PowerPoint Masterclass - How you can create slides your audience will actually remember!

This course is designed for Business Professionals and will demonstrate everything you need to quickly create engaging slides for your training sessions, meetings, or presentations.

Learning the fundamentals of PowerPoint saves time when creating slides - please see the YouTube video for more info!

The masterclass takes place on Wednesday 9th April from 10.00 to 13.00 Irish Time. The session will be recorded and available for viewing back for 6 months. 

The session will cover the following content.

• Slide theory – what to consider before opening PowerPoint
  • People
  • Purpose
  • Place

• PowerPoint Fundamentals
  • How to align content
  • How to group content to re-size and move around the slides easily
  • How to see an overview of the content on your slides

• Icons
  • How to insert, recolour and edit Microsoft icons
  • How to swap an icon once edited
  • How to source other icons at the Noun Project

• Images
  • How to edit and crop images
  • How to extend an image that doesn’t fit your slide
  • How to edit the look of an image with an overlay

• Reset, Replace, and Paint!
  • How to reset content back to the original slide layout
  • How to replace fonts or text in your presentation
  • How to copy and paste text formatting

• Inserting Video
  • How to insert online video
  • How to insert video from a file
  • How to ensure videos play smoothly in your presentation

• Animation
  • How to animate content in PowerPoint
  • How to add additional animation to an object
  • How to see an overview of the animation on your slides

• Transitions
  • How to apply transitions to slides
  • How to change the default transition options
  • How to use the Morph transition for video-like motion

• Audience Engagement
  • How to set up your slides so that your audience can choose which slides you present
  • How to set up hyperlinks to allow easy navigation within your presentation
  • How to use MS Forms in your presentation for live audience feedback - 365 subscription only

• Sending Out Slides
  • How to easily remove speaker notes from your slide
  • How to easily remove author information from your PowerPoint file
  • How to remove comments from your file

The masterclass will be held over Teams and the recording will be available for 6 months.

Prior knowledge of PowerPoint is essential.