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SlideSpace: Heuristic Design of a Hybrid Presentation Medium

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Yasmine Kotturi,

Steven DruckerAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), Volume 23, Issue 3

Article No.: 16, Pages 1 - 30

https://doi.org/10.1145/2898970

Published: 06 June 2016 Publication History

Abstract

The Slide and Canvas metaphors are two ways of helping people create visual aids for oral presentations. Although such physical metaphors help both authors and audiences make sense of material, they also constrain authoring in ways that can negatively impact presentation delivery. In this article, we derive heuristics for the design of presentation media that are independent of any underlying physical metaphors. We use these heuristics to craft a new kind of presentation medium called SlideSpace—one that combines hierarchical outlines, content collections, and design rules to automate the real-time, outline-driven synthesis of hybrid Slide-Canvas visuals. Through a qualitative study of SlideSpace use, we validate our heuristics and demonstrate that such a hybrid presentation medium can combine the advantages of existing systems while mitigating their drawbacks. Overall, we show how a heuristic design approach helped us challenge entrenched physical metaphors to create a fundamentally digital presentation medium with the potential to transform the activities of authoring, delivering, and viewing presentations.

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Index Terms

SlideSpace: Heuristic Design of a Hybrid Presentation Medium
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction Volume 23, Issue 3

July 2016

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ISSN:1073-0516

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DOI:10.1145/2952594

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Published: 06 June 2016

Accepted: 01 March 2016

Revised: 01 January 2016

Received: 01 February 2015

Published in TOCHI Volume 23, Issue 3

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Peng YChi PKannan AMorris MEssa I(2023)Slide Gestalt: Automatic Structure Extraction in Slide Decks for Non-Visual AccessProceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3544548.3580921(1-14)Online publication date: 19-Apr-2023
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Brehmer MKosara R(2022)From Jam Session to Recital: Synchronous Communication and Collaboration Around Data in OrganizationsIEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics10.1109/TVCG.2021.311476028:1(1139-1149)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TVCG.2021.3114760
Husmann MHuguenin DGeel MNorrie MLangheinrich MClinch S(2017)Orchestrating multi-device presentations with OmniPresentProceedings of the 6th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays10.1145/3078810.3078812(1-8)Online publication date: 7-Jun-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3078810.3078812

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