Prezi is a web-based tool that allows you to create a presentation using a large, flat canvas for layout. You pan the entire map, zoom in and out to focus on specific items, and visually show relationships between items.
Benefits Over PowerPoint
- Native to the web — easily shared!
- Highly flexible
- Non-linear
- Collaborative editing environment
- Free
Design Tips
- Use white space
It helps people focus. - Consider color choices
Light backgrounds with dark text are easiest to read. - Images, charts and multimedia are your friends
Show, don’t tell. - Use the zoom and path features to emphasize points.
Do not make people sea sick!
- Vary your font size — smaller or larger — to zoom in or out.
Visually represent details and the big picture. - Prezi Frames act like graphics to give visual interest.
See this Prezi. - Don’t play videos immediately
Add a Frame around your embedded YouTube video, and link to the Frame on your path. This simple step keeps the video from playing automatically.
You can use video, images, color, hyperlinks, file attachment, movement and more to build an engaging Prezi.
Ways to Organize
- Brainstorm your ideas on paper
- Group ideas together
- When you move to Prezi, consider how frames and groupings can create a visual shape when you are zoomed out on the canvas.
Get Started
Prezi in 15 Minutes
Sample Prezis
- How to Create a Great Prezi
- Math is not Linear
- The History of Candy!!! (and other sweets)
- Future-Proof Your Education
Resources
- Prezi site
- Prezi How-to Handout from ITS
- Helpful PowerPoint design tips that translate to Prezi
- Prezi Viewer iPad App
- Color choice in design
- Atomic Learning at UIS contains Prezi Videos. Get started with Atomic Learning.
Prezi Videos & Cheat Sheets
- Getting Started
Cheat Sheet | Video - Next Level: Grouping & Layering
Cheat Sheet | Video - Share Your Prezi
Cheat Sheet | Video
