PowerPoint is a presentation authoring package used for teaching or lecturing that allows users to include text, images, graphs, charts, sound, transitions, and animations in their slide shows. It offers pathways through presentations using hyperlinks and 86% of students in a sample of 120 found PowerPoint easy to use, finding its features simple to experiment with and have fun using.

1. Using PowerPoint
Hints and tips
For IGCSE students
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2. Using PowerPoint
What is PowerPoint
• A Presentation Authoring package
• Used for showing slide shows
• Used for teaching or lecturing
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3. Using PowerPoint
What objects can be used
• Text
• Static images
• Moving images
• Graphs and charts
• Sound
• Transitions
• Animations
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4. Using PowerPoint
Pathways
• Hyperlinks can be used
• They offer different paths through the
presentation
– For teachers
– For students
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5. Using PowerPoint
Ease of use
• 86%of students found it
easy to use
• 120 students in the
sample
students
Easy
Difficult
No
Respone
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6. Using PowerPoint
Now experiment
• Play with PowerPoint
• Try its features
• Have fun!
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