PowerPoint Competency

Level 1

Demonstrate skill with:

  • Slide Creation (including keyboard shortcuts for creating and duplicating slides)
    • Creating/deleting slides
    • Duplicating slides
    • Reordering slides
    • Hiding Slides
    • Layouts
      • How to add a slide with different layouts
      • Add a new slide from the home ribbon
      • Add a blank slide
    • Adding Notes
  • Slide Design
    • Using preset themes
    • Customizing themes
    • Using different color schemes
  • Objects
    • Inserting/formatting text
    • Inserting/formatting images
    • Insert shapes
    • Inserting videos
    • Removing or replacing objects
  • Transitions/Animation
    • Apply transitions to slides
    • Apply basic animations to objects

Level 2

Demonstrate skill with:

  • Advanced Layout Options
    • Grids and Smart Guides–demonstrate how to turn them on and off, use them, and create custom grid lines.
    • Changing slide size
    • Adding sections
    • Accessing and editing the Slide Master
    • Create Customized Color Schemes
  • Printing
    • Print Options
    • Creating handouts
  • Shapes
    • Editing points of a shape
    • Grouping Shapes
    • Merging Shapes
  • Images
    • Image Styles
    • Corrections
    • Remove Background
    • Inserting/formatting graphs
    • Inserting/formatting screenshots and screen recordings
  • Presenter View (including shortcut keys)
    • Start slideshow
    • Pointer/ Pen tool
    • Black out screen
    • White out screen
    • Go to slide number
    • End slideshow
  • Slide Design
    • Understand the concepts in the SlideDesignPresentation (see slide design curriculum)

Also be able to answer the following questions:

  • How many points should one slide have?
  • When is it appropriate to use animations and transitions?

Level 3

Demonstrate skill with:

  • Links/ Actions
    • URL, e-mail address
    • Change link display text
    • Link to another slide
    • Open new file
  • Advanced Arrange
    • Selection Panes
    • Reorder Objects
  • Advanced Animation
    • Custom Path
    • Custom Timing
  • Insert Audio
  • Embed fonts
  • Review Presentations
    • Add comments (not the same as notes)
    • Compare and Accept Changes
  • Record Presentations
    • Record your presentation with voice over narration and slide timings