2. POWERPOINT
Benefits:
• Locally installed software.
• User-friendly.
• Different features to experiment with such as a wide variety of themes/backgrounds, slide transitions,
and word animations.
• The ability to collaborate with others. You can invite people to work on a presentation and see all of the
changes made to the PowerPoint in real-time.
3. Challenges:
• For computers that don’t have Microsoft Office installed, it’s difficult and in some cases, impossible, to
open a PowerPoint presentation if the software isn’t available.
• Microsoft Office (including PowerPoint) is free through many universities and businesses but if you
don’t fit into one of those categories, you have to pay for it and it’s pretty expensive.
4. SLIDESHARE
Benefits:
• Web-based tool.
• Easier to share a presentation with others.
• Saves space because there’s no need to store your work on a server or a USB flash drive. You can access
it from any device with an internet connection.
• Slideshare can be embedded into web pages and there’s also a feature, called Zipcasts, that allows you
to hold web conferences online and control presentations for a remote audience.
• Hosts documents and videos as well.
5. Challenges:
• A free account makes presentations public by default. For private settings, it requires you to upgrade to
a Slideshare Pro account.
• It serves as a place to upload, not edit. You can’t edit the actual presentation within Slideshare.
6. THINGS I CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING WEB-BASED
OR LOCALLY INSTALLED
• Accessibility – Will I be able to access and make any changes to it with ease?
• Necessary Functions/Features – Does it have everything I need for this particular presentation?
• Settings – Is it important whether it’s public or private?
• Audience – Small or large? Uploading content to a web-based tool can bring its visibility to a large pool
of people.
