{"id":6370,"date":"2021-07-20T09:55:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T08:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/?p=6370"},"modified":"2023-08-23T15:27:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:27:46","slug":"design-ideas-three-ways-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview: three ways PowerPoint&#8217;s &#8220;Design Ideas&#8221; excludes your audience, and how to fix it."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/di.png?resize=755%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Design Ideas button within the PowerPoint user interface.\" class=\"wp-image-6401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/di.png?w=999&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/di.png?resize=300%2C71&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/di.png?resize=768%2C183&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-ec6aa32e-d1e1-4112-872e-28f995c8014b\">\n<li>Part 1: Design Ideas <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/ppt-design-ideas-part-1-all-caps\/\">sets text in &#8220;all caps&#8221;.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Part 2: Design Ideas <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/ppt-design-ideas-part-2-centre-alignment\/\">centre aligns longer text.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Part 3: Design Ideas suggests designs with <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/ppt-design-ideas-part-3-contrast\/\">insufficient colour contrast.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PowerPoint\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/create-professional-slide-layouts-with-powerpoint-designer-53c77d7b-dc40-45c2-b684-81415eac0617\">Design Ideas<\/a> feature helps us create attractive slides quickly. Unfortunately, some of its suggestions do not follow accessibility best practice, creating barriers that may exclude members of your audience. In this blog post we explain three issues and how to fix them. The examples shown here use the default PowerPoint template but are likely to occur whichever template you use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/di-composite-1024x362.png?resize=755%2C267&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Design variations generated by Design Ideas. \" class=\"wp-image-6436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/di-composite.png?resize=1024%2C362&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/di-composite.png?resize=300%2C106&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/di-composite.png?resize=768%2C271&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/di-composite.png?w=1206&amp;ssl=1 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Design variations generated by Design Ideas. The top row has designs where text has been set in all caps. The middle row has longer text centre aligned. Most of the designs use insufficient contrast for the presentation of text.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three ways Design Ideas excludes your audience and how to fix it.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this three-part series we explain each of the issues and why they may exclude members of your potential audience. We then demonstrate how to fix each issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Part 1: Design Ideas <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/ppt-design-ideas-part-1-all-caps\/\">sets text in &#8220;all caps&#8221;.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Part 2: Design Ideas <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/ppt-design-ideas-part-2-centre-alignment\/\">centre aligns longer text.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Part 3: Design Ideas suggests designs with <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/ppt-design-ideas-part-3-contrast\/\">insufficient colour contrast.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Over to you!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Add your comments, questions, and reflections below. Did we get something wrong? Have an important tip to share? Let us know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PowerPoint\u2019s Design Ideas feature helps us create attractive slides quickly. Unfortunately, some of its suggestions do not follow accessibility best practice, creating barriers that may exclude members of your audience. In this blog post we explain three issues and how to fix them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":918,"featured_media":6450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[209,3,9],"tags":[86,284],"class_list":["post-6370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accessibility","category-creating-content","category-tech-tips","tag-accessibility","tag-ask-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Overview: three ways PowerPoint&#039;s &quot;Design Ideas&quot; excludes your audience, and how to fix it. - Digital Learning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PowerPoint\u2019s Design Ideas feature helps us create attractive slides quickly. Unfortunately, some of its suggestions do not follow accessibility best practice, creating barriers that may exclude members of your audience.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Overview: three ways PowerPoint&#039;s &quot;Design Ideas&quot; excludes your audience, and how to fix it. - Digital Learning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PowerPoint\u2019s Design Ideas feature helps us create attractive slides quickly. Unfortunately, some of its suggestions do not follow accessibility best practice, creating barriers that may exclude members of your audience.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Digital Learning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-20T08:55:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-23T14:27:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"637\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"397\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew Deeprose\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew Deeprose\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew Deeprose\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ae2be621ff6c68cce6b17ee35c53f496\"},\"headline\":\"Overview: three ways PowerPoint&#8217;s &#8220;Design Ideas&#8221; excludes your audience, and how to fix it.\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-20T08:55:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-23T14:27:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/321\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"accessibility\",\"Ask us\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Accessibility\",\"Creating content\",\"Tech tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/\",\"name\":\"Overview: three ways PowerPoint's \\\"Design Ideas\\\" excludes your audience, and how to fix it. - Digital Learning\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/321\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-20T08:55:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-23T14:27:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"PowerPoint\u2019s Design Ideas feature helps us create attractive slides quickly. Unfortunately, some of its suggestions do not follow accessibility best practice, creating barriers that may exclude members of your audience.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/321\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/321\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1\",\"width\":\"637\",\"height\":\"397\",\"caption\":\"The design ideas icon beside an crying face emoji\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/20\\\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Overview: three ways PowerPoint&#8217;s &#8220;Design Ideas&#8221; excludes your audience, and how to fix it.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/\",\"name\":\"Digital Learning\",\"description\":\"Consult | Collaborate | Create\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Digital Learning\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/321\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/cropped-dltdevice.png?fit=512%2C512\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/321\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/cropped-dltdevice.png?fit=512%2C512\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Digital Learning\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ae2be621ff6c68cce6b17ee35c53f496\",\"name\":\"Matthew Deeprose\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ef22a6c313d2eb42c8def43382e11960074491c18f6ff43f4e1d68e1c90d37f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ef22a6c313d2eb42c8def43382e11960074491c18f6ff43f4e1d68e1c90d37f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ef22a6c313d2eb42c8def43382e11960074491c18f6ff43f4e1d68e1c90d37f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matthew Deeprose\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\\\/digital-learning\\\/author\\\/matthew-deeprose\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Overview: three ways PowerPoint's \"Design Ideas\" excludes your audience, and how to fix it. - Digital Learning","description":"PowerPoint\u2019s Design Ideas feature helps us create attractive slides quickly. Unfortunately, some of its suggestions do not follow accessibility best practice, creating barriers that may exclude members of your audience.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Overview: three ways PowerPoint's \"Design Ideas\" excludes your audience, and how to fix it. - Digital Learning","og_description":"PowerPoint\u2019s Design Ideas feature helps us create attractive slides quickly. Unfortunately, some of its suggestions do not follow accessibility best practice, creating barriers that may exclude members of your audience.","og_url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/","og_site_name":"Digital Learning","article_published_time":"2021-07-20T08:55:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-23T14:27:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":637,"height":397,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Matthew Deeprose","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew Deeprose","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew Deeprose","@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/#\/schema\/person\/ae2be621ff6c68cce6b17ee35c53f496"},"headline":"Overview: three ways PowerPoint&#8217;s &#8220;Design Ideas&#8221; excludes your audience, and how to fix it.","datePublished":"2021-07-20T08:55:45+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-23T14:27:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/"},"wordCount":229,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1","keywords":["accessibility","Ask us"],"articleSection":["Accessibility","Creating content","Tech tips"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/","url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/","name":"Overview: three ways PowerPoint's \"Design Ideas\" excludes your audience, and how to fix it. - Digital Learning","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1","datePublished":"2021-07-20T08:55:45+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-23T14:27:46+00:00","description":"PowerPoint\u2019s Design Ideas feature helps us create attractive slides quickly. Unfortunately, some of its suggestions do not follow accessibility best practice, creating barriers that may exclude members of your audience.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1","width":"637","height":"397","caption":"The design ideas icon beside an crying face emoji"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/design-ideas-three-ways-overview\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Overview: three ways PowerPoint&#8217;s &#8220;Design Ideas&#8221; excludes your audience, and how to fix it."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/#website","url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/","name":"Digital Learning","description":"Consult | Collaborate | Create","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/#organization","name":"Digital Learning","url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2017\/09\/cropped-dltdevice.png?fit=512%2C512","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2017\/09\/cropped-dltdevice.png?fit=512%2C512","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Digital Learning"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/#\/schema\/person\/ae2be621ff6c68cce6b17ee35c53f496","name":"Matthew Deeprose","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ef22a6c313d2eb42c8def43382e11960074491c18f6ff43f4e1d68e1c90d37f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ef22a6c313d2eb42c8def43382e11960074491c18f6ff43f4e1d68e1c90d37f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ef22a6c313d2eb42c8def43382e11960074491c18f6ff43f4e1d68e1c90d37f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Matthew Deeprose"},"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/author\/matthew-deeprose\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/overview.png?fit=637%2C397&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paQv07-1EK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6418,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/ppt-design-ideas-part-1-all-caps\/","url_meta":{"origin":6370,"position":0},"title":"Three ways PowerPoint&#8217;s &#8220;Design Ideas&#8221; excludes your audience, and how to fix it: Part 1 &#8211; Setting text in &#8220;all caps&#8221;.","author":"Matthew Deeprose","date":"20 July 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Text in all caps can present a barrier to readers with dyslexia. Moreover, it slows down reading speed for all. Design Ideas will often set short bullet points in all caps. Find out how to fix this and more.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessibility&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessibility","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/category\/creating-content\/accessibility\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Human crowd forming a big number one on white background.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/iStock-935760396.jpg?fit=683%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/iStock-935760396.jpg?fit=683%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/iStock-935760396.jpg?fit=683%2C512&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6427,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/ppt-design-ideas-part-2-centre-alignment\/","url_meta":{"origin":6370,"position":1},"title":"Three ways PowerPoint&#8217;s &#8220;Design Ideas&#8221; excludes your audience, and how to fix it: Part 2 &#8211; Centre alignment of longer text.","author":"Matthew Deeprose","date":"20 July 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Centre-aligned text can be difficult to read if it spans more than one line in length. This can be a particular barrier to readers with dyslexia When presented in this way your presentation appears less professional. Design Ideas often centre aligns text. In this article we explain why it's important\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessibility&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessibility","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/category\/creating-content\/accessibility\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Human crowd forming a big number two on white background.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/iStock-935760284.jpg?fit=683%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/iStock-935760284.jpg?fit=683%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/iStock-935760284.jpg?fit=683%2C512&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6433,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/07\/20\/ppt-design-ideas-part-3-contrast\/","url_meta":{"origin":6370,"position":2},"title":"Three ways PowerPoint&#8217;s &#8220;Design Ideas&#8221; excludes your audience, and how to fix it: Part 3 &#8211; Insufficient colour contrast.","author":"Matthew Deeprose","date":"20 July 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Too little contrast between colours will not only make your presentation disagreeable, it also presents a barrier to many. Design ideas will sometimes suggest designs that do not have sufficient contrast between colours. In this article we explain this in more detail and how to fix it.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessibility&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessibility","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/category\/creating-content\/accessibility\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Human crowd forming a big number three on white background.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/iStock-936347610.jpg?fit=683%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/iStock-936347610.jpg?fit=683%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/07\/iStock-936347610.jpg?fit=683%2C512&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7925,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2016\/09\/15\/articulate-storyline\/","url_meta":{"origin":6370,"position":3},"title":"Articulate Storyline","author":"learnsoton","date":"15 September 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Articulate Storyline\u00a0is one of several excellent software tools that can be used to create rich interactive learning resources.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case study&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case study","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/category\/case-study\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Screenshot from the virtual salon","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2023\/06\/storylineUI-sm.jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_MEDIUM.jpg?fit=480%2C297&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2360,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2019\/07\/02\/accessible-maths-from-retrofitting-to-inclusive-design\/","url_meta":{"origin":6370,"position":4},"title":"Accessible Maths from Retrofitting to Inclusive Design","author":"Tamsyn Smith","date":"2 July 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I went to a session on Accessible Maths from Retrofitting to Inclusive Design delivered by Dr Emma Cliffe from the University of Bath. This session covered a lot that was outside of my sphere of knowledge, so apologies if there are any errors. The principles of universal design, which aim\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessibility&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessibility","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/category\/creating-content\/accessibility\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2019\/07\/iStock-898704212.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2019\/07\/iStock-898704212.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2019\/07\/iStock-898704212.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2019\/07\/iStock-898704212.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2019\/07\/iStock-898704212.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":404,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2017\/11\/01\/building-better-learning-objects\/","url_meta":{"origin":6370,"position":5},"title":"Building better learning objects.","author":"Stephan Caspar","date":"1 November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"10 ways to ensure your digital media is effective every time. This short guide provides an opportunity for academics and expert contributors to think about the media that they create for courses, whether that\u2019s video, audio podcast, illustration, photograph or in some cases text. It\u2019s worth exploring why some of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Creating content&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Creating content","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/category\/creating-content\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Woman sitting at a table writing with the caption 'better learning objects'.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2017\/11\/blendedobjects1.png?fit=876%2C532&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2017\/11\/blendedobjects1.png?fit=876%2C532&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2017\/11\/blendedobjects1.png?fit=876%2C532&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2017\/11\/blendedobjects1.png?fit=876%2C532&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6370"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8237,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6370\/revisions\/8237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}