Read Schulich School of Medicine's 10 Ways to Fail at Videoconferencing.

If you are thinking of using patients, read Schulich School of Medicine's Bringing Patients to the VC Classroom

Use the preset template or choose a dark blue or green background with a light yellow/white font in large classrooms.

Use the following naming protocol for the file; Course name, Date, your name.pptx ; this will help the technician ensure that the correct file is loaded. (Example: Anatomy 100, Sept10, billybob.pptx)

Number your slides, so students can follow along if the video fails.

Set 2-3 objectives per hour for what the students will learn during the session and place them on your PowerPoint slides (PPT) near the beginning of the session and at appropriate intervals. If you have more than 4 objectives, learn to use a MAP slide.

If you have large amounts of text or procedure outlines, send them to the students ahead of time as either word documents or PDFs. Only include key points on your PPT; don’t fill the slides with text.

Use size 36-38 FONT for text body and 44-60 for Headings in your PowerPoint.

Use Arial, Helvetica or Impact font, not Times New Roman because it will be easier to read at the distant location.

Avoid using Red on your slide, because it will oscillate at the receiving site.

Place a small space (14-16 size) between points on your slides.

Use graphics to illustrate your points, see The National Library of Medicine or the Anatomy Clipart or 19th century medical images collection as a source of images.

Check the MedEd Portal, Merlot and International Association of Medical Science Educators' (IAMSE) HEAL for learning objects.

Use PowerPoint Appear animations (2003, 2007) to bring up one point at a time in order to focus attention on what you will be saying. Avoid using more extreme animations and motion paths because of time delay issues between the two sites.

Use mnemonics, numbers or other memory aides to help students remember important lists or procedures.

Make sure you include PowerPoint slides that have questions/activities that focus on the distance students every 15-20 minutes. In the adrenaline rush of teaching, it is easy to lose track of distance students. These slides act as build-in reminders!

Use clicker slides at least once in the session.

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