PowerPoint for Learning

Audience/Context:
Faculty workshop (virtual), Lincoln Land Community College

Focus:
Designing accessible, clear, and engaging instructional slides

Methods:
60-minute interactive session applying multimedia learning, accessibility, and graphic design principles, and hands-on “broken slide” remediation exercises

Description:
This virtual workshop guided faculty through research-supported strategies for improving the accessibility and clarity of PowerPoint slides. Participants examined common design pitfalls, applied Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and multimedia learning principles, and practiced revising inaccessible slides using practical, immediately implementable techniques.

Outcomes:
Faculty gained concrete strategies to improve slide accessibility, enhance visual clarity, and increase student engagement in their courses.