PreziBasicsWorkshopBAD34503

WhatisPrezi?
Prezi
isafree,cloudbased
presentationsoftware
Storytellingtoolfor
presentingideasona
virtualcanvas

HowtoStart
Goto
www.prezi.com
andclickon
the
GetStarted
buttonatthe
bottomofthescreen.

Onthenextscreen,gototheVERYBOTTOMandlookunder
Students&Teachers
and
thenclickon
Educationalplans.
(Similartothisimagebelow):

Select
EduEnjoy
anduseyourDominicanemailaccounttostartforfree.

NOTE:
WhencreatingafreeEDUaccount,youmustuseyourDominicanemailaccountto
signup.Freeaccountsareonlygiventoeducators/studentsandPreziwillverifythatyouhave
aworking
my.dom.edu
account.YouwillneedtogotoyourDominicanemailaccountto
retrievetheemailtheysendtoyouandconfirmthatyouareastudentthroughaseriesof
questions.Allowafewminutesforyouremailtoarrive,thenclickonthelinkprovidedinthe
email.

CreateaNewPrezi
TocreateyourfirstPrezi,clickon
NewPrezi.

Chooseyourtemplate
(theme)

Forthisexercise,choose
ANYtemplate
.
Click
UseTemplate
inthelowerrighthandcornertobegin.

Hereisanexampleofan
EditPresentation
screen:

Frames
LEFTSIDEhasslidescalled
FRAMES
Clickonframestoedit
Clickanddragtochangethe
path

Transformationtool
Grabandmoveusingthehand
Resizeusingthe+andbuttons

Clickontheveryfirstframetoseewhatwillappearonyourscreenwhenyoubeginyour
presentation.

TextBoxes
Usetheboxesprovided
Clickanywhereyouwantandaddatextbox
Onceyouhaveatextbox,youcan:
makewordsbiggerorsmaller
changethestyle(Title,Subtitle,orBody)
highlight,
bold
,
italics,

change font,
or
changefontcolor
createbulletedlists(likethis)
changealignment(left,middle,orright)
indent

AddingItems
Toadditems,clickon
Insert
atthetop

andyoucanadd:
Images
Symbols&shapes
YouTubeVideos
MyContent
Singleormultiframelayouts
Arrowsorlines
Highlighting
Backgroundmusic
Voiceover(s)

Presenting
Clickon
PRESENT
.
Note:IfyouselectPresentbeforeyouclick
onthefirstframe,Preziwillbeginyour
presentationonwhateverframeyouwerecurrentlyworking.Youcanusetheleftarrowto
pagebacktothefirstframeifthishappens.
SPACEBARtomoveforward
Mouseclickontheappropriatearrowtomoveforwardorbackward
Arrowkeys,left(back)andright(forward)
HitEscape(
Esc
)wheneveryouwanttoreturntotheeditingplatform

AddFrames
Addmoreframesbyclickingonthetypeyouwouldliketouseontheupper
lefthandside.Dropdownmenu:
[]
Bracket,
O
Circle,

Rectangle,or

Invisible.Thendraganddroptheframewhereyouwouldlikeittoappear.

TipsandTricks
Besurethatyouunderstandthebasicconceptsbeforetryingthesemoreadvancedsteps.

Animate
Toanimate(fadeinfrominvisible),doubleclickonapathnumber
andthenclickonthestarnexttothatnumber.

Nowclickontheitemthatyouwouldliketoseefadein.

Clickonthe
Done
buttontoclosethe
animation.Youwillneedtoclickon
Done
yetagain
tohaltpathediting.

MyContent
Youcanaddobjectstoyour
Favorites
tousethem
againlater.Clickonanycontentand
choose
Favorite
fromthechoices.
Thisitemwillbeaddedasafavorite
under
MyContent
and
Favorites.

ToreusecontentfromapreviousPrezipresentation,
clickon
Insert
andthen
MyContent
Select
From
Prezis
.NowyoucansearchthroughpreviousPrezisor
scrollthroughthemostrecentprezistolocatethe
contentyouwouldliketoreuse.

MoreonFrames
Youcancreateoraddcontentandthenclickon
Zoom
toFrame
.Thiswill
addyourframeat
theendofthepath.

Ifyouwouldliketorotatetothenextframe,
clickonthe
cornerandrotateyourfram
e.Finally,
AddtoPath
.

MoreHelp
PreziLearn&Support:
https://prezi.com/support/
YouTubeSearch"OfficialPreziTutorials"forover60videosmadeby
Prezi

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