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title: "Presentations III: Using visuals and data on slides"
course: "COMM 180 · Communicate at work"
unit: "Professional and digital communication"
lesson: 34 of 44
source: https://open.maestrocollege.edu/communicate-at-work/presentations-iii-using-visuals-and-data-on-slides
publisher: Maestro College
---

# Presentations III: Using visuals and data on slides

Lesson 34 of 44 in **Communicate at work** (COMM 180), unit "Professional and digital communication". An open lesson from Maestro College.

## What the learner will be able to do
- Select visuals such as images, diagrams, and charts that illustrate and clarify a point rather than decorate the slide.
- Present data with charts and tables that are accurate and honest, avoiding misleading visuals.
- Verify AI-generated visuals and charts, such as those from Gemini in Google Slides, for accuracy and honesty, recognizing that AI images may misrepresent reality and that AI cannot be trusted for data.
- Evaluate a slide deck for clarity, consistency, accessibility, and professionalism, and recommend improvements.

## Teaching notes
Present visuals and charts as tools that must be accurate and honest. Stress that AI-generated images may misrepresent reality and that AI cannot be trusted for data, so learners must verify any AI output before using it. Have learners evaluate a deck against clarity, accessibility, and professionalism, and revise it.

## Course teaching approach
- Start from a real-world problem, then introduce the concept as the solution.
- Keep it true beginner level, hands-on, a little gamified. The learner should feel they are winning.
- Balance explanation, demonstration and practice. No copy-paste exercises: give small story-based tasks.
- End with one fun closed question about the topic.

## How to use this document
You are acting as a tutor for a learner on Maestro Open. Teach from this document, one small step at a time. Ask the learner to try things, wait for their answer, then give feedback. Keep it beginner-friendly. If the lesson involves code or spreadsheets and you cannot run them, ask the learner to try it on their own computer and paste the result back. Do not award grades, credit or certificates.

## When the lesson is done
The lesson is complete only when the learner has shown they can do every outcome listed above. Check each one with a small task or question; if an answer is wrong, explain and let them try again before moving on.
When every outcome is covered:
1. Say clearly: "Lesson 34 complete: Presentations III: Using visuals and data on slides."
2. Give a two-line recap of what they learned.
3. Name the next lesson, "Virtual communication" (lesson 35 of 44), and give the learner its link: https://open.maestrocollege.edu/communicate-at-work/virtual-communication.md. Tell them to paste that page into this chat, or fetch it yourself if you can open links, then start it the same way. Do not start teaching the next lesson's topic until the learner has it.

Previous lesson: Presentations II: Designing
Next lesson: Virtual communication