The manager of Eclipse wants the following to appear in the presentation:
- The slide show should attract more attention by different animation effects
- Information on the release dates and costs of the products
- Reviews of at least 5 games and some hardware reviews.
- There should be a clear, introductory slide including a picture and information about the Xbox console.
- The slide show should be stay the same color through all the slide show to make it look more professional
- All text should be easy to read from a distance
- The slides should move on every 8 seconds automatically
- The slide show should run independent of the user
All of these can be done very easily in Microsoft PowerPoint and use from a program such as paint\Paint Shop Pro to customize the pictures. All so I may use internet explorer (web browser) to gather more information and pictures. I will also be using camera\scanner to get picture of the console\games.
Analyze
I have decided to use Microsoft PowerPoint to solve the problem that he manager of eclipse has set me. This will allow me to solve all of the problems set in the identify section.
Other software and hardware that I will include:
Input
I will be collecting information from a number of sources. These include:
Getting all the information that the manager know about the Xbox.
Going on the internet to find out what other people know about the Xbox.
Pictures of the Xbox from the internet, camera and scanner.
Sounds already on PowerPoint to give flying in effect and sounds from the internet.
Processing
I will probably need to change the font size and type of the writing so that it becomes easy to read. Similarly I will need to make sure that the font colour is adjusted so that it stands out against the background. I then decided to keep the same background and font for all of the slides to make it look more professional. So I will make the background and font as interesting and eye-catching. The digital pictures will need processing. Either by using paint shop pro to adjust the colours or the cropping tool in PowerPoint. I will change the look of the image. In PowerPoint I may need to rotate the images.
In PowerPoint I will animate the text and the images.
I will make a random transition between one slide and the next.
The animation effects and the slide transitions will move on after a few seconds.
I may need to take the sound clips into a music editor to remove parts of the sounds I don’t need.
Output
The main output will be a minimum of 7 slides. In order to check if the presentation is OK for the manager of eclipse I will print out the presentation with 6 slides on a piece of paper.
Backup/Security
Since the majority of the work will be done at school where the work will be saved on the school network. This means that the work will be backed up every night. During a lesson I will save my work regularly-just in case the power fails or if there’s a problem with the computer.
Once the presentation has been installed, the computer that runs the program is locked away so that no one can alter the programme.