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Description
Online PowerPoint training from Gatlin International allows you to learn at your own pace, from the comfort of your own home!
This six-lesson hands-on, online PowerPoint training course teaches you PowerPoint techniques for designing attractive, effective presentations. You'll learn to create PowerPoint presentations that are clean, clear, visually appealing, and engaging in their delivery of content.
You'll also learn how professional PowerPoint designers develop custom slideshows and how to avoid some common design pitfalls.
Our online PowerPoint training course provides a solid foundation in PowerPoint's most important tools and features. Over the course of your training, you'll explore approaches to layout, typography, imagery, color, animation, navigation schemes, and data representation.
You'll receive in depth training in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 as well as PowerPoint 2003 as you design PowerPoint presentations for a range of professional client scenarios.
Notice: Experience is in digital imaging software is useful, but is not required.
This online PowerPoint training course is ideal for non-designers who want to create better-looking, more effective PowerPoint presentations, as well as designers who want to add PowerPoint presentation design to their skills set.
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Outline
LESSON 1 Getting to Know PowerPoint. Lesson One focuses on how a presentation designer approaches building an effective Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. You'll get a thorough Microsoft PowerPoint training, learning how to pick templates, develop a basic layout, add slides, and navigate around. Then you'll explore the principles of presentation design, examining how designers set their work apart from generic presentations. You'll learn what questions to ask at the outset of a PowerPoint design project and explore a case study in excellent slide design. In the project, you'll develop a presentation for a medical services company.
LESSON 2 Layout and Typography. PowerPoint makes layout easy, but consistent layout and typography is what makes a designer's presentation stand out. Lesson Two explores how to control layout in PowerPoint. You'll learn how to use the Slide and Title master to apply a consistent page template thoughout your presentation and discover different approaches to developing your own slide design: by sketching, creating Photoshop wireframes, and using PowerPoint's grids and guides feature. Design concepts such as negative space, contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity are discussed to help you develop professional-looking slides. In the project, you'll develop a consistent, readable layout for a presentation on professionalism in the office.
LESSON 3 Color and Imagery. In PowerPoint, color fulfils two important tasks: reinforcing a client or employer's brand identity, and helping to convey the appropriate mood. Lesson Three kicks off with an exploration of color psychology and the way in which different colors have cultural and social meaning. Then you'll explore how to apply different client color schemes, working from given materials or RGB values. In the second half of the lesson, you'll explore how to source, prepare, and import images into your presentations, integrating them effectively and avoiding common pitfalls. Finally, you'll examine different ways to create lines and shapes using PowerPoint's drawing tools. In the project, you'll explore how to work with color and imagery to build your own "fire and ice" presentation.
LESSON 4 Animation and Transitions. In PowerPoint, a little bit of sizzle (animations and transitions) can go a long way. Lesson Four explores how to apply preset animations and transitions (features such as fades, wipes, and animated bullets) and customize your own. An additional focus is how to add linear and non-linear navigation schemes to your presentations for kiosk displays or simply better usability. In the project, you'll apply these techniques, avoiding animation overload.
LESSON 5 Data Representation. What's a PowerPoint presentation without an earnings forecast? One key skill for any presentation designer is the visual representation of numerical data, through line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, and so on. Lesson Five focuses on this task, showing you how to create graphs from scratch or work from Excel files. You'll examine how to choose the most appropriate graph for the data, and also how to use transparent backgrounds and color tools to make sure your graph integrates well with your presentation. In the project, a number-crunching client puts your skills to the test.
LESSON 6 Publishing and Presenting. Once your PowerPoint presentation is designed and developed, you're all set, right? Not necessarily, as you may need to publish and present your slideshow. Lesson Six covers important tips and techniques for road warriors. You'll explore ways to manage external files and fonts, put your presentation on a CD, proof and print it, and publish it to the Web. Your Microsoft PowerPoint training will wrap up with some presentation tips for the tongue-tied, and you'll apply everything you've learned in the course to an extended final project.
Additional Info
- Languages
- English
- Course Length
- 60.00 hours
- Duration of Access
Enrolled students have access to the class for six months. During this period, questions or assignments may be submitted at any time to the instructor. Each course lesson requires an average of 10 hours of study time.
- Instructor
Christopher Schmitt is the founder of Heatvision, a small new media publishing and design firm. Christopher is an award-winning Web designer who has been working with the Web since 1993. Christopher earned a Masters in Communication for Interactive and New Communication Technologies while obtaining a graduate certificate in Project Management from FSU's College of Communication. As a sought-after speaker and trainer, Christopher regularly demonstrates the use and benefits of practical standards-based designs. Christopher is the Co-Lead of the Adobe Task Force for the Web Standards Project (WaSP) and author of numerous Web design and digital imaging books, including Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites, and CSS Cookbook. Christopher has also written for New Architect Magazine, A List Apart, Digital Web, and Web Reference.
- Prerequisites/Audience
Courses are designed for adult learners interested in building skills and portfolio for a design career. To take the course, students simply require a computer (PC or Mac), an Internet connection (56 Kbps modem or faster), and any required software. For courses with software requirements, computers must meet software manufacturers' system requirements.
- Requirements/Materials Included
To take this course you'll need Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 or 2007. Digital imaging software, such as Adobe Photoshop, is recommended. Basic experience in digital imaging software recommended.
- Certification
3 CEU
Sessions College is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). Certificate programs are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools.
