Presentations allow the capture of not only the research that the students have done but also a range of cognitive and transferable skills. Presentations can be combined with other modes of assessment, for example, the presentation of a project report,
Presenting PowerPoints Through Teams
There are a few different ways to present PowerPoints in teams, such as sharing your desktop or uploading the PowerPoint into Teams and sharing it this way. However, the most convenient way of presenting PowerPoints is to share the presentation
Accessible PowerPoint Presentations
The Accessibility Checker tool within Microsoft’s Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint enables you to easily check for any accessibility issues in your content…
Improving the inclusivity of Sway presentations
There are a number of small adjustments you can make to your Sways to ensure increased readability and accessibility for everyone. This post discusses how to add alternative text to images and select clear styles and fonts.
Leave the classroom and go mobile with Microsoft Sway
The following is an example of how the Future Facing Learning toolkit specifically Microsoft Sway was integrated into a seminar task to provide more active learning. The module ‘Introduction to Physical Activity’ is level 4 and ran by Alison Innerd a Senior Lecturer in Sports and Exercise within the School of Health and Social Care…
Different ways to view Sway presentations
Microsoft Sway is for creating online presentations and interactive reports. Sway content is presented online and has numerous ways to customise viewing and navigation even if you didn’t create the Sway yourself. If you have not used Sway before here is a Sway presentation example for you to view…
Introducing Office Mix
Office Mix is a free plugin for Microsoft PowerPoint that offers a simple way to turn your PowerPoint slides into interactive online sessions and presentations. This is a great solution for anyone who wants to produce “screencasts” or “lecture casts”
Royalty Free Music for Free
There are many times when I need a bit of music for a presentation or a show reel but I have very little skills in creating my own music! This post looks at a few sites where you can download
Screenshots from Microsoft Outlook 2013
Microsoft Outlook 2013 has some very nice new features but one that I’ve been finding very useful is the inclusion of a screen grab facility. There have been many times when I’ve needed to be able to send a screen
10 Free Sites To Create Beautiful Quotations
Introduction In this blog post we are going to take a quick look at 10 sites that will let you produce beautiful looking quotations. With (typically) minimal effort you can create some really nice quotes as images that can brighten