| Title | PowerPoint: the essentials |
| Category | Digital Skills |
| Overview | Virtual and in-person sessions are available for this course. Please check when booking.
Virtual sessions will be delivered via Zoom. Please make sure you install Zoom prior to the training session. Visit the Zoom web page for instructions: https://www.essex.ac.uk/staff/it-services/getting-started-with-zoom.
This training is delivered on a Windows machine using the latest version of PowerPoint from the Microsoft Office 365 suite. Participants wanting to follow along, should make sure they have the software installed before the session starts.
Essex members can find instructions for downloading the software for free onto your personal device at: https://www.essex.ac.uk/staff/it-services/microsoft-office-365
OUTLINE
In this course, you will learn how to add content such as text, images, hyperlinks, audio and video. We will also look at adding animations and transitions to slides to increase interest and engagement, and how to navigate your slides when presenting.
Following this course, you should be able to:
• Create a new presentation, insert text onto a slide and apply basic formatting.
• Work with the slide layout placeholders to ensure consistency throughout your presentation.
• Insert and edit images.
• Create and work with tables and charts.
• Use features to produce speaker notes.
If spaces are available, please click on the white space below. ONLY add yourself to the waiting list if the date/s are not convenient. |
| Learning outcomes | |
| Presenter | Katherine Trafford |
| Location | IT Lab T (CTC 2.03 + 2.04) |
| Campus | Causeway Teaching Centre, Colchester Campus |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 12:00 Thursday 16 January 2025 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 20 |
| Presenter | Katherine Trafford |
| Location | Zoom Training |
| Campus | Zoom Training |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 12:00 Wednesday 5 February 2025 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 19 |
| Presenter | Katherine Trafford |
| Location | IT Lab T (CTC 2.03 + 2.04) |
| Campus | Causeway Teaching Centre, Colchester Campus |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 12:00 Thursday 6 March 2025 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 20 |
| University of Essex employee | Use the link provided above to book your place via HR Organiser. |
| Partner institution | Please discuss with your point of contact at your Partner Institution in the first instance. |
| Student Union contractors; PhD students | Please contact the Organisational Development team. |