Microsoft Powerpoint

Course details

About the program

Do you want to create beautiful and professional presentations that leave your competition in the dust?
This PowerPoint course will teach students to create attractive and dynamic PowerPoint presentations. By the end of the course, students will be able to create complete slideshows that include text, graphics and video. The course begins with the basics of creating and editing slides. Students will then progress to making those slides visually appealing with themes and colors. In the following two modules, students will learn how to create and insert charts and infographics, and how to include audio and video that can be played directly from the slideshow. The course ends with final review, adding notes and creating printable handouts, and saving the slideshow appropriately.

What you will learn

Introduction to creating dynamic, attractive slides
Start at the very beginning with the basics of opening, editing and saving a file. Learn to add and edit text, images and shapes to begin building the content of your presentation. Then, take your creation and make it shine with visually pleasing themes, backgrounds and fonts. Increase the appeal of your presentation even further by adding snappy transitions and animations to your slides.
More advanced modifications add class and style
Learn to add links to relevant websites, and create charts and other infographics for your business presentations.Then add interesting audio clips or relevant clips of video that play right from your slide.
Final touches to present like a pro
Learn to use review tools to assure the presentation is accurate and easy to read. Create notes and handouts and show your audience that you've come prepared to wow them. Assure you've saved the final presentation and any associated media in the right file format.

Course for?

Who should take this course?

Anyone who wants to create appealing and informative PowerPoint presentations
Business people and managers who regularly present sales pitches, proposals or data analysis
Educators and speakers who teach or lead groups
Students who want to be at the head of the class when giving presentations

Requirements

International Open Academy courses are designed for anyone with an interest in learning. No formal qualifications are required to study with us. Our courses are suitable if you want to learn new skills, start a new career, or if you're already working in a particular industry and wish to upgrade your talents and enhance your resume.

Career path

Knowing how to create engaging, professional PowerPoint presentations will serve you well in any career path! To have this skill will be a building block on the road to getting the job you want, no matter what that job is.