PowerPoint – Skills for Designers – Visual, Data & Multimedia Creation

Learning Outcomes

Participants should be able to: 

• Create professional PowerPoint presentations using a variety of layouts, templates, and themes suited to different audiences and contexts.
• Design visually effective slides by applying layout principles, text formatting, and multimedia elements such as images, audio, video, and animations.
• Develop and customise data visualisations through the use of tables, charts, SmartArt, and combination graphics to communicate complex information clearly.
• Apply advanced design techniques including Slide Masters, custom templates, and organisational branding for consistency and efficiency across slides.
• Incorporate interactivity and automation through transitions, animations, action buttons, and hyperlinks for self-running or user-driven presentations.
• Manage and export presentations for multiple formats and devices, including packaging for other computers, saving as video or slideshow, and linking content from other Microsoft Office programs.
• Use productivity tools like the Selection and Animation panes, Format Painter, and design guides to streamline editing and object alignment.