Another great post. Getting students to limit the number of words on a slide can be really challenging. Like your 12 word limit, a long time ago I heard the 5 & 5 rule- no more than 5 words per line & no more than 5 lines of text.
I’m sure there must be some actual studies from psychology/perception researchers on these limits. Anyone come across such studies?
What I feel really makes a difference is whether those words/lines are full sentences or keywords. It’s much easier to follow the presentation if you read the key verbs/nouns on the screen, and listen to the rest being spoken out loud.
Great recommendations as always 😃... and Katya Kovalenko's courses are highly recommended for presentation design in general and deck design <<chef's kisses 🤌>>
Another great post. Getting students to limit the number of words on a slide can be really challenging. Like your 12 word limit, a long time ago I heard the 5 & 5 rule- no more than 5 words per line & no more than 5 lines of text.
I’m sure there must be some actual studies from psychology/perception researchers on these limits. Anyone come across such studies?
What I feel really makes a difference is whether those words/lines are full sentences or keywords. It’s much easier to follow the presentation if you read the key verbs/nouns on the screen, and listen to the rest being spoken out loud.
I’ll check if I can find any studies!
Great recommendations as always 😃... and Katya Kovalenko's courses are highly recommended for presentation design in general and deck design <<chef's kisses 🤌>>
Yes! I love her style, simple and clear. On an unrelated note, have you seen the talk “death by PowerPoint”?😂
😮 No I haven't, I know there's a book, do you recommend the talk? Share the link please 😁
This is the talk: https://youtu.be/Iwpi1Lm6dFo?si=c0NQEzUQ9AkMMOyN
I didn’t know there was a book! 😃 Is it by the same name?
And yes I do recommend the talk, it’s quite funny 😁
Yes but I didn't read it (yet... actually is not on my list 😅)
I'll watch the talk right now 😁... in exchange I share this podcast with you
https://open.spotify.com/show/1JXx4pYPxVO0fHtURYbeK1?si=kJWqlXNTQ9uxHwFugOyavw it's not longer active but has good recommendations about presentations 🤓
Ah nice thank you!!