PowerPoint
An Overview of the Lesson and Activities

Microsoft PowerPoint® XP provides a complete set of tools for creating powerful presentations. Organize and format your material easily, illustrate your points with your own images or clip art, and even broadcast your presentations over the Web.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create dynamic presentations with text, images, sound, and animations, handouts for audiences to follow, and notes for presenters to use.

There are five sections in this tutorial. You can navigate throughout the entire tutorial using the menu at the top of each individual lesson page.

Click here to begin the PowerPoint tutorial


Related Links for Further Information

Websites

PowerPoint Instructions
http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/curtech/instruct/powpt1.htm
This is a very basic step-by-step instruction that walks you through from the opening of the application to adding images and hyperlinking. It is addressed in very novice terms.

PowerPoint in the Classroom
http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm
You follow Jim Jingle and Sue Special through their step-by-step instruction. There are nice screen capture scenes. There is a tutorial in print available for classroom use for nonprofit educational organizations.

PowerPoint Tutorial
http://www.orst.edu/instruction/ed596/ppoint/pphome.htm
Basics are presented in a PowerPoint format that is developed to be used by students having to develop PowerPoint presentations.

Learning Microsoft PowerPoint
http://www.lgta.org/ppt7/
Gives you objectives of four lessons and addresses why you would want to use PowerPoint. There are screen captures embedded as links in the instruction. In lesson 4 they cover "Pack and Go".

PowerPoint Templates
http://plato.acadiau.ca/sandbox/ppt/template/template.htm
Contains 59 PowerPoint templates that will work only in Windows 95 version of PowerPoint or newer.

Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/classroom/ppt97/overview.asp
Very good site, of course! There are nice screen captures as you are walk through the development. It also addresses how you could use the presentation you create.

TechTrain
http://www.techtrainteam.com/services/olt/office97/ppt97.html
This contains an extreme coverage of the menu bars. It reviews the various toolbars. Watch for hidden forward and back buttons at the ends of the heading under the train graphic at the top of the page.

PowerPoint Tutorials-Autorun CD
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/Autorun_CD.htm
Addresses developing a PowerPoint presentation and saving it as an Autorun CD. It discusses considerations you should take before developing your presentation, how it works, and the ability to download the freeware program.



Media

Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced videos or CD's available for purchase from CDI Communications, 10 E. Mayer Drive, Surrern, NY 10901. The prices are $49.95 each or all three for $119.95. Website with information at
http://www.cdicomp.com/html/powerpoint.html
Telephone 845 368 2536, FAX 845 368 2472 or by e-mail: sales@cdicomp.com or webmaster@netwind.com


Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced instruction for using PowerPoint available on video or CD format. The cost is $129.95 for all three. Specific topics covered are available at the website.
http://www.msldepot.com/products/powerpnt/defaults.html
You can telephone 1-888-477-0123 or FAX 1-253-840-6533. Company name is Media@SoftLearningDepot-Div. of Micro Power Plus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

copyright 2002 Mary J. Nicholson
last revised August, 2002