MONICA JAYASINGHE: I love
using Microsoft PowerPoint
to structure daily assignments.
Starting in a new PowerPoint presentation
go to the top panel,
click on "Insert", and then choose Shapes.
This is where you can insert the line.
I thought it would be fun to have
this background look like writing paper.
We're just using a blue line and duplicating it.
Which is just command D. Now we're adding
another line and this one I'm going to make red.
Next, we can change the color of
the line by just choosing more colors.
Once we have the background how we want it,
let's insert a text box.
Teachers could use this in a classroom,
but parents could also use this for
students to keep track of their assignments.
Here we're picking a fun font,
making the size anywhere 80-100.
I like to save some colors that I use often.
By clicking on the A and choosing
more colors you can use
a little eye dropper to get the exact color match.
Let's right click on the text box,
choose Format Shape, and look for text options.
This is where you can play around with
an outline around your text.
Heading back up to the panel,
we're inserting another shape.
We can change this to any color we want.
Let's add a nice thick border
around it with a weight of three.
Inserting a rectangle this time
and we're going to use this as a little header,
since we want this to help us
structure our daily assignments,
we're going to be adding a text box later.
Looks like we're ready to group these together.
Hold down the Shift button while choosing
your two shapes then right click and choose Group.
You can duplicate these shapes
easily and change the color.
I love the shape in PowerPoint,
it looks like a post it.
Once again, you can change the outline of
the shape and keep it all matching.
Let's insert one last shape
and make it another fun color.
This is where we're going to put the date.
Finally, let's add in our text box.
My students love to see the schedule on
the board when they walk in the classroom.
We could also have a space for reminders.
This is a great place to put in
upcoming events or projects.
Going back over to our post it,
let's insert one last text box
and we can do a homework section.
Once you make this template,
you can just duplicate the slide.
You can keep adding slides that you need for the year.
There are so many different shapes you can use to make
a layout and customize it to what you need.
Now we have a daily agenda using Microsoft PowerPoint.