1 - Introduction ~5 mins
Welcome
Open your cloud storage: Project Portfolio → {{code:07_pitch}} → {{code:07_project_pitch}}. You should already see a title slide. Today you add three content slides: what your Something Real project is, why it matters, and what it costs, with short text, a chart image, and tidy alignment.
This file can count toward Vocational Preparation / Vocational Education / General Education task evidence. Keep the name {{code:07_project_pitch}} in {{code:07_pitch}}.
If something is missing
- No {{code:07_project_pitch}} yet? In {{code:07_pitch}}, create a new presentation, name it {{code:07_project_pitch}}, and add a title slide with your project name before you continue.
- Need a chart? Use a {{code:.png}} from {{code:06_charts}}, a screenshot of your budget chart saved into {{code:07_pitch}}, or the class sample {{code:sample_budget_chart.png}} on the shared drive (you can replace it later).
Warm-up
Think of the last presentation, Instagram carousel, or poster on a noticeboard that made you stop. Was it a short clear title, or a number you could read in one glance? Keep that answer in mind as you build today's slides.
2 - Key Concepts ~5 mins
Three ideas keep every content slide readable. You will use all of them on the sample deck, then on your own project.
| Concept | Why it matters | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Title vs body text | The title owns one idea; body text supports it in short lines, not paragraphs. | Title: "What it costs". Body: three short budget bullets, not a full proposal paragraph. |
| Chart as slide content | A chart image lands faster than a table of cells and reuses work you already did. | Your cost bar chart as a .png on "What it costs" with one sentence underneath. |
| Object alignment | Lined-up edges look ready for a supervisor or class; crooked objects look unfinished. | Title, body box, and chart share a left edge on the costs slide. |
Worked example: In the step-by-step you build three content slides for SnapLocal (affordable event photography for local clubs and small businesses): what it is, why it matters, and what it costs with a chart image. Independent practice does the same three slides for your Something Real project.
3 - Step-by-step Task ~20 mins
Follow the tabs for your presentation tool (PowerPoint for the web or Google Slides). Open Project Portfolio → {{code:07_pitch}} → {{code:07_project_pitch}}, add three content slides for the sample project SnapLocal, format titles and body text, insert a chart image, and align objects.
Pace tip: SnapLocal is practice only. Match the sample wording once on "What it is" and "Why it matters", then spend your careful clicks on the "What it costs" slide (insert, resize, caption, align). In independent practice you will replace this sample with your own Something Real project.
4 - Common Issues ~4 mins
Common Issues
| Issue | Solution |
|---|---|
| My image covers the title or hangs off the slide edge | Click the image and drag a corner handle inward. Leave a clear margin on every side. Move the image first, then resize; do not stretch from the middle handles if you want to keep proportions. |
| I cannot find my chart image to insert | Open {{code:06_charts}} in cloud storage for a {{code:.png}} export, or use {{code:sample_budget_chart.png}} on the class shared drive. To screenshot: Windows {{kbd:Win+Shift+S}}, Mac {{kbd:Shift+Cmd+4}}, Chromebook screenshot key or status shelf. Save or upload into {{code:07_pitch}}, then insert that file. |
| Body text spills past the bottom of the slide | Cut words, not font size first. Aim for three short lines. If you still need more detail, that content belongs in your proposal document, not on the slide. |
| Align options are greyed out, missing, or do nothing | Select more than one object first (image plus text box). Alignment needs at least two selected items. If you cannot see Arrange, right-click the selection or open the three-dot overflow on the ribbon, then Align Left or Top. On some layouts, click outside placeholders and use inserted text boxes so objects are freely movable. Or drag until edges match by eye and finish align later if needed. |
From paragraph to bullets
Before you write about your own project, watch how a long line becomes slide-ready.
Too long: "On my Work Experience in the coffee dock I learned how the morning rush works and I want to design a simple training card so new staff know the till steps and the allergen questions."
Three short lines:
- Work Experience coffee-dock training card
- Till steps and allergen questions in one place
- Helps new staff on busy mornings
Use that pattern for What it is, Why it matters, and your cost line.
5 - Independent Practice ~15 mins
Independent Practice
Use the same three-slide shape you just built for SnapLocal; swap in your project words and chart. Messy first bullets are fine: cut them shorter after they are on the slide.
- Must finish: After the title slide there are exactly three content slides about your project (What it is, Why it matters, What it costs) with short titles and short body lines; SnapLocal sample text is removed or fully replaced
- Must finish: The costs slide includes your budget chart, the class sample chart, or a screenshot, sized with clear margins and not covering the title
- Must finish: The costs caption or one body line names your project or a real cost category from your work (not SnapLocal)
- Should finish: Text and images on the costs slide share a clean edge so the layout looks intentional at a glance
- File still named {{code:07_project_pitch}} in folder {{code:07_pitch}}; show your teacher Saved / All changes saved before you log off. This file can feed Vocational Preparation / Vocational Education / General Education task evidence.
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