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25 Free Education PowerPoint Templates For Lessons, Thesis, and Online Lectures

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Today we have prepared for you 25 free education PowerPoint templates for your online lessons, lectures, thesis, and educational purposes. Some of them are suitable for multiple purposes, others are specifically designed for more niche topics, so we made sure there is something for everyone.

As usual, some of the websites that offer these free resources may require free registration. All templates are editable and compatible with PowerPoint and Google Slides .

1. Free Online Lessons PowerPoint Presentation Template

Here we have 20 free online education slides  by GraphicMama. With online lessons and homeschool presentations in mind, the educational slides have 2 color schemes. In addition, they feature multipurpose slides, infographics, quotes, practice, and others.

2. Free Meet Our Professors PowerPoint Template

What better way for teachers to break the ice at the beginning of a new class than by introducing themselves? This free template with a dark background and colorful shapes is ideal for the purpose. It has 34 different slides , is 100% editable, and includes 500 additional icons for further customizing your presentation.

3. Free Writing History Thesis PowerPoint Template

You might need to write a history thesis or prepare a history lesson for your classes. This template with 29 free editable slides has a beige background, doodle illustrations, and a suitable design.

4. Free Generation of ’27 Literature PPT Template

Generation ’27 is the name of a group of avant-garde poets and artists. They began to publish their works in the 1920s. 25 different slides for explaining Spanish literature to your student.

5. Free Kids Alphabet Blocks PowerPoint Template

With a fun LEGO-inspired design and vivid colors, the template is ideal for teaching lessons to younger students. It includes 48 editable slides and it’s available for free for schools and companies.

6. Free Steam Education PowerPoint Template

The design for this template is entirely based on the concept of steam education. It contains 48 free slides easy to modify.

7. Free Global Education Solution Template

A free global education solution presentation template with a suitable design of bulbs, earth, and cities. It contains 48 editable slides .

8. Free Dandelion Thesis PowerPoint Template

This free template was designed for students who need to defend their thesis before getting their PhD. It’s a good addition to the speech and features 24 editable slides to accompany your presentation.

9. Free Black Death Epidemic Thesis PowerPoint Template

A little bit niche, this design is dedicated to the 14th century Black Death and it’s ideal for the topic if you’re working on a thesis about the historical event. It has 23 free editable slides .

10. Free Lecture On Music PowerPoint Template

On a more positive note, the next free template has a design all about music. You can use it to prepare a lecture on music history, instruments, and everything about music in general.

11. Reading is Magical – Free PowerPoint Template

Kids discover the magic of reading. This free presentation design is ideal for teaching the younger audiences the importance of literature and make them fall in love with reading. It features 25 editable slides .

12. Free History of Architecture PowerPoint Template

Another niche topic for presentation. This free education template is designed to convey a historical feeling for every historical architecture lesson. It has 25 slides , easy to modify.

13. Free Geography PowerPoint Template

This free vintage geography PowerPoint template with old map background has 25 different slides and aims to assist presentations on every geography, history, travel, or politics lesson.

14. Free E-Learning PowerPoint Template

More for e-learning and online lessons. Here we have a free PowerPoint template that describes training with control over mobile. It features 48 slides , easy to customize and adapt to your presentation.

15. Chalk Free Education PowerPoint Template

A free educational template with a child reading a book and lovely chalk illustrations. This is a design that can express education through reading. 48 slides , ideal for literature lessons and presentations.

16. Free ABC Alphabet Blocks PPT Template

Here’s a free multipurpose PowerPoint design with alphabet blocks. Suitable for all kinds of educational presentations, the free template has 48 customizable slides with a color theme and 135 icons.

17. Free Science Education Center PowerPoint Template

It’s always a good day for science! This free presentation theme is based on a learning center structure. The background is blue, and it is conspicuous for the textures in the corners. It has 23 editable slides .

18. Free Handa Notebook Thesis Presentation

A free multipurpose thesis presentation design with a lovely notebook style. It has 34 slides with all you need to present your data and make it stand out, despite the casual design.

19. Free Building Siblings Relationships Educational Template

This free template has the topic of building siblings relationships in mind. It’s perfect for audiences from kindergarten, pre-school and elementary school.

20. Free Green Grass Open Book PowerPoint Template

A free Multipurpose template that suits lessons and presentations related to ecology, nature, agriculture, and environment. It has 48 editable slides and a color theme.

Presentation Design Tip:

The shorter you keep the text, the better. In fact, some specialists suggest that you shouldn’t use more than 5-6 words per slide . And sometimes, a single word combined with a powerful visual is enough to nail the attention of the students sitting in front of you and make them listen to what you have to say.

21. Free Online Library PowerPoint Template

The library concept gives the opportunity to fit any topic and adapt to any lesson. With 48 free editable slides , this template will suit school classes, business and commercial purposes.

22. Free Graduation PowerPoint Template

If you’re in need to prepare your students for graduation and educate them on the career paths that await after, this free template with 48 slides and infographics will suit the purpose.

23. Free Alphabet Blocks PowerPoint Presentation

A free educational presentation design of books being stacked up with alphabet block to top it off. It also consists of a light blue and orange color scheme. It includes 33 fully-editable slides and high-quality vector graphics.

24. Free Back to School PowerPoint Template

A classic even old-fashioned on purpose design that instantly grabs the attention. It has 36 free slides and infographics for educational purposes.

25. Free Desk Presentation Template

And last, we have this free hand-drawn template with a beautiful color scheme with 23 slides and a pinch of creativity that will suit multiple presentations.

And these were today’s 25 free educational templates for PowerPoint and Google Slides. Based on multipurpose or niche topics, the collection has something for everybody, so grab your favorites and create your awesome presentations.

In the meantime, if you’re in search of more resources for online classes, we have also prepared 60 colorful slides for that.

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We hope you enjoyed the hand-picked educational templates and found something that will adapt to your project perfectly.

While on the topic, why not check these other helpful online education-related articles.

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Optimizing PowerPoint for E-learning

By Jeff Cobb .  Last Updated on September 29, 2023

Times have changed and the world has fully opened its eyes to the value of e-learning. Traditional learning methods that require you to be at a certain time and place can be an inconveniencing interruption to our often-busy schedules. And from an instructional perspective, you have to balance creativity with practicality.

So that begs the question, how can you create engaging courses that minimize interruptions to our schedules and are convenient for both the learner and instructor?

If you’ve ever created lectures, presentations, or even webinars using Microsoft PowerPoint, then you’ve overcome more than half of the e-learning curve. But while PowerPoint is a great tool, it’s not adequate on its own to captivate learners.

In this article, I’m going to show you how to convert your presentations into an on-demand and fully active online experience.  

PowerPoint vs. E-learning

PowerPoint is a classic presentation tool that has its place in face-to-face learning. But because it naturally follows a linear presentation structure – that is, each slide in the presentation is presented in a predefined sequence – it allows for minimal audience participation. However, in the classroom environment, this lack of interactivity is often supplemented with questions, (marked) assessments, group activities, and assignments. In this way, PowerPoint merely supports the instructor, who picks up the slack and effectively delivers the content by speaking, using body language, and interacting with the audience directly in real-time.

Unfortunately, that’s why you see so many poorly-designed and un-engaging PowerPoint presentations.

With all those bulleted lists and cheesy clip art, your PowerPoints might merely function as cue cards in the classroom. But this type of presentation structure does not smoothly transition into asynchronous e-learning. Still, that doesn’t mean that you need to throw your PowerPoints out and start from scratch. They still give you a solid foundation to build up from.

Before we get into the particulars of how to optimize your PowerPoint presentations for e-learning, let’s look at some key e-learning criteria and determine to what degree PowerPoint fulfills them.

As you can see, there are some clear similarities between e-learning courses and PowerPoint presentations. The main difference is that PowerPoint relies more heavily on the instructor to convey information more effectively, whereas e-learning relies exclusively on the objects within the courses to do so. To bridge this gap, we need to rethink our PowerPoint designs without factoring in an instructor. We need to give them a full-makeover.

In the rest of the article, I’m going to show you how to accomplish this.

Giving Your PowerPoint a Makeover

Believe it or not, the success of an e-learning course can largely be attributed to its visual appeal. Don’t simply rely on the topic and content of your course to carry your learners through. You don’t just want to pay attention to the visual aspect from a branding and marketing perspective: you’ll also need to leverage layouts, colors, images, etc. to enhance or emphasize key messages throughout the lessons.

Style and Colors

The “style” pertains to the overall look and feel of the course. One key element of style is color. Others include the layout, theme, visuals, etc.

One mistake people make when creating the style of their course is making decisions too hastily or mindlessly. Your favorite color combination might be red and black, but it’s not about you – it’s about your target audience. So, first things first: you’ll need to evaluate your audience using demographics like age, sex, education, prerequisite knowledge, etc. Moreover, you’ll need to consider your style from a business perspective and how it contributes to the “flavor” of your organization.

Once you’ve made some of these executive decisions, then you can descend from aerial view and start considering how your content can be broken down into elements and then designate colors. As a general rule of thumb, you’ll want to start with a light-colored background with dark-colored text for easy online viewing. Then, select a few appropriate colors for things like arrows, navigation buttons, indicators, etc. Your color palette(s) can and should be documented and saved for future courses.

Themes, Layouts, and Backgrounds

When giving your PowerPoint a makeover, you’ll have to incorporate themes for different “learning events”. For example, your e-learning course might have unique slides for your table of contents, title, presentation, interactions, and quizzes. Think about the elements that would naturally exist on each of these types of slides and design layouts that logically organize these elements. This might involve redesigning some of your slides or creating a theme for a new type of slide that you’ll be including in your e-learning course.

Each layout should have a unique background for each of these learning events. If you have graphic design skills that’s great, but if not – no problem! You can also create professional looking themes by keeping things simple. Look online for simple layouts/templates that might contain a title and text box. Or for your assessments, find and/or emulate a layout that has a question area and designated space for multiple choice options. Would you like to incorporate questions that incorporate images? Then factor that into your theme design.

And of course, maintain the same color scheme/palette that you determined for your style/branding.  

Making Your Slides Less Dense

When you’re creating e-learning courses, to keep your learners engaged, you have to “keep it moving”. This means that your audience shouldn’t be staring at the same slide for too long. From an instructional design perspective , dense slides do your learning audience a disservice because they likely over-rely on one type of learning style, such as auditory (audio), verbal (text), or visual (images).

So, how do you go about thinning things out in a systematic manner that doesn’t detract from your audience’s learning potential?

Well first develop or review your learning objectives. Keep them in mind as you comb through your content, eliminating any extraneous, redundant, or irrelevant information. If your content is text-heavy or full of bulleted lists, as is typical with PowerPoint presentations, then consider turning them into learning interactions. For example, the audience might have to check off a checkbox next to each bullet point before proceeding to the next slide, and in other cases, or – to cater to tactile learners – you can turn these bulleted “steps” into a process, tabs, or accordion interaction.

PowerPoint presentations tend to contain fewer slides that are highly dense because the instructor usually tackles each element on the slide systematically to break things down and provide the story behind the slide. Because the instructor is using his/her voice and intonation to emphasize important aspects of the message, while simultaneously asking and engaging the audience’s questions, learners can stay engaged and effectively cement knowledge.

On the other hand, e-learning slides tend to be “thin” and contain a lot of “white space” so that only the most important elements on the slide are showing. The learner should be able to logically assemble the “story” behind the slide with minimal text, some images to reinforce the message, and possibly audio.

Incorporating Meaningful/Relevant Visuals

While your PowerPoint presentation most likely includes some degree of images and visuals, you’re going to have to amplify them for your e-learning course. Part of the value of visuals is that they can package a thousand words, which – as previously discussed – can make your e-learning slides less dense.

Another reason why visuals are important is because most of us are naturally inclined towards processing visual information. Visuals can add meaning and therefore reinforce learning. You can create your own simple objects and diagrams using PowerPoint shapes. And, of course, there are also plenty of resources that you can use to source images, characters, infographics, and diagrams.

But the main thing is ensuring that your visuals are meaningful and relevant. An overabundance of visuals detracts from your message and can cause confusion. They should be chosen with purpose . So, if you haven’t clarified your course purpose and learning objectives yet, make sure that they’re established before you start incorporating images and determining your overall style.

Resources for PowerPoint Templates and ID Art

The internet has countless resources to help professionals and newcomers alike hit the ground running. From templates, backgrounds, and audio, to icons, graphic assets, and fonts – everything can be sourced.

Here’s a list of 10 great e-learning assets and resources:

• eLearningArt – A vast library of eLearning images, illustrations, characters, graphics, and templates.
• eLearning Brothers – Similar to eLearningArt. It offers character cutouts, eLearning and PowerPoint templates, images, icons, and stock assets.
• Articulate Community – They offer a variety of templates for a wide range of presentation software, as well as course design assets (backgrounds, buttons, fonts, icons, etc.).
• Public Domain Image Resources – There are many images and other resources available online that are in the public domain. This link will bring you to an exhaustive Wikipedia list of these free resources. Just be sure to follow their credit attribution instructions.
• LA County Museum of Art – This resource provides over 20,000 free images. Any image that displays a “Download” button is free for the taking.
• eLearning Asset – They offer a host of characters in office, medical, and industrial work environments, as well as cartoon mascots, office backgrounds, human silhouettes, and other freebies.
• The Getty is a search gateway that yields a manifold of art images in the public domain.
• PresentationGo offers a wide assortment of both free and paid-for Powerpoint/presentation templates, charts/tables, diagrams, graphics, etc.

Bringing Your PowerPoint Presentations to Life

There are ways that you can bring your PowerPoint presentation to life and have it captivate your audience on its own accord. PowerPoint has way more features than are often leveraged by presenters/instructors. You have the ability to incorporate a wide range of multimedia and even animate your slides and include transitions.

You can incorporate your own images or source them, record and edit audio, upload videos from your computer, or embed videos from external sources.

The easiest way to insert images is to copy and paste them or save and import them into your PowerPoint. Simply go to Insert -> Images .

As you can see, the Insert menu gives you ample options. For example, you can also insert shapes, audio, and video. The key is to engage as many learning styles as possible. Not everyone learns best with words and speech, but almost everyone responds better to visuals than text, so refrain from too many bulleted lists. They have their place, but use them wisely. For example, you can even treat each bullet point as an “object” that can be animated to appear in time with your narration/speech.

You can take advantage of PowerPoint’s many Entrance effects. These effects are used to introduce new objects (e.g., text, images, graphics, etc.) onto the screen. For example, you can have objects “Fade in”, “Fly in” from a specific location on the screen, or simply “Appear.”

Conversely, you have a wide assortment of “Exit” effects for when you’d like objects to disappear from the screen.

In addition, you can use Emphasis effects, which “underline” or “highlight” certain objects on the screen to direct your audience’s attention to a key point or message.

You can even create path animations that move objects about on the screen. This is probably the closest to an “animation”, as traditionally defined.

All of these animations/animation types can be combined and timed to appear after or concurrently with one another. You can even set the duration of each animation and specify how long to delay an animation if it’s proceeding after another.

You can also leverage PowerPoint’s transition effects when transitioning between slides. For example, if you’re teaching a writing class, presenting a new work, or conducting a literary analysis, then you might want each slide transition to emulate turning a page in a book.

As you can see, there are many ways to bring your PowerPoint presentations to life. But there are ways that you can also infuse interactivity into your presentation. Typical PowerPoint presentations involve the learner progressing “on-click”. While this infuses some degree of tactile learning, you can take things up a notch by providing navigation. Not only does it take you away from the linear progression that’s so endemic to PowerPoints, but you can have learners essentially “choose their own adventure”.

That notwithstanding, interactivity is a prime feature of e-learning. So, even with navigation links, your PowerPoints are bound to fall short in this category. Thus, to truly optimize your PowerPoint for e-learning, you’re going to have to convert them or use them in combination with an e-learning authoring tool.

In the next section, I’m going to show you how to leverage PowerPoint for e-learning.

Leveraging PowerPoint to Create and Sell E-learning

While PowerPoint is a powerful tool for instructors, the presentations on their own make for rather poor and largely ineffective e-learning. Nonetheless, you might have noticed that a large percentage of e-learning courses take on a slides-based approach. Webinars, employee training or academic courses, and even videos are often created with slides. So, at its foundation, PowerPoints are essentially e-learning presentations with minimal to no interactivity.

For example, you can’t use PowerPoint to create drag and drop, dropdown, and/or process interactions. Nor can they be leveraged to create interactive quizzes – a near must-have in e-learning ( how else can you determine if learning objectives are being met? ). Consequently, PowerPoints are often used as storyboards for later development with eLearning authoring tools. As a matter of fact, many industry-standard e-learning authoring tools, such as Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, and iSpring Suite, can readily convert PowerPoints into e-learning. ( More on these course creation tools here .)

Converting PowerPoints with Adobe Captivate

Adobe Captivate is a great e-learning authoring tool that requires a moderate level of technical know-how to wrap your head around it. As soon as you open Adobe Captivate, you’ll have the option to create a new presentation by importing from PowerPoint. If you’re on a PC, Adobe Captivate will enable you to edit your slides and add interactivity within an internal “PowerPoint environment.” However, if you’re on a Mac, then you’ll need to link your Captivate presentation to your external PowerPoint file, otherwise termed the “source file”.

Here are a few things you’ll need to note when importing your PowerPoints into Captivate.

• Captivate doesn’t retain the individual objects on your PowerPoint slides, so if you have some text and images in your slides, it all becomes one flat, static image, kind of like a background image. So, ideally, your PowerPoint presentation should be ready to publish. All you’d be doing is adding quizzes/knowledge checks and incorporating interactive graphics.
• Any animations you create in PowerPoint are imported in Captivate as Shockwave Flash files (swf). However, at the end of 2020, Adobe will no longer be supporting these files.
• The latest 2019 version of Captivate enables you to import PowerPoints as a responsive project. That is, it converts the swf files into an HTML5 format, meaning your courses can be viewed on mobile devices ( a very important development/consideration! )

Converting PowerPoints with Articulate Storyline

Articulate Storyline is an intuitive e-learning authoring tool that can seamlessly convert your PowerPoint presentations into e-learning. However, if you’re a Mac user, then you’re out of luck. This awesome software is only supported on PCs. But one aspect that makes Storyline a superior choice to Captivate is that when you import your slides, it retains all the individual objects on each slide.

In other words, you can pick up right where you left off and continue developing your course without having to cut/copy and paste individual objects. Moreover, I find that Storyline’s interactive graphics are much more attractive and “up to date” than Captivate’s.

Aside from that, not many differences lie between the two authoring tools.

Converting PowerPoints with iSpring Suite

Another standard authoring tool that enables you to optimize your PowerPoints for eLearning is iSpring Suite . Of the options we’ve thus far discussed, iSpring Suite perfectly integrates with PowerPoint. That is, it is a PowerPoint-based tool kit that almost entirely preserves the PowerPoint interface while adding the extra functionality required to create full-fledged e-learning courses.

Once you’ve installed iSpring , it appears as a tab in the PowerPoint ribbon, as shown below:

You can record and add media using your external/built-in microphone and webcam. Whether you want to create a screencast, talking head video, or do a picture-in-picture video that combines the two types simultaneously, you can do everything out of iSpring. And of course, you can upload, import, or embed external videos.

And as with any full-fledged e-learning authoring tool, you can create quizzes, interactive graphics, dialogue simulations, and branched scenarios to immerse your audience.

Publishing Your E-learning

You have many options to publish your e-learning. You can always export your PowerPoint presentation as a movie and post it to your website, YouTube, and/or share it on social media. But if you’re looking for a more professional mode of delivery that’ll enable you to track student progress, garner course and learner analytics, and even monetize your courses, then you’re better off with a learning management system (LMS) .

LMSes are great, as most people learn on the go. No one’s going to download a course to their mobile device, as they consume too much storage space. Moreover, as the course creator , LMSes give you the power to administrate, receive assignments and quizzes, and take on a more active role in teaching your learners. On the contrary, if you’re looking for a relatively-hands free solution, then an LMS enables you to create learning paths and drip course content periodically or based on student progress, generate grades or scores, and even issue completion certificates!

Any e-learning authoring tool that’s worth its salt will allow you to export and publish the final product in a way that seamlessly integrates with an LMS. There are “languages” or “technical standards” by which an LMS can effectively “communicate” with your course content. SCORM is one of the most widely-used technical standards, but you also have AICC and newer standards like TinCan.

Authoring tools such as Captivate, Storyline, and iSpring are able to publish e-learning in any one of these standards in order to retain interactivity. So, when choosing an LMS system , ensure that it is compatible with the format in which you published your course. For example, Thinkific doesn’t support any of these technical standards, whereas Flora LMS only supports SCORM.

PowerPoint for E-learning: Key Takeaways

• PowerPoint is best used as a supplementary tool for instructors. Therefore, it enables passive versus active learning. It would be hard to keep asynchronous learners engaged and hold them accountable for their learning if you used PowerPoint as a standalone e-learning course.
• PowerPoint accommodates a wide range of multimedia, including animation and transition effects, but to truly make your course interactive (quizzes, drag and drops, interactive graphics, etc.), you’ll need to convert your PowerPoint to e-learning by way of an e-learning authoring tool.
• Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, and iSpring Suite are powerful, industry-standard authoring tools that can easily convert your PowerPoint slides into e-learning. But because of Captivate’s limitations with retaining objects, you’ll have much less headaches working with Storyline and especially iSpring.
• Consider publishing your course to an LMS system. If your course contains interactive elements and features, then be sure to export it as a SCORM, TinCan, or AICC package and ensure that your LMS supports these formats.

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PowerPoint has become an essential skill to have in the modern workplace. It is a powerful tool used in many different industries to create presentations, campaigns, and multimedia experiences that are both visually appealing and interactive. With the evolution of technology, PowerPoint has become an increasingly important tool for professionals.

You can learn this in-demand software program through Great Learning's free PowerPoint courses and gain renowned skills. Here's an overview of why learning to use this popular software program is essential in today's business world.

Professionals of all stripes need to know how to use PowerPoint. Employers are looking for job candidates who can create professional presentations to showcase their ideas and expertise. Students will benefit from understanding the basics of PowerPoint, as they may need to create presentations for class projects and assignments. Entrepreneurs need to know the basics of creating visually appealing presentations to showcase their products and services. In short, anyone working in the corporate world needs to know how to use PowerPoint to communicate their message effectively.

Great presentations can capture an audience and help engage them more effectively in the messages you're trying to convey. PowerPoint is a very effective way to present complex information, turning it into digestible pieces of information that the audience can understand. PowerPoint also allows users to add visuals, animations, and other multimedia elements to make the presentation look more professional and engaging.

PowerPoint is a fast and simple way to create visually appealing presentations. You can use the various features of the program to create your own custom slides or use the various templates available to help streamline the process. You can even upload images, audio, and video clips and add animation and other visuals to make your presentation truly unique.

In addition to creating professional presentations for the workplace, PowerPoint is also used for more creative projects. Musicians, filmmakers, and other professionals are using this powerful program to create multimedia experiences that help tell stories in a visually captivating way.  

PowerPoint is a valuable tool for anyone looking to communicate their message. It's an effective way to create visually appealing and engaging presentations and is key to success in many industries. No matter the field, learning how to use PowerPoint is an important skill in the modern business world.

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6 ways to create more interactive powerpoint presentations.

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• Add a Countdown Timer

We've all been to a presentation where the speaker bores you to death with a mundane PowerPoint presentation. Actually, the speaker could have kept you much more engaged by adding some interactive features to their slideshow. Let's look into some of these options.

1. Add a QR code

Adding a QR code can be particularly useful if you want to direct your audience to an online form, website, or video.

Some websites have in-built ways to create a QR code. For example, on Microsoft Forms , when you click "Collect Responses," you'll see the QR code option via the icon highlighted in the screenshot below. You can either right-click the QR code to copy and paste it into your presentation, or click "Download" to add it to your device gallery to insert the QR code as a picture.

In fact, you can easily add a QR code to take your viewer to any website. On Microsoft Edge, right-click anywhere on a web page where there isn't already a link, and left-click "Create QR Code For This Page."

You can also create QR codes in other browsers, such as Chrome.

You can then copy or download the QR code to use wherever you like in your presentation.

2. Embed Microsoft Forms (Education or Business Only)

If you plan to send your PPT presentation to others—for example, if you're a trainer sending step-by-step instruction presentation, a teacher sending an independent learning task to your students, or a campaigner for your local councilor sending a persuasive PPT to constituents—you might want to embed a quiz, questionnaire, pole, or feedback survey in your presentation.

In PowerPoint, open the "Insert" tab on the ribbon, and in the Forms group, click "Forms". If you cannot see this option, you can add new buttons to the ribbon .

As at April 2024, this feature is only available for those using their work or school account. We're using a Microsoft 365 Personal account in the screenshot below, which is why the Forms icon is grayed out.

Then, a sidebar will appear on the right-hand side of your screen, where you can either choose a form you have already created or opt to craft a new form.

Now, you can share your PPT presentation with others , who can click the fields and submit their responses when they view the presentation.

3. Embed a Live Web Page

You could always screenshot a web page and paste that into your PPT, but that's not a very interactive addition to your presentation. Instead, you can embed a live web page into your PPT so that people with access to your presentation can interact actively with its contents.

To do this, we will need to add an add-in to our PPT account .

Add-ins are not always reliable or secure. Before installing an add-in to your Microsoft account, check that the author is a reputable company, and type the add-in's name into a search engine to read reviews and other users' experiences.

To embed a web page, add the Web Viewer add-in ( this is an add-in created by Microsoft ).

Go to the relevant slide and open the Web Viewer add-in. Then, copy and paste the secure URL into the field box, and remove https:// from the start of the address. In our example, we will add a selector wheel to our slide. Click "Preview" to see a sample of the web page's appearance in your presentation.

This is how ours will look.

When you or someone with access to your presentation views the slideshow, this web page will be live and interactive.

4. Add Links and Menus

As well as moving from one slide to the next through a keyboard action or mouse click, you can create links within your presentation to direct the audience to specific locations.

To create a link, right-click the outline of the clickable object, and click "Link."

In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, click "Place In This Document," choose the landing destination, and click "OK."

What's more, to make it clear that an object is clickable, you can use action buttons. Open the "Insert" tab on the ribbon, click "Shape," and then choose an appropriate action button. Usefully, PPT will automatically prompt you to add a link to these shapes.

You might also want a menu that displays on every slide. Once you have created the menu, add the links using the method outlined above. Then, select all the items, press Ctrl+C (copy), and then use Ctrl+V to paste them in your other slides.

5. Add Clickable Images to Give More Info

Through PowerPoint's animations, you can give your viewer the power to choose what they see and when they see it. This works nicely whether you're planning to send your presentation to others to run through independently or whether you're presenting in front of a group and want your audience to decide which action they want to take.

Start by creating the objects that will be clickable (trigger) and the items that will appear (pop-up).

Then, select all the pop-ups together. When you click "Animations" on the ribbon and choose an appropriate animation for the effect you want to achieve, this will be applied to all objects you have selected.

The next step is to rename the triggers in your presentation. To do this, open the "Home" tab, and in the Editing group, click "Select", and then "Selection Pane."

With the Selection Pane open, select each trigger on your slide individually, and rename them in the Selection Pane, so that they can be easily linked to in the next step.

Finally, go back to the first pop-up. Open the "Animations" tab, and in the Advanced Animation group, click the "Trigger" drop-down arrow. Then, you can set the item to appear when a trigger is clicked in your presentation.

If you want your item to disappear when the trigger is clicked again, select the pop-up, click "Add Animation" in the Advanced Animation group, choose an Exit animation, and follow the same step to link that animation to the trigger button.

6. Add a Countdown Timer

A great way to get your audience to engage with your PPT presentation is to keep them on edge by adding a countdown timer. Whether you're leading a presentation and want to let your audience stop to discuss a topic, or running an online quiz with time-limit questions, having a countdown timer means your audience will keep their eye on your slide throughout.

To do this, you need to animate text boxes or shapes containing your countdown numbers. Choose and format a shape and type the highest number that your countdown clock will need. In our case, we're creating a 10-second timer.

Now, with your shape selected, open the "Animations" tab on the ribbon and click the animation drop-down arrow. Then, in the Exit menu, click "Disappear."

Open the Animation Pane, and click the drop-down arrow next to the animation you've just added. From there, choose "Timing."

Make sure "On Click" is selected in the Start menu, and change the Delay option to "1 second," before clicking "OK."

Then, with this shape still selected, press Ctrl+C (copy), and then Ctrl+V (paste). In the second box, type 9 . With the Animation Pane still open and this second shape selected, click the drop-down arrow and choose "Timing" again. Change the Start option to "After Previous," and make sure the Delay option is 1 second. Then, click "OK."

We can now use this second shape as our template, as when we copy and paste it again, the animations will also duplicate. With this second shape selected, press Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, type 8 into the box, and continue to do the same until you get to 0 .

Next, remove the animations from the "0" box, as you don't want this to disappear. To do this, click the shape, and in the Animation Pane drop-down, click "Remove."

You now need to layer them in order. Right-click the box containing number 1, and click "Bring To Front." You will now see that box on the top. Do the same with the other numbers in ascending order.

Finally, you need to align the objects together. Click anywhere on your slide and press Ctrl+A. Then, in the Home tab on the ribbon, click "Arrange." First click "Align Center," and then bring the menu up again, so that you can click "Align Middle."

Press Ctrl+A again to select your timer, and you can then move your timer or copy and paste it elsewhere.

Press F5 to see the presentation in action, and when you get to the slide containing the timer, click anywhere on the slide to see your countdown timer in action!

Now that your PPT presentation is more interactive, make sure you've avoided these eight common presentational mistakes before you present your slides.

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The Task Force on Generative AI in Teaching and Learning at UB will provide recommendations for the use of generative AI at UB on May 14th in Davis 101. Following the report, an expert panel will offer a discussion on AI for the good for society.

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This forum is a follow-up to the April 30th AI at UB Forum , which featured presentations by the task force committees and AI seed grant winners. 

UB has been a leader in AI research since the 1990s and now has over 200 faculty working on AI projects. Here’s what you can expect at the May 14th AI at UB Forum.

Tuesday, May 14 2:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at 101 Davis Hall

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About 70 people were arrested as the nypd cleared campus, by brad luck • published may 1, 2024 • updated 12 mins ago.

The City College of New York, part of the CUNY system, is moving to remote learning starting Wednesday following continued protests and the development of an encampment on the college's campus, school officials said.

"As of tomorrow, May 1, 2024, and until further notice, all City College classes will be held remotely and all College functions will move online," a notice on the school's website Tuesday said. "Campus buildings will be closed to everyone except essential personnel, as defined by supervisors in each area."

City College's president, Vincent Boudreau, posted a letter to the school community earlier Tuesday announcing the decision to go remote.

"This is obviously a wrenching moment for the CCNY community and for me personally," Boudreau said in the letter. "I know that you all join me in the fervent hope that this encampment can be brought to a peaceful conclusion."

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NYPD officers entered the campus in large numbers late Tuesday night after receiving a request for assistance from City College to help clear the encampment of protesters. About 173 people were arrested.

NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry posted a video on social media as officers appear to remove a Palestinian flag from a flagpole at City College and replace it with a United States flag.

#HAPPENINGNOW : An incredible scene and proud moment as we have assisted @CityCollegeNY in restoring order on campus, culminating in raising Old Glory once again on their campus flagpole. 🇺🇸 @NYPDPC @NYPD1stDep @NYPDChiefOfDept @NYPDChiefPatrol @NYPDnews pic.twitter.com/XZWFmvXcUs — NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry (@NYPDDaughtry) May 1, 2024

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" Dear Members of the City College Campus Community,

I’m writing to update you on recent events on campus and to provide you with some guidance about tomorrow. As you likely know by now, there is an encampment of demonstrators on our quad, and it is posing significant difficulties for us.

Throughout our history, inclusive of these last few months, we have respected the right to protest and the values of academic and speech freedom. Events since October have put those commitments to the test, but we have endeavored to reconcile the tensions that often exist between supporting free speech and tending to the safety and well-being of our entire community.

This encampment, however, poses significantly different and heightened challenges. Most importantly, this is not primarily a CCNY demonstration, and perhaps not primarily a CUNY demonstration. The significant inclusion of un-affiliated external individuals means that we don’t have established connections to them.

Specifically, this demonstration has been more contentious and violent than anything we’ve seen on campus before. Today, we distributed a letter to members of the encampment detailing specific examples of threats to the safety of people within and outside the encampment, so that all of them understand the full scope of the activity. We also want all of them, and those of you reading this note, to understand that in no way does our response to this particular and extraordinary threat overwrite our more fundamental commitments to free speech, academic freedom, or the right to peacefully protest that comply with CCNY and CUNY regulations.

But, in view of these developments, we are instructing the demonstrators encamped on our quad to dismantle their encampment and restrict their future activities to those permitted under CUNY guidelines for assembly, free speech and protest.

Given the situation, we are moving all Wednesday classes and work to remote, remaining remote until conditions permit a return to normal business operations. We are also urging all members of our community to stay away from campus. Essential staff members will receive more specific information on whether and how to report to the campus. If for some reason it is essential that you come to campus, make sure you bring your CCNY ID and that people know of your plans—supervisors, deans, etc. In addition, a second guidance is forthcoming that will detail, with specifics, how to re-establish your remote access across academic and business units, including guidance for students.

The situation on campus is very fluid and we will endeavor to keep you updated. This is obviously a wrenching moment for the CCNY community and for me personally. I know that you all join me in the fervent hope that this encampment can be brought to a peaceful conclusion.

Vince Boudreau President "

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Evidence-based nutrition practice focus of half-day online workshops

Feb. 10 and feb. 24 workshops will include presentations, interactive learning activities.

January 31, 2024 - by Paul Schattenberg

To help address the need for a dedicated nutrition- and lifestyle-specific training in evidence-based nutrition practice, Texas A&M and other institutions will present two free half-day Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice online workshops.

“Evidence-based nutrition practice emphasizes the best available data from human studies for health outcomes that are important to patients and the public,” said Bradley Johnston, Ph.D., associate professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Nutrition and Texas A&M School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics . Johnston will be a presenter during the Feb. 10 workshop.

The workshops will be presented through Texas A&M Continuing and Professional Education and will be held from 10 a.m.-2p.m. on Feb. 10 and Feb. 24. To register for the workshops, go to https://tx.ag/EBNPworkshop .   

Workshop instruction will be provided by renowned teachers and experts in evidence-based practice from various universities in addition to Texas A&M. Other participating universities include including McMaster University, Duke University, University of California-Irvine, Case Western Reserve University, University of Oxford, and others.

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The workshops will include presentations on evidence-based practice, followed by interactive activities to help improve understanding of core concepts in epidemiology, biostatistics and value, as well as decision-making in clinical and public health nutrition practice.

While useful to healthcare professionals across various disciplines, examples and activities in the workshop generally center around the nutrition and lifestyle literature for managing cardio-metabolic diseases.                                                                                                                       

“Having knowledge and skills in evidence-based nutrition practice is vital to making informed decisions that can have an impact on people and policy,” Johnston said.   

For further information or if registration assistance is needed, contact Johnston at [email protected] , or Nirjhar Ruth Ghosh at [email protected] .

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'Not the university's role': UD responds to students protesting against violence in Gaza

University of Delaware students coordinated a walkout, die-in and more peaceful protest in the name of solidarity with Palestinian people in Gaza last week, as the Israel-Hamas War persists.

The student activism joins a renewed wave of dissent against the violence crashing on campuses throughout the country. Protesters have been arrested across the U.S., encampments cleared by police, demonstrations escalating as students call for action on the part of their institutions.

UD's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine and partnering organizations have received a response from President Dennis Assanis.

"While we all hope for peace in the Middle East and throughout the world, it is not the university's role to call for a ceasefire in an international conflict," he writes in a letter to student leaders. "Where we believe the university can have the most significant and relevant impact in advancing world peace is through education and engagement, so I wholly support the efforts of our academic departments and student organizations."

UD: University of Delaware students join growing dissent against war in Gaza across campuses

Students have outlined demands that echo other campus groups across the U.S. — calling for an "immediate and permanent" ceasefire, as well as "financial divestment" by UD from companies and businesses operating in, or supporting Israel. This joins calls for increased transparency around investments and protections for pro-Palestinian students on campus.

Assanis did not address divesting, as he said UD has "no direct investment" in the entities students described, while tuition and fees are not part of the university’s endowment. Students have noted at least a few companies with military or supplier connections having received research grant funding from UD in 2021-22 .

"We see you, we hear you, and I empathize with the deep pain and sorrow that you are experiencing," Assanis writes. "I am grateful for the chance to address the issues that you raise... The wellbeing of our UD community, especially our students, remains my top priority."

Student activists were not satisfied.

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"By prioritizing education, awareness and discussions of the occupation of Palestine and the plight of the Palestinian people, we are meeting you halfway, but you are failing to meet us halfway in making sure that the necessary institutional change occurs," write students from SJP, Black Graduate Student Association, Middle Eastern Student Association and many more , in a letter shared Tuesday.

Students doubled-down on their requests to the university — also hoping to see more representation for the Palestinian community and a university-created committee to research and lead ethical divestment. They also believe the university should "speak up against the targeting of Palestinian scholars, students and universities" in Gaza. Read the entire letter online .

Conversation here continues, though students stressed a lack of time.

"We have been willing to go through the proper channels, and asking us to continue to do so shows there is no urgency on your part," they write.

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Mayor Cherelle L. Parker Provides Update on Her Appointments to the Board of Education for the School District of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA – Mayor Cherelle L. Parker provided an update today to the Board of Education for the School District of Philadelphia on her appointments to the school board.

In a letter delivered today to the Board of Education, Mayor Parker stated:

“The following Board members have been reappointed to the Board: Reginald Streater, ChauWing Lam, and Sarah-Ashley Andrews.”

“Crystal Cubbage, Cheryl Harper, Whitney Jones, and Wanda Novales have been appointed to the Board, and they will take their seat on the Board on May 1, 2024. These four new members will be replacing Julia Danzy, Leticia Egea-Hinton, Lisa Salley, and Cecelia Thompson, whose service ends on April 30, 2024.”

“Joan Stern has also been appointed to the Board, and she will fill the current vacancy on the Board on May 1, 2024.”

“As no one has been confirmed to replace Joyce Wilkerson, I have asked her to continue her service to our children as a member of the Board of Education beyond April 30, 2024, until such time when I appoint a new member. She has agreed to do so.”

In a separate letter to Joyce Wilkerson, a former President of the Board of Education, Mayor Parker further detailed her reasons for asking Wilkerson to continue her public service, stating:

“I write to ask that you continue your service as a member of the School District of Philadelphia Board of Education. Our children are our future, and members of the Board of Education play crucial roles in ensuring our children are on the path to self-sufficiency, productivity, and civic engagement. Throughout your tenure, you have been a laudable steward of this responsibility. Now, I would like you to continue that service.”

Mayor Parker nominated the aforementioned nine individuals to serve on the Board of Education earlier this month, following a thorough, careful public process led by the Educational Nominating Panel, chaired by Otis Bullock Jr., which considered 122 applicants to serve on the Board, held two public meetings, and ultimately recommended a list of 27 individuals to the mayor for her consideration.

“These nine individuals are among the best and brightest our city has to offer, and they represent the kind of diversity, civic-mindedness, and passion for public service that I seek every day as we continue to build the Parker administration,” Mayor Parker said. “I look forward to their service on behalf of the 197,000 students in our care, in traditional, charter and alternative schools. Every child matters to me. The board members know their responsibilities and their duties. Now, it’s time to get to work.”

The members of the Educational Nominating Panel who served the process are:

• Otis Bullock Jr., Chair
• Dawn Chavous
• Bishop Louis J. Felton
• Catherine Hicks
• Rev. Bonnie Camarda
• Ira Goldstein
• Dr. Robin Cooper
• Harold Epps
• Atiyah Harmon
• Kimberly Wilson

(In addition to Chairman Bullock, Hicks served as Vice Chair, Toy was Secretary, and Wilson was Assistant Secretary to the panel.)

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Mayor cherelle l. parker’s public schedule for wednesday, may 1, 2024, mayor cherelle l. parker’s public schedule for tuesday, april 30, 2024, mayor cherelle l. parker’s public schedule for the weekend (saturday, april 27 – sunday, april 28, 2024).

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