Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term v4 - JHS 1
INTRODUCTION TO PRESENTATION SOFTWARE
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INTRODUCTION TO PRESENTATION SOFTWARE
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Subject: Computing
Class: JHS 1
Term: 2nd Term
Week: 3
Grade code: B7.2.2.2.1
Strand code: 2
Sub-strand code: 2
Content standard code: B7.2.2.2
Indicator code: B7.2.2.2.1
Theme: PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE
Subtheme: INTRODUCTION TO PRESENTATION SOFTWARE
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In our daily lives, we see information presented in many ways – on posters for community events, on the TV news, and in church announcements. How this information looks is very important. If the text is too small, we cannot read it. If the colours are confusing, the message is lost. Today, we are learning a very powerful skill: how to control the appearance of our text in a presentation. This is called text formatting. By learning how to change the size, colour, case, and style of our words, we can make our presentations clear, professional, and easy for our audience to understand.
Today, we will focus on the Home tab in MS PowerPoint. This is where you find the most common tools you need. Within the Home tab, there is a special section called the Font Group. Think of it as your toolbox for everything related to text appearance.
Let's look at the main tools in this group:
(A teacher should project the MS PowerPoint interface or show a large picture of the Font Group here) Concept 1: Text Case
Text case refers to how capital and small letters are used in a sentence. Sometimes you type something and later decide you want it all in capital letters for a heading. You don't need to delete and retype it! Location: In the Font group, look for an icon with 'Aa'. When you click it, a menu appears with different case options. The Options: Sentence case: This is the standard way we write. It capitalises the first letter of the sentence. (e.g., `Ghana is our motherland.`) lowercase: This makes every letter small. (e.g., `ghana is our motherland.`) UPPERCASE: This makes every letter a capital letter. This is great for titles. (e.g., `GHANA IS OUR MOTHERLAND.`) Capitalize Each Word: This makes the first letter of every word a capital letter. Good for sub-headings. (e.g., `Ghana Is Our Motherland.`) tOGGLE cASE: This does the opposite of what you have. It changes capital letters to small letters and small letters to capital ones. It is not used very often. (e.g., `gHANA iS oUR mOTHERLAND.`)