Do you want to wow your audience with interactive, engaging presentations? With Microsoft Sway, you’re no longer limited to picking pre-designed templates that make your presentations look like everyone else’s. You don’t have to have any design skills to transform and showcase information in modern, interactive, and attention-getting ways. Sway lets you customize styles to your liking, and intelligently suggests unique styles that suit your presentation!
Create Visually Engaging Presentations using Microsoft Sway
Create Visually Engaging Presentations using Microsoft Sway
Instructor: Archisha Bhar
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Beginner level
Recommended experience
2 hours
Learn at your own pace
Hands-on learning
What you'll learn
Create a new Sway on the web and add headings, text, images and videos to it
Customize a Sway using different design elements
Share a finished Sway on the web
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Taught in English
No downloads or installation required
Only available on desktop
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About this Guided Project
Learn step-by-step
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Sign in to Sway - Create a Microsoft account to use Sway on the web for free
Create in Sway - Create a new Sway from scratch, from content in an existing file, or from a topic
Add Content in Sway - Add text and images to a Sway
Optional Practice Task - Add headings and videos to your Sway
Design in Sway - Customize a Sway using different design elements
Bonus Task - Let Sway suggest styles for your presentation
Optional Practice Task - Customize the Style of your Sway
Share in Sway - Share a finished Sway on the web
Optional Portfolio Activity - Create an entire complete presentation in Sway for your next business meeting
Recommended experience
No prior experience needed.
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Skill-based, hands-on learning
Practice new skills by completing job-related tasks.
Expert guidance
Follow along with pre-recorded videos from experts using a unique side-by-side interface.
No downloads or installation required
Access the tools and resources you need in a pre-configured cloud workspace.
Available only on desktop
This Guided Project is designed for laptops or desktop computers with a reliable Internet connection, not mobile devices.
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I took both Sway beginner courses, this one is far better. Clear instruction and you cover a lot in a short time. it's very easy to comprehend and apply
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