Discuss why and how you should incorporate animation into a presentation

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: Practicing your presentation not only allows you to evaluate individual slides, but it also helps you make good decisions about whether to use slide animations—visual effects that control when and how elements appear on your slides while you present. As a general guideline, use animation only if it helps you present a slide effectively and if you believe it will help your audience better understand your points. If you choose to use animations in a presentation, be consistent within the presentation. Use only one technique (for example, appear, dissolve, fade in) anywhere you use animations within the presentation. Also, be conservative. You may think it is entertaining to have images or words fly in from the left and right. However, this movement will not enhance your content. It will simply distract your audience. When possible, show the whole picture or list first, then fade that picture and begin the animation. Audiences often understand individual points better when they have first seen the big picture. Finally, practice. Presenting an animated slide is more difficult than presenting one without animation. Practice delivering the slide so that you know how to take advantage of the animation. If you find the animation difficult to present, remove it from the slide.