Policy for PowerPoint Presentations on the Web

We will no longer support PowerPoint presentations posted to the Internet via faculty websites or online courses. 

Reasons for policy change: 

1. We cannot turn the print option off for a web based PowerPoint presentation posted via a faculty page or an online course. 
2. Many PowerPoint presentations are created in color in order to enhance a faculty member’s presentation, but our printers in the open computer labs do not support color printing. 
3. PowerPoint presentations can consist of many slides.  When multiple students in the same lab print the presentations, the printers can lock up causing a delay for all printing in that lab.
4. With a large PowerPoint presentation the print job can consume much, if not all, of the students’ allotted printing costs.

Alternatives 

As a continued effort to support our faculty members and our students without affecting the quality of multimedia offerings, we are offering the following alternatives. 

1. Convert the presentations into a .pdf format or an .rtf format from the outline version of the original presentation.
2. Convert the presentations into a .pdf format from the original presentation in a 3, 4, or 6 slides per page format.
3. If option 2 does not render the images of the presentation at an acceptable resolution, we can offer an additional link to the images in their original resolution from either the faculty member’s website or online course.

If you need any assistance in creating the alternative formats, please contact the HelpDesk at 740-366-9244.

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this policy change may cause.