Microsoft 365 PowerPoint

In this course, students will learn the more advanced functions available in Microsoft PowerPoint 365. They will be introduced to the various collaboration tools such as reusing slides, co-authoring in PowerPoint 365, and utilizing comments to make suggestions. Learners will also be taught to create slides from Microsoft Word documents, use data from Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and compare and merge PowerPoint presentations. From there, students will learn to utilize the power of Slide Masters including creating global changes within a presentation, working with layout masters, and adding images to a slide master. The course will then cover how to add a footer to a slide, create custom design themes, and design custom presentation templates. In addition, students will learn to create exciting and accessible presentations by using advanced graphic features including creating and customizing SmartArt as well as adding Alt Text to images. After that, the course will cover advanced presentation features such as utilizing action buttons when presenting and creating a custom slideshow. Students will learn to present like a pro by using advanced slideshow options including slide annotations and timings. As the course concludes, learners will be comfortable configuring self-running presentations, creating video from a presentation, and package a presentation so that other people can watch it on most any computer.