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

  • Base plan is free
  • Easy to use
  • Easy to manage
  • Easy to share
  • More accessible than PowerPoint
  • Less nauseating than Prezi
  • Usable from any device on the web

Type https://slides.com/kyledchapman/slides-com into your phone's browser and take a look

DC Connect-Related Advantages


  • A deck (presentation) can be embedded into several sections of the same course. Editing one deck would then update all of your sections.
  • You can put your slide deck directly into DC Connect, as we have done in Virtual CAFE. Students remain within the learning environment when reviewing content. 

You can: insert images

You Can: link to other resources



Click here to visit the CAFE website 
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You Can: Include a background image

YOU CAN: INCLUDE A BACKGROUND IMAGE

You can: Animate your bullet points

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YOU CAN: Embed Video



Works natively with YouTube and Vimeo.

You Can: "FORK" Your Presentation


Instead of presenting in a sequential order,
you can make "forks" (or "branches") to:

  • cover topics with varied levels of depth
  • skip topics or sections easily
  • show which slides are closely related
    • note the current slide number in the bottom corner
  • add visual interest (maybe?)


Try pressing "down" instead of "right" here.

This Is a Fork


Note the slide number in the bottom corner.

Now you can press "up" to go back,
or "right" to proceed to the next topic.

Disadvantages

  • Free plan is limited (e.g. a deck cannot be exported to a handout format for students to download and view offline)
  • Import options are limited
  • Less control over animations/transitions than PowerPoint
  • Less ease of inserting software-specific content - most notably tables

Thoughts?


Please share your thoughts on this alternative presentation option in the discussion forums of the Virtual CAFE. 
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Slides.com

By Kyle Chapman

Source: Brett Clayton

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