Library Procedure Handbook

Promotional Slide Guidelines

Campus TVs & eNEWS Student Update

Start with a Good Idea Good ideas are what makes advertising so impactful. Make careful considerations to the message and the images you choose.

Production Identification Make sure you are able to read the event name.

Short Copy Use 30 words or less and keep them short for easy comprehension.

Standard Template Use the standard template in PowerPoint, not the wide screen template (click design, then slide size).

Large and Legible Type Lettering should be a either Calibri or Arial and no less than 20 pt font. Avoid bolding AND underlining or other text embellishments—pick one.

Bold Colors Be bold with colors.

High Contrast For high visibility, use contrasting colors.

Simplify Everything Stay with one key idea or objective.

View at a Distance (if showing on Campus TVs) Look at the design from 5 feet away for only 10 seconds. Can you understand it? Can you read it all?  This simulates walking past the TV monitors.

Make sure you have all these elements included:

1. Title
2. Purpose
3. Date(s)/Time/Location
4. Contact info (email or name)
5. One Graphic (optional)

SUBMIT PowerPoint slides for:

eNEWS send email to: studentlife.slb@gotoltc.edu

Campus TVs paste click or paste link in browser https://gotoltc.edu/ltc-forms/411942.html?newtest=Y&lang=en

Library TV: 

Creating Professional, Visually-Appealing Slides

INTRO: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYiUoDEEU0

COLOR:

• Choosing Colors & Eyedropper Tool: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYiUoBEE4e
• Meaning of Color: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYiUDdEE7B
• Contrast: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYiUbHEGeD

DESIGN:

• Create a Shape/Line: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYivF1EJmX
• Formatting a Line/Shape: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjhovGf5k
• RGB Color Codes: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjhodGfdY
• Layering Objects: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjhbuGhon
• Text Boxes: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjhq3Ghmw

GRAPHICS:

• JPGs & PNGs: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjhqCGhs1
• FREE Images: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjhqKGhLu
• Blurry & Skewed Images: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjhYVGhPg
• Snipping Tool: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjb2hGKmk

CONTENT:

• Keep It Short: https://screencast-o-matic.com/content/#/video/cYjhYBG11u
• Target Audience: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYj1FKGQGM
• Clear & Simple Language: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjIolGaJH
• Proofreading: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjIo4GaPV
• Visual Importance; https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjIo5GaSs
• Text Size; https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjIoJGzcU
• Clarity: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjIDnGzhv

FINAL EXAMPLE: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYjIDDGz6b

Upload Signs in TV

1. Once the power point slide is ready, you will save the document as JPEG in the folder of the given year. After that you will open up the Bright Author App in the desktop

2. Go to File: Then Click on I:\library\Bright Sign/current.bfp

3. Once you land on this page click and drag the JPEG file from the left column to the right to add a slide. To delete a slide just click the slide you want to remove and hit delete on the key board.

4. Once done save the changes by going to file > save current. 

5. Go to Publish tab

6. Select the LIB-Brightsign folder, select local and hit publish.

7. Close the bright sign, select no