Presentation of Information
It is important that information is presented in a way that is understandable and meaningful.
The method of presentation will depend on the intended audience.

Emphasis on different aspects of the presentation or levels of technical difficulty will vary. The amount of information and depth of detail will also depend on the intended audience. Use of colour and graphics should also be considered.

The audience will need time to study the information. It will not be absorbed if it comes too fast!

Information gets old...sometimes it needs to be kept up-to-date.

Example :
These notes are for school students and so are kept short and simple, not using complex technical terms, with colour used to highlight important terms. The same notes for university students may be more detailed and include technical computing terms.

 

Information about a company's new product would be presented differently to customers than to the company salesmen.
These are some of the different ways that information can be presented:
  • Orally - spoken either face-to-face or over the telephone or presenting information as a lecture to an audience.
  • Document - Printed text.
  • Desktop Publishing - Presenting information on printed documents with complex layouts, text and graphics.
  • Graphs - Statistical information may displayed as bar graphs, pie charts etc.
  • Slideshow presentation - Slides projected onto a screen displaying text and graphics with animation and sound. Explanation may be verbal or recorded.
  • Multimedia - Text, moving graphics and sound.
  • Web page - This could be stored on a company's intranet or on the Internet.
  • Videoconferencing - Live meetings with others over the Internet using video and sound.
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Information can be presented on interactive whiteboards.