PowerPoint Moudlar Classes

Go Interactive with PowerPoint
Animate This!
Beyond Bullet Points -- Using Digital Media

Go Interactive with PowerPoint

Length: 2-3 Hrs.         Prerequisite: Experienced PowerPoint User

Learn how to user advanced PowerPoint features to create captivating, self-paced interactive presentations without learning HTML programming or web authoring programs.

Interactive presentations allow the user to go at their own pace and to review and repeat topics as needed.  At the end of this class you will know how to plan, design, and deliver a sophisticated PowerPoint presentation that is far beyond traditional bullet points.  An interactive PowerPoint presentation can be delivered via your network, on a CD, or over your intranet.

If you know PowerPoint you are only a class away from producing fresh, captivating, self-paced, and interactive presentations.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE

• Linear vs. interactive presentations
• Interactive applications (product information, training, corporate meetings, etc.)
• Elements of an interactive presentation
• Screen design and layout considerations
• Using story boards in planning your interactive presentation
• Using animation techniques to get and keep attention
• Guidelines in creating and using buttons and links
• Using Action Settings to control a presentation
• Tips and techniques in using on-screen text, instructions, etc.
• Using multimedia files (including voice-over scripts)
• Creating quizzes and assessments
• And More 

Animate This!

Length: 2-3 Hrs.         Prerequisite: Experienced PowerPoint User

Getting (and keeping) the audience’s attention can best be accomplished by using a variety of animation techniques. .Powerful PowerPoint features allow text and graphics to be animated in new and innovative ways. Add drama to your presentations by using carefully planned animations by learning how to animate text, charts, graphs, photographs, organizational charts, and more.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE

• Animated clip art
• Selecting entrance and exit effects
• Selecting timing parameters (on click, after previous, with previous)
• Controlling speed and direction
• Adjust timing settings (speed, repeating)
• Using triggers for manual control
• Using the animation timeline
• Using sound
• Reordering animations
• Creating custom paths
• Animating text and bullet points
• Animating charts
• Animating graphs and diagrams
• Animating Excel data
• Animating clip art, AutoShapes, and other graphics
• Animating photographs
• And More!
  

Beyond Bullet Points--Using Digital Media

Length: 2-3 Hrs.         Prerequisite: Experienced PowerPoint User

Digital photos, digital movies, audio voice clips, and more should be part of many presentations.  Learn how to add a professional touch to any standard bullet point presentation.  PowerPoint now has basic tools that allow you to even edit digital photographs.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE

• Adding digital photos to a presentation
• Selecting photo resolutions for PowerPoint presentations
• Using the Picture toolbar to change contrast and brightness
• Cropping photos
• Adding special effects to photos
• Using digital movies
• Adding audio voiceover files
• Capturing audio using add-on software
• Obtaining digital files via the web
• Adding photos to shapes, backgrounds, fills, charts, etc.
• Using interactive objects to sync photos and voice clips
• Animation basics and digital files
• And More!