Presentation Planner

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About this program

Aim: The aim of this program is to help you plan your presentation about "Wikipedia is a useful source of information for university students". It will:

  1. help you to plan your presentation
  2. help you to write your presentation, including the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion.
  3. produce the following:
    • a script, which you can save and print out using your browser's File menu.
    • printable note cards, which you can save and print out using your browser's File menu.
    • a slide show, which you can save to your computer using the browser's File > Save menu.
    • and speak your presentation to you. You can choose a  male or female voice.

To see what the program does, click here for an example presentation, then click the buttons to make note cards and a script. Click here to listen to the Introduction. Before you fill in the form you may want to delete the example.

1. Plan your Presentation: Drag and drop points to include in your presentation

Drag and drop the points below that you want to include in your presentation into the topic boxes on the right >

Wikipedia is a useful source of information for university students
  • because: its coverage is broad and encyclopedic in...
    • because: it has more than 1 million articles on...
      • Problem: there is no hierarchy of knowledge
        • Solution: there are portals and categories
          • Problem: they don't tell users which information is...
            • but: this is not the function of an encyclopedia
      • because: Wikipedia gives a general information for...
    • but: it is also bias
      • but: Wikipedia has Neutral Point of View policy
        • but: Wikipedia articles rarely ascend to the...
          • Cause: all articles are edited by people
            • because: people are inherently biased
        • because: it aims to describe disputes rather than to...
      • but: uses a program called WikiScanner to detect bias
      • because: it reflects the viewpoints and interests of...
        • but: many authors, so less biased
        • but: all writing reflects the biases of the author(s)
  • but: many schools do not allow their students to...
    • Problem: its information lacks authority
      • Solution: users can verify its information with other...
    • but: schools should not forbid the use of Wikipedia
      • because: wrong info is a chance to contribute & corrrect
      • because: wrong info is a chance to teach fact checking
      • because: forbidding the use of a source is censorship
  • because: its entries invariably show up on the first...
  • but: Wikipedia can be edited by everyone, it...
  • but: some of its information may be inaccurate or...
    • because: anyone can create and edit its content
      • but: inaccurate entries are quickly corrected
        • but: You can never be sure that the latest...
          • but: always need the check information is correct
      • but: the democratic and timely way in which...

Move to the next stage and write your presentation.

The introduction will go here, but don't write it until you after have chosen your topics.

Topics: (drag points from the left into the topic boxes below. To delete a point, double-click in the box, after the text.):
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2. Write your presentation

Introduction

Instructions: Edit these boxes so that the grammar is correct:

Good , ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to my presentation. My name is .

The topic of my presentation today is .

Now I'd like to ask you a question. (Optional)

The reason that this topic is useful for you is .

What is the background (why did you choose this topic?)

What is your objective (what do you want the audience to know at the end of the presentation?)

We are going to talk about things. These are:

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Secondly, .

Next/Finally we’re going to talk about .

Finally we’re going to look at .

Choose one: (To omit the number of minutes, delete the number in the box.)
Due to the limited time I have today, just minutes, I’d appreciate it if you would keep your questions until the end. Thank you.
Please feel free to ask me questions at any time. This presentation will last for about minutes.

Click here to , then wait for the page to appear.

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Point 2

Secondly,

(Write the details of point 2 in here:)

(Write notes that remind you of the details in here:)
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If you want to put a picture in your slide show to illustrate the first point, type in the URL here:

Picture position? | |
Picture orientation: or |

That’s the end of point 2.

Point 3

Thirdly,

(Write the details of point 3 in here:)

(Write notes that remind you of the details in here:)
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If you want to put a picture in your slide show to illustrate the first point, type in the URL here:

Picture position? | |
Picture orientation: or |

That’s the end of point 3.

Point 4

Fourthly,

(Write the details of point 4 in here:)

(Write notes that remind you of the details in here:)
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If you want to put a picture in your slide show to illustrate the first point, type in the URL here:

Picture position? | |
Picture orientation: or |

That’s the end of point 4.

Click here to
(Please be patient, as it may take some time to process) .

Conclusion

In conclusion, in this presentation my objective was 

I have covered main points,
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I hope you have found this presentation useful. Thank you.

Questions, please. Yes?

If there are no more questions, that is the end of my presentation.

Click here to , then wait for the page to appear.

Go to: About | Plan | Introduction | Topics | Conclusion | Script / Cards / Slides / Listen

 

3. Generate your presentation script, cards, slides or listen to part of the presentation

Click here to print out a script or notecards for your presentation.
Remember, only use note cards, not a script, in your presentation.

Listen to your:

Go to: About | Plan | Introduction | Topics | Conclusion | Script / Cards / Slides / Listen

 

These boxes are for converting your text into speech. The program will fill your words into the boxes below automatically, but you can edit them or replace them if you wish:

Text-to-Speech Wizard

The Text-to-Speech Wizard can create a monologue (such as a presentation) or a conversation dialog. You can have up to 10 conversational moves with different voices.

  1. Enter the name for each speaker in the left column, then write in the conversation text you want spoken. Select the appropriate voice for each speaker.
  2. The whole dialog will then be sent to the speech engine and recorded as separate audio files for each speaker move in the conversation.
  3. The HTML page generated by the wizard will then be sent back.

Enter a title for your dialog:

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NOTE: The audio files may take some time to download after you submit.

 

 

 

Wait

Audio files

Your text is now being loaded into the text-to-speech program. This will take about 30 seconds.

The audio files of your presentation will appear below.

Wait for the 'Play' buttons to appear.

Click the 'Play' buttons to hear the sentences from your presentation.

 

Text-to-speech output files:

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