Handouts are usually a good tool to make sure the contents of an oral presentation can be reviewed by the audience after the presentation. It helps the audience focusing on listening rather than taking notes. For a good presentation, a handout should be prepared including further reading material and weblinks.

What is the importance of paper handouts?

A handout not only means that you can create a clean and uncluttered presentation, but allows your audience to understand your points better and remember them afterwards. It's also very useful for conveying your arguments to anyone who may have missed the actual presentation.

How do handouts help students?

The purposes of handouts.

They can offer important scaffolding for learning by providing an outline, summary of main points, conclusions, questions posed by the material, questions frequently asked by students (FAQs) and links to other lectures.