Navigation Models

Navigation Models

1. Automatic Transitions

   • What is it?
     • It is navigation throught the slides without any human interaction. It moves from one slide to another in a pre-defined way
   • When would you use it?
     • For showing a fixed amount of information
       • Estate Agency - to show houses that they have for sale or rent
         • Informtion Kiosks - places of interest for tourists
   • Advanatges
     • Can be left to show slides continuously by looping the presentation
       • Does not need anyone to advance the presentaion
         • Timings are allocated to each slide so they can show for a pre-defined period of time
   • Disadvanatges
     • Automatic slide transitions are no good if the human interaction is required
       • They are also a poor choice if you need to see a previous slide to make sense of the current one
         • The audience can take longer or shorter time periods to digest the infomration on screen
           • Slides can move to fast or too slow
             • If you miss a slide then you hve to wait till it come on again
               • If a presenter is present then they wouldnt be able to stop/pause the presentation to answer questions

2. Manual Transitions

   • What is it ?
     • It is naviagting through a presentaion using human interaction. It needs a mouse click or a key stroke made by the presenter to be able to move onto the next slide
   • When would you use it?
     • Presenting graphs
       • During a compnay presentaion
   • Advanatges
     • The user can spend as long as they like on each slide before they move onto the next one
       • The user can select which slides they want to see an in what order
         • The presenter can control the presentaion whilst they are talking
           • The presenter can start/stop/pause the presentaion whenever they wish too, and they acn jump back and forth between slides
             • The audience is able to participate in answering and asking questions
   • Disadvanatges
     • There needs to be a presenter that is focus on the presentation to be able to change the slides when neded
   • Methods user can use
     • Mouse click
       • Key stroke
         • Touchscreen
           • Remote