PowerPoint Guidelines And Templates
Our team at Oregon State Ecampus developed a series of PowerPoint templates for you to use for your course lectures.
There are many types of templates, from image-heavy to graphic-heavy, from elegant to fun, from calm to bright, and more. Each template includes about 20 slide types that include images and instructions for use.
Best Practices
Don't overload your slides with text
This is a lecture first, with visuals for support. Humans are incapable of reading and listening at the same time and will default to reading. If you want to be heard, make short bullets when you can.
Use diverse slide types
Many OSU Ecampus students do their homework late at night, so it can be tough for them to stay focused when they see the exact same slide over and over. Pick a few different slide types when possible.
Get creative
Visual elements require less cognitive energy than reading text, so present content uniquely with graphic elements (but not sounds or animations). We have included diagrams, lists, sequences, major points, and more.
Templates
We have a variety of different templates for you to use in your presentations. You may select a template from another college, but we encourage you to select one from your college because the templates were designed with each college’s students in mind. Select your college on the left to begin exploring!
FAQ and Help
- Select a template and download the corresponding file
- Save As with new name and location on your computer (so you can find it later)
- Place content into new slides, duplicating when necessary (right click > duplicate)
- Delete unused template slides from file to finish