Bibliography

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