| Title | PowerPoint: design, data and delivery |
| Category | Digital Skills |
| Overview | In this course, you will learn how to produce slideshow presentations that have polished and compelling designs, use charts to visualise data clearly and effectively, and use PowerPoint's built-in tools to improve your presentation delivery.
If you are a beginner, we recommend you try the PowerPoint: the essentials course first (also available to book on HR Organiser).
In this course, we will focus on:
• Creating slides with clean, modern, compelling designs.
• Incorporating visual storytelling to engage your audience.
• Techniques to make your data and charts effective and easy to understand.
• Practicing and improving delivery with PowerPoint's in-built rehearsal and coaching tools.
• Using speaker notes Presenter View to improve your delivery.
• Setting up unattended presentations (kiosk mode).
• Checking accessibility for users of assistive technology. |
| Learning outcomes | |
| Presenter | Katherine Trafford |
| Location | ITpp2 Zoom link: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/93316477225 |
| Campus | Online |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 12:00 Wednesday 31 July 2024 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 10 |
| Presenter | Katherine Trafford |
| Location | IT Lab M (4S.2.4) |
| Campus | Colchester campus |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 12:00 Thursday 26 September 2024 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 20 |
| Presenter | Katherine Trafford |
| Location | IT Lab K (4S.2.8) |
| Campus | Colchester campus |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 12:00 Thursday 31 October 2024 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 20 |
| Presenter | Katherine Trafford |
| Location | ITpp2 Zoom link: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/93316477225 |
| Campus | Online |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 12:00 Thursday 21 November 2024 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 19 |
| Presenter | Katherine Trafford |
| Location | ITpp2 Zoom link: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/93316477225 |
| Campus | Online |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 12:00 Thursday 19 December 2024 |
| 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. |