Contents:

Welcome to the Western Region Education Service Alliance Online .

Module 1: Starting PowerPoint: options

Module 2: Getting oriented: views, menus, toolbars

Module 3: Opening an existing presentation; saving options

Module 4: Creating a presentation using Presentation Templates

Module 5: Entering text, spell-checking, formatting text and backgrounds

Module 6: Creating a presentation from Outline View

Module 7: Creating a presentation from scratch

Module 8: Adding animation, music, and sound to your presentation (Assignment  1 Due)

Module 9: PowerPoint Project  (Assignment 2 Due)

This is an Introductory level online course consisting of activities and tutorials designed for PowerPoint XP. If you have an earlier version of PowerPoint, you may notice a few differences in the views and toolbars. The basics however, are the same. 

CEU Credit: To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you must register, receive confirmation,  complete and submit  all course assignments. Upon completion of the course you will be given a certificate which you may send to your Central Office for the equivalent CEUs. Important! Some LEAs require prior approval of workshops and courses to be submitted for CEUs.

Course Requirements: Basic familiarity with computers and the Windows operating system, PowerPoint XP installed on your computer, Javascript enabled,  the ability to send and receive email (including attachments),  and completion of all course assignments. It is strongly recommended that you review this tutorial on How to Take a WRESA Online Course.

Course Contents: To the left you find a list of course modules.

Time needed to complete this course: 10 hours

CEUs awarded by LEA: 1(One)

Assignments to be submitted: 2

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