How to Create a Multimedia Presentation Using Prezi.

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This tutorial will take you through the steps of creating a presentation using Prezi.com. We
will go through how to create a prezi account, how to begin creating your Prezi, how to add
images, how to add video and eventually, how to add audio. In the end, you will be able to
create interesting, multimedia presentations like this, or like this, or even like this.
Lets get started.

Create Your Prezi Account

Open your internet browser. You can use Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer,
Google Chrome, or whatever browser you are most comfortable with.

In the browser, enter www.prezi.com as the URL in the

address bar.
When you reach the Prezi.com site, click on the button
that says, Sign up now, as seen in the image to the
left.

Prezi will ask you to choose a license

to open your account with. If you
have an active educational email
address (i.e. thunter@hunter.cuny.
edu), use this address to access a
Student/Teacher license, which will
allow you more space to host your
presentations.
To do this, click on the orange
button that says, Student/Teacher
Licenses, as seen in the image to
the right.

Now, choose the Edu Enjoy option,

which is a free licence, but offers
more storage space and other
features than the public license.

Next, Prezi will ask you to verify your

status as a student or teacher by asking
for a school sponsored email address. Use
your Hunter email address for verification.
Prezi will send you a verification email to
this account and you will need to access
this email to verify your prezi account.

Go to your Hunter email account and click on the link

that Prezi sent you. This will verify your Prezi account
and you will be ready to register your account.

In the registration window, enter your

name, your email address and a password.
Your email address will be your username
for prezi.com.
Prezi will welcome you to their site and
offer you several tutorials to hep you get
started. These tutorials are extremely
helpful.

Create a New Prezi Presentation

Once youve registered your account, you are ready to
begin creating your presentation. In the top, left hand
corner of the window, click on the button that says,
New Prezi.

Give your prezi a name and a description. Then, click

on New Prez.

Creating your Prezi

To begin entering text into your Prezi, simply doubleclick, anywhere on the canvas, and begin writing. When
you are finished writing, click outside of the textbox,
onto the canvas, or press OK.

Click and drag your mouse

here to rotate the item.

Modifying Items with the Zebra in Your Prezi

To edit any detail in your prezi, i.e. twist the item,
enlarge or minimize the item, change the style of the
text or delete the item, you will use the zebra. The
zebra is the large blue striped circle you see to your
left. To access the zebra, you just single-click on any
of your items.

Click and drag your

mouse here to move the
item along the canvas.
Click anywhere on these
three circles to enlarge or
shrink your item.
Click here to delete the item.

To delete an item, click on the X on the side of the

zebra, as seen above and to the right.

A menu bar will pop open. Choose the option youd

like to use, in this case, delete.

Adding Shapes or Images to your Prezi

To add images or shapes to your prezi, first click on
the blue menu in the top, left hand corner of your Prezi
screen. It is shown in the image to the right.
Then, click on the Insert option. This will magnify the
menu, as seen below. To add a shape, click on the
Shapes option. To add an image, click on the Load File
option. Next, you will be asked to find the file you want
to include in your Prezi.
This is the menu in Prezi. Here,
you can choose to insert media,
write new text, change the color
scheme of your Prezi, create a
path for your Prezi, and finally,
show, or present, your Prezi.

When youve selected your image, Prezi will load the

image directly into your Prezi, as seen to the right.

Continue to Add Elements to Your Prezi

Add all of the elements that youd
like to include in your prezi, by
using Prezi menu in the top, left
hand corner of your Prezi screen.
When you have all of your elements
added to your Prezi, your canvas will
look something like the image to the
right.

Add a YouTube Movie to Your Prezi

Its easy to embed YouTube videos
into your Prezi presentation!
Simply go to YouTube.com and find
a video youd like to include in your
presentation. Once youve selected
your video, highlight and copy the
URL.

Next, in your Prezi canvas, double-click anywhere you

choose to add text.
In the text box, paste the URL that you just copied.

Prezi will automatically embed your YouTube video,

just like that!

Audio and Your Prezi

The easiest way to add audio to your prezi, is to upload your audio file or video file to YouTube.
YouTube will automatically convert your file into one that is accessible for Prezi.
To convert your audio on your own, please follow the instructions here.

Create a Path for Your Prezi

In Prezi, we must now connect our elements in a path.
This is what tells Prezi which item they should show
first, second, all the way to the final item.
In your Prezi menu, click on Path, as seen to the right.

In the Path submenu, choose 1-2-3. This will allow

us to connect our items as they should appear on the
screen.

Click on the first element you want in your presentation,

as seen to the right. Prezi will add a 1 to that item,
as it is the first item to appear in your presentation, as
seen in the image below.

Next, click on the second element youd like to appear

in your presentation. This will create a path-line from
the first element to the second element.

Continue to add elements to your

path until all of the elements youd
like to include in your selection are
connected with the blue line. It will
look similar to the image to the
right.

View Your Prezi at Prezi.com

When youre finished creating your
path, click on the exit button on the
top, right hand corner of your Prezi
canvas.
Now, click on the Your Prezis tab
to view your presentation!

Click here to edit your prezi

Click here to view your prezis
Click here to delete your prezi

Click here to slide

through your prezi