See your slides through a projector.
You can create Microsoft PowerPoint presentations by using a microscope that has a USB port and can take digital still images as well as digital videos. In this kind of presentation, your classroom audience can view slides and specimens on a projector instead of looking at them through the microscope. This procedure comes in handy when you are using the presentation slides' images or videos for lectures, quizzes and tests.
Instructions
1. Plug your computer into the USB port of the microscope. In addition, make sure you have the projector plugged into your computer as well. Turn on all equipment.
2. Place a microscope slide on the stage of the microscope. Focus the slide as needed by viewing the slide through the microscope lens.
3. Open up your microscope software on your computer. Capture the image of the slide or take a video. Save the image or video.
4. Open your Microsoft PowerPoint program. Create a new presentation. Microsoft offers templates directly in the program or online. Choose a template for your presentation. To choose an online template, select the option for online templates. This will take you directly to Microsoft online templates if you are connected to the Internet.
5. Add in your saved images or videos by selecting "Insert" on the PowerPoint Menu. Click on "File." Browse your file and select the appropriate files. The images or videos will automatically be inserted into your slide.
6. Create text using text boxes, or change the position or size of your slides as needed using the drag arrows on the PowerPoint slide.
7. Change the design of your PowerPoint presentation using the "Design" tab. There are multiple design colors to choose from. Choose the design you wish.
8. Play a sound with the slide or video. Insert the sound into the slide using the "Insert" button. A message box will appear, prompting you to indicate when you want the sound to appear on the slide. You can indicate the sound to play for the entire presentation, or you can assign a different sound to each individual slide.
9. View a microscope slide video that you have recorded on full-screen in the presentation. Insert the video. Right-click on the movie object on the PowerPoint slide and click "Edit Movie Object." Select "Zoom" to full screen.
10. Customize microscope slides to create an animation. For instance, if you have slides with different cell stages, you can use the custom animation task pane to view the order of the cell stages. Insert your microscope pictures into the PowerPoint slide. Go to the "Custom Animation" task pane. Assign the number to the pictures in the order you want to view them. Assign a time to each animation as well. Each picture will then appear in the correct sequence and at the time indicated.
11. Save the presentation. Select "View Slide Presentation" on the PowerPoint menu.
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