Prezi(licious) View slides at:http://prezi.com/wfojgmyq59fc/prezi-licious/ Take a tour of this zippy cloud based presentation tool - Noah Brubaker, Library Technology Systems Manager, University of Indianapolis Come and take a look at Prezi a free alternative to your current software for presentations. This session will provide an overview of the Prezi application and tour of the product. A tutorial will illustrate the interface and demonstrate some of the interesting features offered and how to make the most of the cloud based features of this application.

Prezi

1. What is Prezi? a. Prezi is a free, cloud based, collaborative, zooming

presentation tool. Prezi is free to use, but has a paid option. It is entirely web based but has a desktop option.

b. Pricing: Prezi is free to use, but has a paid option for desktop, increased, size, etc.

i. Regular Pricingii. Education Pricing for students and teachers, including

college level significant reductionc. Cloud based: but also has a desktop optiond. Collaborative:

i. Can easily distribute Prezi’s to othersii. Conduct a live presentation remotelyiii. create prezi’s live with other people

e. Zooming: Got that by now if you aren’t already motion sick

2. Prezi Webpagea. Your Prezis

i. New Prezi Optionii. Click On Prezi title to access Copy, Delete, Rename, etc.iii. Link to Prezi found hereiv. Public / Private, Invite Editors

b. Learn

i. Several tutorials, videos, and documentsii. Cheat Sheets, well put together, and to the pointiii. Support (at bottom) FAQ, Manual, Usergroups

c. Explorei. Example Prezisii. Prezis by category

3. Prezi Interface: Looks different than conventional applications

a. Top Bar: Save, Undo/Redo, Start Online Meeting / Invite to edit 10 people max, Help, exit

b. Zoom, Home (reset view to default)c. Bubble Menu

i. Write Menu1. Demo: “Wite Menu”, bullet list: “Justification, Bullets,

Font Category”2. The Item menu, move, resize “Write Menu” larger,

demonstrate rotate, What I call the “Context menu”ii. Frame Menu

Serves to group items together with a visible or hidden outline to create a group of related objects that appear together on the screen

1. Square, Circle, Solid, Hidden : Add solid frameiii. Path Menu

Serves to create a link between topics or areas of a prezi presentation. The camera follows the numbers on the path

1. Capture view: creates a path to center of view on screen

2. 1-2-add: creates path to item highlighted or to frame highlighted

ii. Insert MenuThis menu allows you to place different objects into your

Prezi1. Load File : Images, Videos, and PDF’s2. Youtube: Cut and paste URL into Prezi box : Piano

Cat3. Shapes:

ii. Colors/Fonts MenuThis menu allows the user to customize the overall look and feel of the prezi

1. Theme Wizard2. Theme Manual Changes3. Theme CSS editor : ZLabelBody : #81f “Purple”4.

ii. Show Menu1. Create Last Slide Together: Text: “Show”

& “HotKeys”4. Thank you / Questions