Prezi - How to use it?

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Why using this tool – benefits

Prezi is a web-based tool for creating presentations (called prezis for short). It's similar to other presentation software like Microsoft PowerPoint, but it offers some unique features that make it a good alternative. In recent years, it has become popular in schools and businesses. If you're looking to create a presentation that's a bit more eye-catching and engaging, Prezi may be for you.

Being Prezi entirely run through your web browser, you will encounter fewer compatibility issues than with other presentation programs: your Prezi will always look the same, no matter what computer you're viewing it on.

Most types of presentation software use a slide-based approach, where you move back and forth between individual slides, kind of like pages in a book. Prezi, however, uses a canvas-based approach: instead of using slides, Prezi has one very large canvas that your presentation moves around on, zooming in and out to view various frames.

The following instructions were drafted in English, to facilitate a general comprehension in every European region. Nevertheless, Prezi is available in several languages, and when you go to open its website, you will probably have in front of you the version in your mother language.


Written instructions

1. First of all, you need to log in at the website https://prezi.com/, so open your browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari... or what else you prefer) and search for "Prezi".

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2.   The homepage of Prezi will appear on your screen. Now you need to sign-up to go on and so you will click “get started”

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3. When you click on “get started”, then the next Prezi will appear on your screen as below, with the possibility to choose the subscription package that fits with your needs. Given that you should be interested in the “Students & Educators” package, the basic option is for free. If you prefer the EDU Plus offer, with several additional functionalities, the normal price is reduced to only €3 per month, after a 14-day free trial period.

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4. Once chosen your favourite package, you are ready to create your Prezi account. You can use your Google or Facebook identity (if you have one) or proceed with the registration filling in all fields with the required info:

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5. Well done, now you are in!

You can start browsing your Prezi and discover it’s plenty of presentation, video and design galleries, and amazing templates for your lessons, ready-to-use. But of course, you can also create your own presentations, videos and designs.

Another interesting feature Prezi makes available for you is recalling your PowerPoints and transform them in Prezi presentations, just by one click.

As you can notice, Prezi is very flexible and it’s worth deepening how to use it. So, our suggestion is to make one step back and join the internal guidelines:

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6. Now you are supposed to be expert enough! Go to your Prezi dashboard and start preparing the activities you like for your students.

To create your videos, or to explore video gallery:

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Last modified: Friday, 11 December 2020, 10:34 AM