Prezi.Com

Prezi.com

I want to create a Prezi on key signatures for when I teach my choir class how to read music by March 31, 2010. I can achieve this goal by watching the tutorial and by exploring the buttons. To prove I've reached ths goal I will create a Prezi on key signatures and post it on my blog. http://prezi.com/beb1rudxtydh/edit/#13

1. Go to prezi.com.
2. Sign in or create a new free account.
3. Click "Create New Prezi".
4. Enter the title.
5. Enter the description.
6. Select a background. (You can change this later.)
7. Click on the picture of your Prezi (It probably says "open me".
8. This is a good time to open, save a copy, download, or delete the prezi. If you want to change the title or description you can do this here. You can chose to make your prezi public or to share it here. (it gives you the link to copy and paste whereever you want to.) It also presecnts tips for presenting your prezi.
9. At this point you can either watch the instruction video or move on to creating your Prezi.
10. You are automatically put in the part of the circle that say "write".
11. To write words simply double click anywhere on the screen.
12. At the bottom of the text it says Title Title Body OK. This is where you choose your font.
13. At the top of the top text box it gives you the choice of how you want the box to be centered and if you want bullets. (You have to follow steps 11, 12, and 13 for every text box.)
14. Click okay when it is formatted and says what you want it to. (You can change these items at any time.)
15. Click the text (or other item) and some circles will appear.
16. The inner circle allows you to move the item.
17. The middle circle allows you to change the size of the item.
18. The plus sign on the outer circle allows you to delete, duplicate, select more than one item, bring the item forward or send it backward, or ask questions about resizing or rotating the text.
19. Clicking the outer circle by itself will change the angle of your item.
20. Click somewhere else on the screen. (So you don't delete what you just made.)
21. Next go up to the wierd figure that is made up of circles and select "Insert".
22. Click load file to add a picture that you have already saved to your computer. Steps 15 through 20 apply for images too.
23. Click shapes to insert arrows, lines, and highlighted lines. Steps 15 through 20 apply to the shapes too.
24. Click on "Insert" then "Write" to get back to the middle of the wierd shape.
25. Select "frame".
26. Select the frame from the list of four frames that appear.
27. Use your mouse to make the frame the size that you want it to be. Stpes 15 through 20 apply to the frames, but it is a little more difficult to selct the frames. (Be sure to click "frames" the "Write" before you try to resize the frmae.
28. Zoom out of your prezi by clicking the minus sign at the middle of the right side of the screen until you can see the whole presentation.
29. Select "Path" from the wierd figure.
30. Select "add"
31. Click on the first thing you want the screen to zoom in on. Click on all of the other parts you want the screen to zoom in in that order until yu have slected everything. (You can delete all paths, but you can't delete just one partof the path.
32. You can select capture view to make them zoom in on the whole thing.
33. Click on "Path" then "Write" to stop creating a path.
34. Click on "Colors" if you do not like the background you chose at the beginning of making the prezi.
35. Click "Write" the "Show" to view the show.
36. Keep clicking the right mouse button or scrolling to view what your viewers will see. Using the arrows you can go to the next image or review the last image so you have conrol of what yu are seeing in case you missed something and need to see it again. You can also click on a specific place you want to see.
37. At the bottom right part of the screen you can select whether you want ot go to the next slide or the last one. You can also choose full screen or window size.
38. To move around the prezi just click down while moivng your mouse.
39. Pressing space will bring the wierd figure back up so you can stop viewing your show.
40. You can always choose to "Undo", "Print" ask for "Help" or "Exit" at the top right side of your screen.
41. You have now completed your first Prezi and can go back to any steps you choose or just send the link to your friends or whoever you need to so they can view it too.