Highline College Library: Visual Literacy: Presentation Tools

PowerPoint Tutorials

Guidelines for Oral Presentations
From Ohio Wesleyan University
Tips on Visual Presentations
From Slideshare.
PowerPoint Presentation Tips
From Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
PowerPoint: Guides, Tips and Help
Includes some great PPt help links. From Dartmouth College, Hanover, Wisconsin.
Creating an Effective Poster
Includes samples.
Pecha Kucha Guidelines
Pecha Kucha format: 20 slides, on display for 20 seconds each = exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds presentations!

Prezi
Unique online presentation creation and sharing system with easy image and video handling. Instead of slides, Prezi presentations resemble posters which you can navigate both automatically and manually. Basic features and public sharing are free
Google Slides
Free online presentation authoring and sharing tool. As part of Google Docs, it allows for easy collaboration and sharing.
Slide Rocket
Online presentation authoring and sharing tool optimized for high resolution images. Basic features are free.

Authorstream
authorSTREAM is a platform for sharing PowerPoint presentations on the Internet through blogs, websites, on YouTube and even via iPOD.
SlideBoom
SlideBoom is a high quality and easy-to-use online slide hosting service developed by iSpring Solutions, Inc.
SlideServe
SlideServe is the easiest way to Upload and Share Your PowerPoint presentations Publicly or Privately.
Slideshare
Free web-based service that allows uploading and sharing of presentation slides and audio. Besides presentations, SlideShare also supports documents, PDFs, videos and webinars.

PowerPoint Microsoft Office software for PCs and Macintosh.
KeyNote Apple iWork software for Macintosh and iPad only.
Impress Open-source software available in several versions (Open Office, NeoOffice, etc.) for PCs and Macintosh.