History of Computers

Getting Started - The Title Page & Bibliography

1. Open PowerPoint

2. Complete the title page (See Slide 1 below).

3.

Title Page: Include title, your full name, the date, and a picture (The picture should not be the background).

Design matters! Click on the Design tab and pick a style.

All of your pictures and words need to be animated with an Entrance.

- Click on your a text box or picture, then click on the Custum Animation button under the Animations tab, then choose from the Entrance menu.

- The title should come in first, then the information, then the picture.

Slide Transitions do not count as animation! You may use them, but you must also animate each piece of content (titles, words, and pictures).

Create Your Bibliography Now!

As you get pictures and information for your slide show YOU NEED TO put the URL's (website addresses) where you got the pictures and info into the bibliography.

Make sure you put the URL (i.e. www.igotmypicturehere.com) of the website that the pictures and information comes from in your bibliography as you go - The pictures DO NOT come from google.com or bing.com. Google and Bing just points you to the website where the picture actually comes from.

As you add more slides, drag the bibliography to the bottom in the left column where you see "thumbnails" of all of your slides.

Under the Home tab, click on the New Slide button.

In the "Click to add title" box, type in "Bibliography"

In the text box below the title, copy and paste the website URLs (www.'s) for the webpages that you get your pictures and information.

Make sure all slides are designed well!

- Color Scheme and Spacing -

Table of Contents - Create a table of contents for your PowerPoint. List the titles for Slides 3-8 and create "hyperlinks" to those slides.

Example;

Slide 3...The First Computer

Slide 4...Uses for Early Computers

Slide 5...Important People In Computer History

Slide 6...Computers of Today and Tomorrow

Slide 7...Bibliography

Animate the different slide titles together, not one at a time!

When you have finished all of your slides, you will create Hyperlinks to your pages. Click Here for a definition of Hyperlinks

To Create Hyperlinks

Click on Insert > Shapes and pick a shape that would be good for a button

Then right click on the shape and click on the Hyperlink option.

On the far left there is a button that says, "Place in this Document". Select this button.

Under the Slide Title menu, select the slide that corresponds with the button. Continue this process until your table of contents is complete.

On each of the slides 3-7 you need to add a button that takes you back to the Table of Contents. Do not animate these buttons, so the person viewing the project can quickly get back to the Table of Contents

The Body (Slides 3-7)

You must answer the questions using complete sentences.

You must have at least one picture per slide (Square and rectangular pictures need to have a border around them). Do not make it the background of the slide!

The First Computer

Uses for Early Computers

Important People In Computer History

Computers of Today and Tomorrow

Bibliography

- All pictures used and information gathered needs to have a citation. Please put the URL (www...) where you got your pictures and info. Do not put google.com! Google just finds it for you.