Great looking visuals make you look good!
Improving your presentations can be one way to increase student engagement in your classes. Students report that impressive presentations can make a difference in their overall impression of an instructor. This favorable impression goes beyond the presentation of information and into all aspects of the class experience [1]. Visual representations are especially important in anatomy classes. An old black and white handout of the skeletal system is likely to provoke some questions of your competency among students. Illustration: Presentation Diagnosis - DOA Minimize text information on your visuals and try not to read the text to the class. Not only can everyone read the text, but information presented in this way is not as easily absorbed as simply viewing visuals and listening to a speaker. The visual should emphasize the information being presented. [2][2] Text information related to the image should be within close proximity so that viewers can make an easy assoc...