Slides.com
A web-based alternative to PowerPoint
Use the keyboard arrow keys, or click to blue arrows in the corner of the presentation, to advance the slide
Advantages
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A deck (presentation) can be embedded into several sections of the same course. Editing the one deck updates all your sections simultaneously.
- You can present your content directly from DC Connect, as I am doing here. Students remain within the learning environment when reviewing content.
- Accessible from any device connected to the internet (seriously, type in https://slides.com/brettclayton/slides-com into your phone's browser and take a look) .
- Base plan is free.
You can: insert images
You Can: link to other resources
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You Can: Include a background image
YOU CAN: INCLUDE A BACKGROUND IMAGE
You can: Animate your bullet points
- Just
- Like
- This
Disadvantages
- Free plan is limited (e.g. a deck cannot be exported to a handout format for students to download and view offline).
- Content cannot be imported from publisher resources or existing PPT files.
Thoughts?
Please share your thoughts on this alternative presentation option in the discussion forums of the Virtual CAFE.
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