PowerPoint Practice Actvities



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Beginning Microsoft® PowerPoint: Practice 1

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|Less than 25% of items |More than 25% of items |More than 50% of items |More than 75% of items |All items completed |

|completed correctly. |completed correctly |completed correctly |completed correctly |correctly |

Each step to complete is considered a single item, even if it is part of a larger string of steps.

Objectives:

The Learner will be able to:

1. Add new slides at least 75% of the time

2. Enter and edit text in a slide at least 75% of the time

3. Insert a Text Box at least 75% of the time

4. Format the fill and border of a Text Box

5. Change text direction and Text alignments in Text boxes

6. Format text size, font face, color, and bold at least 75% of the time

7. Format Slide background

Create a new PowerPoint presentation

Enter and format text

Type the following text:

Slide 1: A Poem

Slide 2 headline type: "A little madness in the Spring

Is wholesome even for the King."

Click to Add text: Emily Dickenson

Slide 3 type: Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"

Click to Add text: Robin Williams

Insert a new slide. This should be Slide 4.

Click to Add Text and type three lines of text:

Crocus

Tulips

Daffodils

Format the three lines of text to be Right aligned

Format the bullets to be Check Marks

Format the fill and border of the Textbox

Select the Title on Slide 3

Change the Text direction of the Title to be Vertical

Rearrange the Text Boxes for the Title and the bulleted list to fit on the slide

Format Slides

Format the Background on each slide to be each a different shade of blue.

Modify the font color to improve reading

Format the Background of the first slide to be a Fill Effect

Select all of the slides and add a Transition: dissolve

Save your practice document and name it: Beginning PowerPoint Practice 1.

Beginning Microsoft® PowerPoint: Practice 2

Objectives:

1. The Learner will be able to:

2. Insert and Format Slide Text

3. Insert Picture from Clip Art at least 75% of the time

4. Format picture using Picture Tools at least 75% of the time

5. Insert an AutoShape

6. Format AutoShape color and linestyle at least 75% of the time

7. Group and move Objects

Format Text, Pictures and Shapes

You can create a sample presentation with the steps outlined in Practice 2, below. You can also download the “Top 10” PowerPoint from the online course if you wish.

Create a New presentation and enter the following text to create the Titles on 11 Slides:

Top Ten Reasons to work with Our Team

10. Football

9. Track

8. Hockey

7. Baseball

6. Wrestling

5. Swimming

4. Volleyball

3. Gymnastics

2. Basketball

1. Together, We Win!

Add a picture to each slide that matches the sport

Insert a picture from Clip Art or File.

Format the Picture using Picture Tools

Insert an AutoShape around the picture.

Move the AutoShape behind the picture.

Format the AutoShape's color and line style.

Insert an AutoShape Arrow pointing to the picture.

Format the AutoShape Arrow

Group Objects

Select the arrow, the AutoShape, and the Picture.

Group these objects together.

Move the grouped objects to the lower right corner of the slide.

Save your practice document and name it: Beginning PowerPoint Practice 2.

Beginning Microsoft® PowerPoint: Practice 3

Objectives:

The Learner will be able to:

1. Create a new PowerPoint using a Design template

2. Insert and Format pictures from ClipArt of from Files at least 75% of the time

3. Use and modify animations at least 75% of the time

4. Add Sound to Custom Animation Effects

5. Insert slide transitions and modify the timing

6. View the Slide Show at least 75% of the time

Animation and Transitions

You can create a sample presentation with the steps outlined in Practice 2, above. You can also download the “Top 10” PowerPoint from the online course if you wish.

Bouncing Balls

Search ClipArt and find pictures or cartoons of balls: football, volleyball, basketball

Insert a picture of a basketball on the basketball slide and resize it to a small size.

Custom Animation

Select the basketball picture and go to Animation->Custom Animation

Go to Add Effect and Choose Motion Path

Draw a Custom Path that makes the basketball dribble across the slide.

Use this Animation effect on the volleyball and the football.

Modify the Animation Effect on the animated objects

Change the Start to: After Previous

Change the Speed: Medium

Double click the Effect and change the Sound: Whoosh or Wind

Slide Transitions

Animate each slide with a transition

Use one of the transitions in the animation gallery

Modify the animation to automatically after 5 seconds

How long is .30 seconds? Try changing the timing to 5, 15, and 30 seconds.

View the slide show in Slide Show View

Save your practice document and name it: Beginning PowerPoint Practice 3.

Beginning Microsoft® PowerPoint: Practice 4

Objectives:

The Learner will be able to:

1. Change the View to Slide Master at least 75% of the time

2. Use the Slide Master to change the text formatting at least 75% of the time

3. Add an image to the Slide Master at least 75% of the time

4. Modify the Slide Background

5. Edit the Footer

6. Close the Slide Master and Return to the Normal View at least 75% of the time

7. Add sample text and review the slide design

Master Slides

You can create a sample presentation with the steps outlined in Practice 2, above. You can also download the “Top 10” PowerPoint from the online course if you wish.

View the Slide Master

Go to View-> Slide Master

Select the top Master Title Slide

Modify the Slide Master

Format the Background

Choose a Gradient Fill

Use a Preset Color if you wish

Format the Master Text Style: Tahoma, 48 point, Centered

Edit the Footer

Enter the name of the sample company: Front Row Video

Insert a picture for the company logo

Use ClipArt or a picture that shows a Video company

Resize the picture and move it to the lower right corner of the slide

Select the logo and add Animation:

Animation->Custom Animation

Emphasis-> Spin

Start: On Previous

Test the Master Slide

Return to the Normal View and review your work.

Are the sports graphics covering up the logo on the Slide Master?

Do the animated objects come to rest by your logo?

View the Slide Show and pass me some popcorn.

Save your practice document and name it: Beginning PowerPoint Practice 4.

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Advanced Microsoft® PowerPoint: Practice 1

RUBRIC

|0 |3 |5 |8 |10 |

|Less than 25% of items |More than 25% of items |More than 50% of items |More than 75% of items |All items completed |

|completed correctly. |completed correctly |completed correctly |completed correctly |correctly |

Each step to complete is considered a single item, even if it is part of a larger string of steps.

Objectives:

The Learner will be able to:

1. Modify a PowerPoint presentation

2. Add animation for text and pictures at least 75% of the time

3. Add sound to Slide Transitions at least 75% of the time

4. Insert, Format, and Change a Chart at least 75% of the time

5. Insert a Table at least 75% of the time

6. Apply Quick Styles to a Table

7. Insert a Column into a table & Merge cells

8. Format text alignment and orientation in a table

Quick Styles and Tables

You can create a sample presentation with the steps outlined in Beginning Practice exercises. You can also download the “Top 10” PowerPoint from the online course if you wish.

Add a Chart

Insert a new Slide at the end of this presentation.

Insert a Bar Chart

Edit the data

Cell A1 type: Sales Rep Cell B1: Total

Cell A2 type: Alex Cell B2: $3,500

Cell A3 type: Connie Cell B3: $8,310

Cell A4 type: Elizabeth Cell B4: $8,170

Cell A5 type: Niki Cell B5: $13,560

Select Row 1 and Format the cells BOLD

Edit the Chart Range to fit the data (no blank rows or columns)

Format the Chart fill, color, background, add a Legend and Title

Add a Table

Insert a New Slide at the end of this presentation.

Insert a Table

Use the same sample data that you entered in the Bar Chart

Apply Quick Styles to the Table

Change the text alignment to centered

Insert a new column to the left of Column B.

Select and Merge all the cells in Column C.

Type: First Quarter Sales

Change the orientation of the text in Column C to vertical

Save your practice document and name it: Advanced PowerPoint Practice 1.

Advanced Microsoft® PowerPoint: Practice 2

Objectives:

The Learner will be able to:

1. Create and Modify Shapes at least 75% of the time

2. Create an Action button at least 75% of the time

3. Edit the Action Settings

4. Insert and Modify SmartArt at least 75% of the time

5. Edit Text in SmartArt

Navigation and Action Buttons

You can create a sample presentation with the steps outlined, below. You can also download the “Spring Forward” PowerPoint from the online course if you wish.

Create an Action Button for Navigation

Open a new PowerPoint presentation

Enter the following text:

Slide 1 type: A Poem

Slide 2 type: Spring has spring

Slide 3 type: The grass has riz

Slide 4 type: I wonder where the flowers iz

Slide 5 type: Spring Sales Team

Format the Slide Master with a custom Theme and logo

Insert Action Buttons

Select Slide 5: Spring Sales Team

Go to Insert->Shapes->Action Button

Select the Home icon

Hyperlink to the First slide

Add navigation buttons to go Home, forward and backward to each slide in the in the slide show.

Could you add these controls to the Master slides instead of copying them to each slide?

Create an Organization Chart in Smart Art

Select Slide 5: Spring Sales Team

Go to Insert-> SmartArt

Choose Hierarchy->Organization Chart from the options

Add the following information:

Our Team

• Alex

• Connie

• Elizabeth

• Nikki

Format the Smart Art.

Save your practice document and name it: Advanced PowerPoint Practice 2.

Advanced Microsoft® PowerPoint: Practice 3

Objectives:

The Learner will be able to:

1. Apply headers, footers, and page numbers to handout masters

2. Apply Quick Styles to the handout masters at least 75% of the time

3. Print handouts with 1 or more slides per page at least 75% of the time

4. Change the notes page to have Landscape orientation at least 75% of the time

5. Add Text to the Notes Page at least 75% of the time

6. Print the notes page by page

Speaker Notes and Print Outs

You can create a sample presentation with the steps outlined in the Advanced Practice 2, above. You can also download the “Spring Forward” PowerPoint from the online course if you wish.

Speaker Notes

Speaker Notes can be entered directly under the slide design. They help the speaker remember key points (>’0’Publish->Create Handouts in Microsoft Word.

Save your practice document and name it: Advanced PowerPoint Practice 3.

Advanced Microsoft® PowerPoint: Practice 4

Objectives:

The Learner will be able to:

1. Insert slides into a PowerPoint presentation at least 75% of the time

2. Insert and format slide text at least 75% of the time

3. Replace a font using the Replace Font command

4. Spell Check the PowerPoint presentation at least 75% of the time

5. Rehearse and edit the Timings at least 75% of the time

6. Use the pen and highlighter in a slide show presentation

7. Save the presentation as a Slide Show, Web Viewing, and as JPEG images

Presentations

You can create a sample presentation with the steps outlined in the Advanced Practice 2, above. You can also download the “Spring Forward” PowerPoint from the online course if you wish.

Create a new PowerPoint presentation with 5 slides:

Enter the following text:

Slide 1 type: (leave blank)

Slide 2 type: The wind riz, then it blew

Slide 3 type: The rain friz, then it snew

Slide 4 type: Spring has gone. Fall has fell.

Slide 5 type: Winter is here and it’s colder than usual!

Insert an image on each slide

Format the theme and background for this presentation

Replace the font with "Comic Sans"

Spell Check the PowerPoint presentation

Save the PowerPoint presentation and name it: Fall Back

Inset slides from another presentation

You should have the Fall Back presentation open

Go to Home->Insert Slide-> Reuse Slides

Browse for the Spring Forward presentation.

Insert all of the slides at the beginning of the Fall Back show.

Test your presentation.

Try using the on-screen tools: the pen and highlighter.

Practice the Rehearsal Timing: record and edit your timing.

Save your Presentation

Use Save As to save the presentation as a .pps so it opens as a slide show

Use Save As to save the presentation for Web Viewing (html)

Last, use Save as to save the Slides as .jpeg images.

Save your practice document and name it: Advanced PowerPoint Practice 4.

Fun resource available on YouTube: How NOT to Use PowerPoint by Comedian Don McMillan



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