User guide

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Engaging learners through interactive presentations: Using Adobe Presenter (Breeze)
Educational Technology Team
email: [e-mail]
Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning
References
Technical Guides
 CIT Breeze DIY Courseware gives you a brief introduction to the Adobe presenter available at NUS.
o http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/breeze-diy-courseware/
 Adobe Presenter User Guide
https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/presenter_reference.pdf
 Adobe Presenter Resources: A quick start guide
o http://www.adobe.com/resources/acrobatconnect/presenter/
 Adobe Presenter Self-learning Tutorial
o https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a227210/getstartedpresenter/
Readings
1. Allan M Jones. (2003). The use and abuse of PowerPoint in Teaching and Learning in the Life
Sciences: A Personal Overview. Life Sciences Teaching Unit, University of Dundee, UK. Retrieved
July 10, 2012, from http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/journal/vol2/beej-2-3.pdf
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2. Atkinson, Cliff. (2008). Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 to create
presentations that inform, motivate, and inspire. Redmond, Washington: Microsoft Press.
3. Atkinson, Cliff. (2008). Beyond Bullet Points: Part I, II and III. Retrieved July 10, 2012,
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011872851033.aspx
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4. Craig, Russell & Amernic, Joel. (2006). PowerPoint Presentation Technology and the Dynamics of
Teaching. Innovative Higher Education, 31(3), 147-160(14), Springer.
5. Matt Bower & Debbie Richards (2005). Self-Paced Lectures. Macquarie University
6. Michelle Grabowski. (2010) Evaluation of Adobe® Presenter as a Teaching Tool. Journal of
Extension [On-line], 48(2) Article 2TOT5. Available at: http://www.joe.org/joe/2010april/tt5.php
7. Quinn, A. (2007). Teaching a University Research Methods Course in the On-line Synchronous
Classroom: An example using Macromedia's Breeze. TCEA Educational Technology Research
Symposium, 1, 114-121.
8. Randah McKinnie (2008). Best Practices for Delivering Virtual Classroom Training.
http://www.elearning.uq.edu.au/sites/wsa.www.elearning.uq.edu.au/files/uploads/files/tools/virt
ual_classrooms/virtual-classroom-best-practices.pdf .
9. Shauna Schullo, Amy Hilbelink, Melissa Venable, and Ann E. Barron. (2007). Selecting a Virtual
Classroom System: Elluminate Live vs. Macromedia Breeze (Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional),
MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 3( 4).
10. Tutty, J. & Schroeder, B. (2007). New Opportunities for Learning: Using Macromedia Breeze in
Online Teaching. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and
Teacher Education International Conference 2007, 523-525, Chesapeake, VA: AACE.