Lesson 2: Enhancing Webinar Participant Engagement

The rubric's visual aids component has four indicators: purpose, readability, scaffolding information, and visual relevance. The main focus is to ensure that presentation slides aid the presentation rather than serve as a script to be read by the presenter. They should be visually pleasing and compel participants to engage by not overwhelming them with complexity.

Some key visual aids best practices described in the video are:

• Use slides to convey main points only. Do not include too much detail or read word-for-word.
• Include text and images that are easy to read.
• Use more slides—scaffold complex information by presenting it one component at a time. For example, break up a large computer code segment by showing only the section you are talking about. You could provide the entire code in supplemental materials you made available before the webinar.
• Highlight information as you talk about it using tools such as an arrow, circling, or pointer. These tools will vary depending on your webinar platform.
• Only use visuals that are related to the topic. Otherwise, they can be a distraction that hinders attention.