Prezi Tutorial
These short tutorials will demonstrate how to use Prezi.
1. Getting Started with Prezi |
2. Add Images and Shapes |
3. Customize the Colors |
4. The Prezi Path Tool (Final Steps) |
Login to Prezi
To login to Prezi, go to www.prezi.com. Your username is your full Gaggle e-mail address. Your password is your Student ID number. Press Log in Create a New Prezi To create a new Prezi, press the New prezi button. Prezi Description Title: Your Title will be "All About Me" Description: You don't have to write a description, but you can if you want to. Once you're done with this, press the New prezi button. Edit a Previously Created Prezi Once you've logged in to Prezi, you will see all the Prezis you have created. Click on the one you want to view or edit. This will open up a screen that has a viewer of your Prezi. This screen ONLY allows you to VIEW the Prezi. To edit, press the Edit Prezi button. Typing To type, simply click anywhere and start typing. Typing Options There are multiple options for typing. This box will automatically appear when you begin typing. Prezi has 3 different font styles available. The font is the way the typing looks. Prezi Zebra Wheel When you click on any object in Prezi, it will bring up the Zebra Wheel. This wheel has three circles inside of each other. Each wheel does a different job. Center Wheel - Click and drag this to move the object around. 2nd Wheel - Click and drag this to change the size of the object. Outer Wheel - Click and drag this to change the rotation of the object. The Zebra Wheel works with typing, pictures, videos, and everything else in Prezi. |
Prezi Toolbar The Prezi Toolbar is located in the top-left corner of the screen. It has multiple options. By clicking on a circle, you select a new option. Insert - This inserts pictures, videos and shapes. Frame - This inserts frames. Write - This allows you to type. Colors & Fonts - This allows you to change the colors and font options. Path - This allows you to tell the Prezi in what order you want your presentation to appear. Show - This allows you to watch your Prezi. |
Adding Pictures & Video Click on the Insert wheel. You have 3 options inside the Insert wheel: Load File - This allows you to upload images. YouTube - This allows you to put videos on your Prezi. Shapes - This allows you to use different shapes. Adding Frames Frames are a great way to break up your Prezi into logical sections. Add frames around words and pictures that go together. There are 4 types of frames:
Colors You can change the colors on your Prezi to make it more your style. Feel free to play around. Colors play an important part in making your Prezi look good. The key to good colors is to not choose too many. Because of that, Prezi only allows you to choose a few different colors at a time. You can choose any of the themes included with Prezi, or you can create your own by pressing the Theme Wizard. |
Theme Wizard The theme wizard allows you to customize the color of the background, the color of the fonts, the frames and shapes. It also allows you to change the style of fonts. Paths
The Path feature is the very last thing you do with your Prezi. The Path tool tells the Prezi in what order you want each object to appear. Creating a Path Creating a path is like playing Connect-the-Dots. You simply click on the objects in the order you want them to appear. As you click, you will notice a little number in a circle will appear over the object. This tells you the order in which the object will appear. As you click on more objects, lines will connect the objects together. You may also notice little circles in the middle of these path lines. You can click and drag these little circles to change the order. For example, let's say you had a line between Object 2 and Object 3, but you forgot you wanted to put something else between these two objects. Instead of deleting all your paths and starting over, simply grab the little circle in the middle of the path line and drag it to the object you want to appear between Object 2 and Object 3. This will automatically update the object numbering. |