Mastering Microsoft PowerPoint

Bring your ideas to life and leave a lasting impression with Microsoft PowerPoint. Master the tools and techniques that turn humdrum slides into dynamic presentations that will captivate your audience. With hands-on practice and real-world examples, learn design principles and multimedia elements such as images, videos, and charts that elevate you to the next level. Acquire critical know-how to deliver your presentations with confidence and ease. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned user, you'll find new ways to work smarter, not harder. You'll leave class with in-demand skills and the ability to create professional, visually appealing presentations that will engage your audience and help you stand out. Agenda Unit 1 PowerPoint Overview Why businesses use PowerPoint for presentations Launch PowerPoint and create your first PowerPoint presentation Discover how to protect and save your slides. Set your document’s Properties and Attributes including Subject, Title, and Author Unit 2 PowerPoint Document Creation Explore the different parts of the PowerPoint slide navigation Understand slides and templates, and their makeup Learn how to populate, format, and present slides Create multiple slides and templates Learn how to insert comments and professionally edit Unit 3 Advanced Features and Functionality Create and manage slides Learn to organize slides into sections Create “live” connections between slides and Excel worksheets Create effective and informative slides with tables and charts Unit 4 PowerPoint Management and Sharing Create meaningful file names and understand filing systems to manage PowerPoint documents Organize your documents on your hard drive and learn how to copy and move documents Manage track changes when co-authoring documents Printing and PDF file creation including print settings Ages 18+ The class meets for four weeks. There is one unit covered per week. The instructor will provide weekly assignments and the students have access to their class 24/7 to study, complete the assignments and take the quizzes. If you get behind one week, that is no problem, you can still make up the work from prior weeks. The important thing is to have all assignments done and quizzes taken satisfactorily prior to the end of the class. Between the start and the end of the class, you have complete flexibility as to when you log in and how much time you spend on the class. If you get stuck with something, you can always email your instructor for help. Lastly, it is expected that each student will make at least one post on the teacher's discussion board per week on questions and topics provided by the instructor. I think this class is a perfect blend of flexibility and structure. This is not a class where you need to be online at a specific time to meet virtually with your instructor and classmates, and neither is it class where you work completely independently without any support or engagement. It blends the two with weekly assignments, accountability and flexibility. Please let me know if you have any additional questions. Thanks, The Arlington Community Learning Staff.