ICDL – Perform Advanced Presentation Functions (Microsoft PowerPoint) – Advanced Level 3 Days
Course Overview
ICDL Advanced Presentation is a certification programme for learners who wish to create effective, high-impact presentations using advanced features and who need to be able to prove their skills in this area. The ICDL Advanced Presentation certification covers advanced presentation features that will allow you to use the presentation application to its full potential.
Skills Acquired
Individuals with ICDL Advanced Presentation certified skills can:
- Plan and design more effective presentations that have greater impact
- Use advanced features to customise layout and shows
- Use and manipulate pictures, images and drawn objects, charts/graphs in presentations
- Add sophisticated multimedia elements to presentations
- Use the powerful relating tools to link information to other applications
Learning Modules
Presentation Planning
- Audience and Environment
- Understand how audience demography and knowledge of subject impacts on planning of a presentation.
- Understand venue considerations.
- Design, Content and Layout
- Understand timing considerations.
- Understand that presentation dialogue is supported by graphical objects and text.
- Understand the importance of limiting the level of detail of graphical objects and text.
- Understand the importance of using a consistent design scheme and adequate colour contrast.
- Be aware of accessibility design considerations.
- Slide Masters
- Insert a new slide master, new title master.
- Edit slide master layouts.
- Apply a custom slide master to specified slides.
- Templates
- Create a new template, theme.
- Modify a template, theme.
- Formatting Drawn Objects
- Apply background fill effects to a drawn object.
- Apply a transparency effect to a drawn object.
- Apply a 3-D effect and settings to a drawn object.
- Pick up a style from a drawn object and apply it to another drawn object.
- Change the default formatting for new drawn objects.
- Formatting Pictures, Images
- Adjust picture, image brightness and contrast.
- Display a picture, image in greyscale, black & white, or washout format.
- Change colours in a picture. Restore original colours in a picture.
- Handling Graphical Objects
- Display/hide ruler, grid and guides. Move guides. Turn snap-to-grid on/off.
- Position a graphical object on a slide using specified horizontal and vertical coordinates.
- Distribute selected graphical objects horizontally or vertically relative to a slide.
- Crop a graphical object.
- Rescale a graphical object proportionately or disproportionately.
- Convert a picture to a drawn object and edit it.
- Save a graphical object as a file format.
- Omit or display background graphics on slides.
- Using Charts
- Format chart title, legend, data labels, and axes labels.
- Change the chart type for a defined data series.
- Change the gap/overlap between columns and bars in a chart.
- Format columns, bars, plot area, or chart area to display an image.
- Change the scale of a value axis.
- Using Diagrams
- Create diagrams using built-in options or drawing tools.
- Add, move, or delete shapes in a diagram.
- Add, change, or delete connectors in a flowchart.
- Movies and Sound
- Insert movies to play automatically or on mouse click.
- Insert sounds to play automatically or on mouse click.
- Animation
- Change custom animation effects and settings.
- Change the sequence of custom animations in a slide.
- Apply automatic settings so that bullet points dim to a specified colour after animation.
- Animate chart elements by series, category, or element.
- Animate or do not animate chart grid and legend.
- Linking and Embedding
- Insert, edit, or remove a hyperlink.
- Insert an action button to navigate to a slide, custom show, file, or URL.
- Link data into a slide and display as an object or icon.
- Update or break a link.
- Insert an image from a file with a link to the file.
- Embed data into a slide and display as an object.
- Edit or delete embedded data.
- Importing and Exporting
- Merge slides, a presentation, or a word-processed outline into an existing presentation.
- Save a specified slide as a file format.
- Custom Shows
- Create and show a named custom slide show.
- Copy, edit, or delete a custom slide show.
- Slide Show Settings
- Apply or remove timings from slide transitions.
- Apply settings so a slide show loops continuously (or not).
- Apply settings for manual slide advance or timed advance.
- Present with or without animation.
- Slide Show Control
- Add or erase pen annotations during a slide show.
- Display a black or white screen during a slide show.
- Pause, restart, or end a slide show.
Who is this course for
Prospective learners should ideally have the ICDL certification and/or previous experience using computers and common software applications. Typically, these would be individuals who use a wide range of advanced functionalities within an application in a personal or professional context. Successful presentations require well-developed and high-impact content coupled with sophisticated delivery. Presentation applications are a key tool in this process and are most effective when users have the skills to exploit them fully. The ICDL Advanced Presentation certification enables learners to develop and demonstrate their ability to use many of the advanced tools available in standard presentation applications, producing professional, high-impact presentations that support effective communication.
Academic prerequisites
- Operate a Personal Computer, use keyboard and mouse
- Read, write, speak and understand English (Work Place Literacy Level 4 – lower secondary level)
Course Fees
| Fees | Company / Self Sponsored |
|---|---|
| Full Fee | $600 |
| GST | $54 |
| Nett Fee Payable (incl. GST) | $654 |
ICDL – Perform Advanced Presentation Functions (Microsoft PowerPoint) – Advanced Level 3 Days
Course Highlight
Course Duration
24 HRS
Training Time
8.30am-6pm
Mode of Training
Classroom
Course Reference Number
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