Microsoft PowerPoint Course Plan:

 

2hrs  MS WORD

• Understanding the Word Program Screen Using Commands & Shortcuts Navigating, Browsing & Viewing a Document 

• Checking Spelling & Grammar Finding Text & Replacing Text Using Word Count & the Thesaurus Inserting Symbols & Special Characters 

• Copying & Moving Text Collecting Multiple Items to Move or Copy 

• Using Undo, Redo, Changing Font Type, Size & Colour 

• Changing Font Styles & Effects

• Using Columns

• Adding Column, Section, Page Breaks

• Indents

• Adding Page Number and Total Pages

• Using Headers & Footers

• Comparing & Cleaning Up Styles  

• Applying Document Themes         

• Creating New Theme Colours & Fonts   

• Save a New Document Theme       

• Inserting Clip Art, Inserting Screenshots, Inserting Pictures & Graphics 

• Altering the Look of Pictures & Graphics Formatting Pictures or Graphics

• Inserting Shapes & Formatting Shape   

• Aligning & Distributing Objects    

• Flipping & Rotating Objects, Layering Objects Inserting a Text Box

 

6hrs  MS POWERPOINT

Lesson 1: Getting Started with PowerPoint

A: Navigate the PowerPoint Environment 

B: Create and Save a PowerPoint Presentation 

C: Use Help 

 

Lesson 2: Developing a PowerPoint Presentation 

A: Select a Presentation 

B: View and Navigate a Presentation 

C: Edit Text Topic 

D: Build a Presentation 

 

Lesson 3: Performing Advanced Text Editing 

A: Format Characters 

B: Format Paragraphs 

C: Format Text Boxes 

 

Lesson 4: Adding Graphical Elements and Multimedia to Your Presentation 

A: Insert Clip Art and Images 

B: Insert Shapes 

C: Insert Videos, Movies, Animated Pictures, Sounds and Music.

D: Rotate Images and containing them inside various shapes.

E: Convert 2D photos and documents into 3D.

F: Convert images to transparent background to blend well with slides.

 

Lesson 5: Modifying Objects in Your Presentation 

A: Edit Objects 

B: Format Objects 

C: Group Objects 

D: Arrange Objects into Different Layers

E: Use Eyedropper Tool to get any colour

 

Lesson 6: Adding Tables to Your Presentation 

A: Create a Table 

B: Format a Table with various styles and options  

C: Insert a Table from Other Microsoft Office Applications 

 

Lesson 7: Adding Charts to Your Presentation 

A: Create different kinds of Charts

B: Format a Chart to add/delete data series, legend and title.

C: Insert a Chart from Microsoft Excel

 

Lesson 8: Adding Transitions and Animations 

A: Create different Effects of transitions from One Slide to Another 

B: Use entrance and exit animations, and emphasis effects.

C: Add sounds and understand the different timing options.

 

Lesson 9: Using Action Buttons

A: Add buttons to navigate to various parts of the presentation

B: Add buttons to run an application

C: Add buttons to browse a website

 

Lesson 10: Presentation Tips and Actual Presentation

A: Have a great start

B: Learn about 10/20/30 rule

C: Understand importance of content versus delivery

D: Understand important of eye contact, body language, power of pause

E: Have meaningful comparisons