A new session of each course opens each month, allowing you to enroll whenever your busy schedule permits!
How does it work? Once a session starts, two lessons will be released each week, for the six-week duration of your course. You will have access to all previously released lessons until the course ends.
Keep in mind that the interactive discussion area for each lesson automatically closes 2 weeks after each lesson is released, so you’re encouraged to complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.
The Final Exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once the Final Exam has been released, you will have 2 weeks plus 10 days to complete the Final and finish any remaining lessons in your course. No further extensions can be provided beyond these 10 days.
Week One
Lesson 01 - The PowerPoint 2019 Interface
Wednesday
This lesson explores the basic features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2019. You'll explore the Ribbon and learn how to start the PowerPoint program and plan a presentation. You'll also practice working with different views, task panes, tabs, and templates.
Lesson 02 - Creating Presentations
Friday
Now that you know the basics of PowerPoint, it's time to create a presentation from scratch. You'll start by choosing a theme for a presentation and create slides with a variety of slide layouts. You'll explore the Live Preview feature and learn how to save a file for future use. You'll also create and edit slides in Slide pane and Outline view. Finally, you'll explore ways to play a slide show.
Week Two
Lesson 03 - Working With Files and Creating and Editing Tables
Wednesday
Including tables in your presentation lets you present a lot of information in a compact space. In this lesson you'll add, revise and format tables. You'll also explore multiple ways to open a presentation. Then, you'll learn how to preserve different versions of your work by saving with new file names.
Lesson 04 - Creating Professional Presentations
Friday
This lesson covers two topics: proofreading and printing. You'll explore the Spelling, AutoCorrect, Thesaurus and Smart Lookup feature. You'll learn to print your presentation as slides, an outline, handouts and notes pages. This versatility really helps you connect with audience members!
Week Three
Lesson 05 - Working With the Images Group
Wednesday
This lesson switches gears and works with images instead of text. You'll learn how to embellish your slides with media images, including online pictures, Icons, 3D models and photographs. You'll also learn how to download an image from a website and insert the image on a slide.
Lesson 06 - WordArt and the Illustrations Group
Friday
This lesson includes instructions for using WordArt, Shapes, Icons, 3D Models and SmartArt Graphics. You'll then learn how to transform text into colorful WordArt objects and add Icons and 3D Models. You'll also practice drawing and filling shapes with color and special effects. Finally, you'll learn to group and edit the objects you create and add visual sophistication to your text with SmartArt Graphics.
Week Four
Lesson 07 - All About Charts
Wednesday
In this lesson, you'll create a chart to illustrate statistical data. You'll explore chart components and learn how to add and edit specific chart elements. You'll discover how to change the look of your chart by using the options on the Chart Tools contextual tab and the chart formatting buttons.
Lesson 08 - Making Global Changes to a Presentation
Friday
Making duplicate changes to dozens of PowerPoint slides is boring and time-consuming. This lesson focuses on making global changes to slides, handouts, and notes. You'll also make global changes to modify your presentation's background or theme colors.
Week Five
Lesson 09 - Creating Links
Wednesday
In this lesson, you'll work with hyperlinks and action buttons. Enliven your presentation as you create links from text or objects to other slides, presentations, documents, and web pages. You can add sounds and 3D effects if desired. Also introduced in this lesson is the Zoom feature which sets up presenter-driven links between slides in a presentation.
Lesson 10 - Applying Animation to Slides, Text, and Objects
Friday
This lesson explores slide transitions and the Transition tab options. You'll apply animation to text and slide objects and use the Animations tab to add animation to slide or layout masters. You'll also find out how to add sound effects, such as a chime or coin sound, to slide transitions.
Week Six
Lesson 11 - Adding Advanced Animation Effects to Text and Objects
Wednesday
Using the Animation Pane, you'll add and reorder animated text and objects on slides. You'll discover how to apply advanced animation effects to text and objects on slides, and slide and layout masters. You'll also add an audio clip to your presentation.
Lesson 12 - Sharing and Saving Your Presentations
Friday
In this lesson, you'll focus on different ways to save and share a presentation. You'll practice converting a presentation into a PDF file, so it's accessible on computers without PowerPoint 2019. You'll learn to open, edit, and share your presentation online with PowerPoint Online and a Windows OneDrive account. Last, you'll learn how to transform your presentation into a video.