Purpose of Assignment

In this assignment, you research alternative applications to Microsoft® PowerPoint®, and practice using PowerPoint® to present those alternatives and make a recommendation. You may research applications by developers other than Microsoft if you desire.

Assignment Steps

Resources:

Microsoft® Office Help and Training
Other tutorials available online
Research the two alternative presentation applications that you chose, and compare them to the features and functionality of Microsoft® PowerPoint®.

Note: There are several alternative presentation applications besides Microsoft® PowerPoint® including but not limited to Office Mix and Sway®. It does not, however, have to be a Microsoft® application.

Create a 12- to 15-slide presentation that includes the following:

A title page
A reference page
A slide theme and a template
Animations using the timing feature
Slide transitions
A picture or an image
Word art
A recorded audio on one of the slides
Use speaker notes to expand ideas beyond the slide bullet points and include research supporting your comparisons.

Submit both a Microsoft® PowerPoint® 97-2003 Show file (PPS) and a Microsoft® PowerPoint® Presentation file (PPTX).

Cite a minimum of four sources, formatted according to APA guidelines.

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Used with permission from Microsoft.