PowerPoint Animation Deep Dive
Office Ninja Training
For most people, PowerPoint is a necessary evil. But you're not most people. You've stumbled on the course that will teach you how to properly use PowerPoint animation to enhance any pitch, presentation, or discussion. How, you ask? With easy to follow, practical lesson that reinforce key concepts with quizzes and hands on exercises.
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For most people, PowerPoint is a necessary evil. But you're not most people. You've stumbled on the course that will teach you how to properly use PowerPoint animation to enhance any pitch, presentation, or discussion. How, you ask? With easy to follow, practical lesson that reinforce key concepts with quizzes and hands on exercises.
For most people, PowerPoint is a necessary evil. But you're not most people. You've stumbled on the course that will teach you how to properly use PowerPoint animation to enhance any pitch, presentation, or discussion. How, you ask? With easy to follow, practical lesson that reinforce key concepts with quizzes and hands on exercises.
Join me as we follow a well paced progression starting with "white belt" training. This section will cover the fundamentals of animation including:
- Different animation types
- Animating bulleted lists
- Animating SmartArt
Soon, you'll advance to the "black belt" section, where you'll learn how to utilize the most effective parts of PowerPoint,
- Use animation to enhance, rather than distract, from your presentations
- Combine animations and control timing for powerful effects
- Animate charts and other object to emphasize a point
This deep dive office ninja course will propel your slide deck into the realm of awesome so you can focus on communicating a message people will remember.
Come join me.
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Learning objectives
- Solidify your understanding of powerpoint fundamentals
- Explore all animation types and when they would be useful
- Uncover subtle advanced techniques that make animations seemless
- Master techniques to help convey your ideas and get standing ovations
- Solidify your understanding of powerpoint fundamentals
- Explore all animation types and when they would be useful
- Uncover subtle advanced techniques that make animations seemless
- Master techniques to help convey your ideas and get standing ovations
Syllabus
White Belt Training
Review the different types of Animation actions you can apply to an object. We'll get into advanced techniques later but this lecture will reveal what's on the menu
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Syllabus
This quiz covers the basics of animation. Your "knowledge scaffolding
This quiz covers the entire first section. Make sure you retained what you need!
Start confirm your mastery of these intermediate techniques
You can slow down an animation using the __duration__ setting
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Activities
Review PowerPoint animation basics
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Strengthen the understanding of fundamental animation concepts.
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Go through the course materials on basic animation techniques.
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Complete quizzes and exercises to test understanding.
Read 'Presentation Zen'
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Gain insights into effective presentation design and delivery.
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Read the book and take notes on key concepts.
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Apply the principles to your own presentations.
Follow tutorials on advanced animation effects
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Enhance animation skills by following guided tutorials.
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Search for tutorials on advanced animation techniques.
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Select a few tutorials and follow the instructions.
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Practice using the techniques in your own presentations.
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Share and discuss PowerPoint presentations with classmates
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Enhance presentation skills through constructive feedback.
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Create a presentation on a chosen topic.
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Meet with classmates and exchange presentations for review.
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Provide and receive feedback on presentation content and animation.
Design a presentation using advanced animation techniques
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Create a high-quality presentation that showcases proficiency in animation techniques.
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Presentation Creation
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Plan the presentation and gather content.
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Decide which animation techniques to use.
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Create the slides and apply the animations.
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Practice the presentation and get feedback.
Contribute to open-source animation projects
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Gain practical experience and advance animation skills by contributing to open-source projects.
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Collaboration
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Identify open-source animation projects on platforms like GitHub.
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Explore the codebase and find areas for potential contributions.
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Submit pull requests with improvements or bug fixes.
Review PowerPoint animation basics
Show steps
Strengthen the understanding of fundamental animation concepts.
Show steps
- Go through the course materials on basic animation techniques.
- Complete quizzes and exercises to test understanding.
Read 'Presentation Zen'
Show steps
Gain insights into effective presentation design and delivery.
View
Presentation Zen
on Amazon
Show steps
- Read the book and take notes on key concepts.
- Apply the principles to your own presentations.
Follow tutorials on advanced animation effects
Show steps
Enhance animation skills by following guided tutorials.
Show steps
- Search for tutorials on advanced animation techniques.
- Select a few tutorials and follow the instructions.
- Practice using the techniques in your own presentations.
Share and discuss PowerPoint presentations with classmates
Show steps
Enhance presentation skills through constructive feedback.
Browse courses on
Peer Review
Show steps
- Create a presentation on a chosen topic.
- Meet with classmates and exchange presentations for review.
- Provide and receive feedback on presentation content and animation.
Design a presentation using advanced animation techniques
Show steps
Create a high-quality presentation that showcases proficiency in animation techniques.
Browse courses on
Presentation Creation
Show steps
- Plan the presentation and gather content.
- Decide which animation techniques to use.
- Create the slides and apply the animations.
- Practice the presentation and get feedback.
Contribute to open-source animation projects
Show steps
Gain practical experience and advance animation skills by contributing to open-source projects.
Browse courses on
Collaboration
Show steps
- Identify open-source animation projects on platforms like GitHub.
- Explore the codebase and find areas for potential contributions.
- Submit pull requests with improvements or bug fixes.
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