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PowerPoint – Aligning Content

Moving on from last week’s topic of Basic Image Manipulation, this week we look at aligning content to improve visual aesthetics within PowerPoint. Let’s get started! Inserting icons In PowerPoint O365, icons are an in-built offering. Go to the Insert tab and choose Icons: Single or multiple icons can be Read more…

By Daria Casement, 1 year21st February 2022 ago
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PowerPoint – Basic Image Manipulation

Thanks for joining us again. In last week’s blog post, we looked at how to size, position and crop images within PowerPoint. This week, we look at some of the basic image manipulation features which are available. At this point, let’s assume your PowerPoint is already populated with text and Read more…

By Daria Casement, 1 year14th February 2022 ago
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PowerPoint: Image Considerations

Thanks for joining us again. Last week, we covered how to insert video and subtitles into PowerPoint. We encourage you to do this with caution as there’s many things to consider, i.e., how and where shared, file sizes, etc. Moving on. This week, we want to look at images within Read more…

By Daria Casement, 1 year31st January 2022 ago
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PowerPoint: Inserting Video and Subtitles

Welcome to another week and another blog post. Last week, we looked at the New Accessibility Tab that Microsoft have added to PowerPoint O365. This week, we want to tell you about Inserting Video and Subtitles into PowerPoint. Throughout this post, when mentioning video, this refers to recordings made by Read more…

By Daria Casement, 1 year24th January 2022 ago
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PowerPoint. What’s new in 2022?

Hello, welcome and happy new year! It’s now 2022 and there have been some accessibility updates to PowerPoint in Office365. We thought we’d start off the new year by checking out some of these updates which we hope will make it easier for you to create more inclusive digital content Read more…

By Daria Casement, 1 year17th January 2022 ago
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What’s all that Yammering about?

We have looked at many of the available Microsoft Apps over the last number of weeks, and learned a bit more about these, where they could be used and some pros and cons. You will find a list of these here. Best practices in MS Stream Best practices to increase Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years13th September 2021 ago
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MS Kaizala, What Is It?

In our previous post, we looked at MS Sway and some of it’s uses and benefits on presenting information. This week, we look at Microsoft Kaizala to learn a bit about what this is, what it could be used for and it’s benefits and drawbacks. Let’s get started! What is Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years6th September 2021 ago
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Best practices in Sway

We are now at the end of August and the new academic year is just around the corner. Last week, we looked at the Benefits of MS Bookings. This week, we look at Sway, what it can do and some best practices. What is Sway? This is a Microsoft product Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years30th August 2021 ago
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Benefits of MS Bookings

Over the last while, we have been looking at best practices when using Microsoft Apps and have looked at: MS Stream Engagement in Teams, and MS Forms This week, we turn our attention to MS Bookings and some of the benefits this App can provide. Let’s get started! What is Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years23rd August 2021 ago
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Best Practice using MS Forms

In our previous post, we looked at the best practices in MS Teams and how to encourage engagement within the digital space and when live-teaching. This week, we turn our attention to MS Forms as a teaching tool. This can be used for creating Quizzes, Surveys, questionnaires in research and Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years16th August 2021 ago

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