About this course
Course duration approximately 3 hours
This course is designed as an introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint
It is not designed to replace formal school or previously gained experience. It should add to your existing knowledge in order to help secure a job or increase your general understanding of this area. Completion of the videos and quizzes and the issuance of a certificate will demonstrate to your current or potential employer that you have a solid understanding of Microsoft Power Point.
The course consists of viewing short videos followed by a short quizzes on the following subjects:
- Getting started
- Creating and opening presentations
- Saving and sharing
- Slide basics
- Text basics
- Applying themes
- Transitions
- Managing slides
- Using find and replace
- Printing
- Presenting your slide show
- Lists
- Indents and line spacing
- Inserting pictures
- Formatting pictures
- Shapes
- Aligning, ordering and grouping objects
Upon completion, a certificate and summary of the topics covered will be issued in your name.
You can log in and re-take the course at any time in case a refresher is needed for any reason such as an upcoming job interview or promotion.
Course instructions
You are required to watch each video twice before attempting the quiz. You can only move on to the next topic upon successful completion of the accompanying quiz. The pass mark is 100% – don’t worry, questions are designed to ensure you understood the video content, we are not trying to catch you out! In case you do not pass the quiz the first time, you can re-watch the videos and take the quiz again. Once its passed, you can move on to the next module.
While watching each video, pay close attention and concentrate on the content. Do not let any distractions reduce your concentration level. Quiz questions will be relatively easy to answer if you have paid complete attention but difficult if you have not.
Do not attempt to do the quizzes without watching the videos fully, to assist in understanding, study the course vocabulary list before attempting the course.
Once completed a copy of the certificate will automatically be sent to the email address you used to register. Alternatively, you can download a copy immediately at the end of the course.
In order to cement your knowledge, we highly recommend practicing the functions taught in this class using the actual PowerPoint program. This way the knowledge you have gained will be retained for longer.
We suggest that before you commence the course you click on this link to read and understand the MS Office vocabulary https://www.quia.com/jg/96314list.html this will help save you time when taking the course and allow you to pass the quizzes with less mistakes.
