Visual PowerPoint
Explore basic design principles for creating engaging PowerPoint presentations, focusing on image selection, layout, data presentation, and color/font choices.
Classes Start Available Anytime
Course Overview
In today’s professional environment, PowerPoint presentations are crucial for conveying information and capturing audience attention, but a poorly designed presentation can quickly lose the audience's interest. This course will teach learners how to apply key design principles to create visually appealing and effective slideshows using PowerPoint.
Learners will explore how to select and arrange images and photographs, utilize design tools such as Shapes and SmartArt, present data clearly, and choose colors and fonts that enhance readability. Additionally, the course emphasizes how thoughtful design can improve audience engagement and ensure the message is effectively communicated.
Course Format
This self-paced course offers a dynamic and engaging learning experience, combining interactive elements such as games, flashcards, video content, real-world case studies, and curated readings. Participants have the flexibility to progress at their own pace, while interactive games and quizzes reinforce key concepts and track progress. Participants have 90 days of access per course, with progress tracked through interactive elements. Flashcards, expert-led videos, real-world case studies, and carefully curated readings deepen knowledge.
Price
$225Course Details
Units 0.3 CEUs / 3.0 PDUs
Location Online Courses
Course Type Self-Paced
Next Available Course
Classes Start Available Anytime
What You’ll Learn
After successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
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Define basic design principles like readability, color, consistency, contrast, arrangement, and information display.
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Explain how font choice and color impact slideshow readability.
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Design slides that incorporate consistency and contrast principles effectively.
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Apply design principles such as proximity, alignment, repetition, and space when placing images, ensuring the overall presentation maintains a cohesive look.
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Utilize Shapes, SmartArt, and design trends to visually communicate concepts and present data clearly.
Your Instructor
IT Project Manager III, Standard Insurance Company
<p>Calie Waterman is an experienced Project Manager with a demonstrated history of leading and delivering complex projects in both IT and business environments since early 2019. Her background includes managing large-scale software implementations, IT infrastructure upgrades, and business process improvements, showcasing her ability to manage diverse project environments while employing a mix of methodologies to ensure adaptive and efficient project execution. Her professional experience allows her to effectively integrate technology with business needs, fostering collaborative environments that drive projects to successful completion and achieve results.</p>