Purpose of Assignment

In this assignment, you will 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 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 a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation file (PPTX).

Cite a minimum of 4 sources, formatted according to APA guidelines.

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Used with permission from Microsoft.