Intro to Slideshow Presentation

Software

Mary F. English ProgramNorthern Illinois University

Brief summaries of 8 different slideshow presentation platforms

Microsoft PowerPoint is the most popular slideshow presentation software

Is the professional standard in most industries

If you don’t already own PowerPoint, it will cost you around $100 on Amazon…

Easy-to-use, offers a wide variety of features

Doesn’t work well for inserting video in presentations

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

Google Drive offers cloud storage, easy file sharing, and collaboration tools

Google Slides is the slideshow software of Google Drive

Free Great option if you are

making a slideshow presentation with a group

Google Slides

LibreOffice is a free alternative to Microsoft Office

Impress is LibreOffice’s slideshow program

Can still save files in PowerPoint formats, but may not open perfectly in PowerPoint

Export files to SWF files so anyone with Adobe Flash installed can view the presentation

LibreOffice Impress

Free application from Microsoft

Create a visual story (video file) from your digital photos

Add narration, effects, transitions, and background music

File is saved as a Windows Media Video file

Will not work on Apple computers

Photo Story 3

Free cloud-based software that uses virtual canvas instead of traditional slideshow format

Zooming User Interface May be a great choice for

some presentations, and a bad choice for others

Has a free iPad viewer app

Prezi

Cloud-based software that uses traditional slideshow format

Free, but the more advanced features that set Slide Rocket apart from other services cost money

Analytics functions that help you learn about who is viewing your presentation and how they are using it

Slide Rocket

Does not help you create slideshows, but will help you share them

Can upload .pptx, .docx, and .pdf files

Share a link to view your presentation online

Embed your presentation on your website or blog

Analytics functions for paid subscribers

Slide Share

Does not help you create slideshows, but will let you view them on an iPad

View with all original features present

Must upload the slideshow from your computer, then open it in the Slide Shark iPad app

Cannot edit slideshows from the iPad

Slide Shark

Intros to:◦Google Slides◦LibreOffice Impress◦Microsoft PowerPoint◦Photo Story 3◦Prezi◦Slide Rocket◦Slide Share◦Slide Shark

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