Presentation software
Effective use of presentations and visualizations is an important aspect of teaching in the current digital age. Contemporary presentation software provides various ways to not only convey visual information but also interact with students during and between sessions. Presentation software allows you to visualize the complex scenario and structure the discussions.
The following video presents some practical tips for teachers to interact with students using presentations in case teaching. Examples of software are also presented.
Personal reflection
What kind of activities can you use to support interaction between yourself and your students when presenting a case study using a presentation tool?
For example, you could create a shared document where everyone writes collaborative annotations. You could also create a list of different possible solutions in the shared document, which students then rank in order of priority based on how effective they think the solutions are.
What kind of features of presentation software would help your case teaching?
Integrating multimedia e.g., images, videos, charts. Hyperlinks and navigation suits cases well. Drawing tools and annotations help in live note-taking or highlighting key points. Interactive elements such as polls and quizzes can create variety and engage students during presentations.
What kind of features would enhance your interaction with students in your case teaching?
Responding questions by navigating to different parts of the case via hyperlinks and pathing, revealing more specific information. Using feedback tools. Inserting pauses into slides with prompts to discuss.
Which software I’m familiar with? Does it provide the functionalities that I want, or is there some missing that another might have?
You can check the offered services from or try out various software: Google Slides, Prezi, Canva