PowerPoint 365 for Educators

1h 10mIntermediate2019-01-25

Authors

Alan Ackmann

Coordinator of Professional Business Writing at DePaul University

Course details

Make the most of PowerPoint for education. This course shows how to use PowerPoint 365 as an educational tool to engage learners, not just a delivery method for learning materials. Instructor Alan Ackmann explains how to create interactive learning experiences that help increase learning retention and make for more engaging lessons, using images, animation, links, shapes, and multimedia. He also explores new ways of creating presentations, with PowerPoint Designer, QuickStarter, icon sets, and inking. Plus, learn how to boost the interactivity of your PowerPoint designs with tools like Morph and Zoom and leverage the wide variety of add-ins designed specifically for educators.

Learning objectives
Working with images, animation, links, and media
Using PowerPoint Designer
Incorporating 3D objects
Adding interactivity with Morph and Zoom
Inking
Installing and using add-ins for educators

Skills covered

PowerPointPresentationsPersonaBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Using PowerPoint in education
02 - Engaging learners with PowerPoint
03 - A note on PowerPoint versions

1. Teaching with PowerPoint

04 - Picking the right PowerPoint view
05 - Creating shapes
06 - Working with images
07 - Using z-order (layering)
08 - Using the Animation Pane
09 - Using hyperlinks
10 - Embedding media
11 - Using PowerPoint Presenter view

2. Utilizing New Features in PowerPoint

12 - Using the PowerPoint icon set
13 - Working with PowerPoint Designer
14 - Using 3D objects
15 - Working with PowerPoint QuickStarter

3. New Ways of Making PowerPoint More Interactive

16 - Using Morph for education
17 - Using Zoom
18 - Using inking
19 - Displaying the Recording tab
20 - Using add-ins for educators

Conclusion

21 - Next steps