Canvas presentations in the wild

  • Authors:
  • Leonhard Lichtschlag;Thomas Hess;Thorsten Karrer;Jan Borchers

  • Affiliations:
  • RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, NRW, Germany;RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, NRW, Germany;RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, NRW, Germany;RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, NRW, Germany

  • Venue:
  • CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Most presentation software uses the slide deck metaphor to create visual presentation support. Recently, canvas presentation tools such as Fly or Prezi have instead begun to use a zoomable free-form canvas to arrange information. The effect of this change in format on the authoring process of presentations has been investigated previously in a formal lab study. We have now examined the evolving patterns of usage in publicly available canvas presentations and found that the benefits of this format that have been demonstrated in the lab setting also can be observed in real life presentations. This confirms the potential of canvas based tools to help authors improve the quality of their presentation visuals.