PowerPoint Resources
Webinar: Using Illustrator to Create PowerPoint Assets
In this webinar our Director of Product and Design demonstrated how to create high quality and highly adjustable graphics in Adobe Illustrator and move them into PowerPoint. You can import .AI files into PowerPoint but you lose a lot of editability. For example,...
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Webinar: Get Dialed In To PowerPoint
In a webinar earlier this week Nic Brown, our Director of Product & Design, walked us through the creation of a slick looking dial in PowerPoint. This kind of a dial can be used in all kinds of PowerPoint applications such as displaying speed, volume, and tension. As...
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Branch Out with 2017’s Top Branching Scenarios
Branching scenarios are an eLearning staple—and for good reason! Scenarios are a great way to allow your learner to take a more active role in the learning. Developing your own branching scenario can feel intimidating if you’re new to eLearning development, and that’s...
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5 Reasons PowerPoint Is Better Than You Think
To most users PowerPoint is a great tool for banging out a quick presentation when a superior requires information or when a teacher assigns a country to present on. And because of the breadth AND depth of PowerPoint, it is perfectly suited for those tasks. But what...
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Getting Started with eLB Templates in PowerPoint
There is a heavy stigma associated with templates and even with PowerPoint: They are beginner tools that don’t permit advanced users to create awesomeness. While using templates (especially from eLearning Brothers) and PowerPoint can be fast and easy, it doesn’t...
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4 Advanced PowerPoint Tricks You Can’t Live Without
PowerPoint is an amazing software that permits you to present information however you want. But there are a few PowerPoint tricks, no matter how large or small, that can take your presenting up to 11. Here are 4 advanced PowerPoint tricks that you can’t live without....
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Responsive Design Tips for eLearning Courses
Nowadays the world seems to be all a-clamor over the idea of “responsive design” for eLearning. Yet, there still is a lot of confusion over what it is and how to implement it. Recently, I was privileged to lead a couple of sessions on that very topic at the eLearning...
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6 Tips for Creating An Effective PowerPoint Presentation
The saying that all PowerPoint developers should keep in mind is, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” Almost all software development tools give you amazing features that allow you to create awesome content. But a presentation full of awesome features,...
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6 Underutilized PowerPoint Features
Because PowerPoint has been around for such a long time (almost 28 years), Microsoft has been able to create features and integrate options that allow presenters and now some eLearning professionals to create content effectively. Whether it be a UI update or a...
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New Cutout People For Your PowerPoint Presentations
If you have been following along with our blog, you will have noticed that we have been updating our Cutout People Library each month. And for all those who haven’t been following along, we have added over 12,800 cutout people this year alone! Our Cutout People...
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Preparing A PowerPoint Animation Strategy
In a world full of amazing technology and a land of unlimited possibilities, it is often difficult to know what to do, when to do it, and if you made the right decision. As a PowerPoint developer, I have asked myself these questions many times regarding animations in...
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eLearning Brothers Revamps the Free eLearning Library
We all love free stuff, especially when it can be put to good use! eLearning Brothers has always given and will continue to give out free assets that are beneficial to eLearning developers and presenters alike. Over the past few days, we at eLearning Brothers have...
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Taylor Ehlert Talks PowerPoint Zoom for #AskMeMonday
With every new update and feature that comes to PowerPoint, there is always a slew of questions following close behind. And that has been no different with the new PowerPoint Zoom feature. One of the most asked questions accompanying this feature is, “How do I use...
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Storyboarding in PowerPoint with Visual Studio
PowerPoint is known and primarily used for presentations both big and small (like middle school small) because of how easy it is to learn the basics and create awesome content fast. The simplicity, and sometimes surprising depth, of PowerPoint makes it an amazing...
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Taylor Ehlert Responds to #AskMeMonday on PowerPoint Action Buttons
A lot of questions have been asked surrounding the topic of PowerPoint Action Buttons. “What are they? How are they different than normal shapes, and why should I use them?" All of these questions are about to be answered in this week's #AskMeMonday. What Are Action...
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Getting Started with Games in PowerPoint
Video games have always been and still are something that I love playing. The movement and design of objects are very captivating and keep me entertained for hours on end. That is why many developers and presenters put serious time into the graphical representation of...
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A Brilliant PowerPoint Tip for Enhanced Custom Graphics
Those of you who are familiar with PowerPoint know that it can support and allow for the creation of some amazing graphical content. The only draw back is that you don’t have complete control over every aspect of the graphic as compared to software programs such as...
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Presentation: The Difference Between Good and Super eLearning Courses
In the classic-rock-laden animated comedy Megamind, the title character (an ineffectual super-villain voiced by Will Ferrel) makes an astute observation about what it takes to differentiate yourself from the herd: Megamind: You're a villain alright, just not a...
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Breaking Your Charts Into The Perfect Sized PowerPoint Pieces
In this post, you’ll learn how to break your PowerPoint charts apart to quickly generate stylish new looks for your data visualizations. This is an advanced PowerPoint technique, but the strategy behind it is simple. You use PowerPoint to graph your data for you...
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5 Essential PowerPoint Add-Ins
Microsoft PowerPoint can do so many things very well on its own, but don’t underestimate the power of PowerPoint add-Ins and the productivity it can bring to your development, teaching, and designing. You are not using PowerPoint to its fullest potential without using...
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8 Questions to Answer for Impressive PowerPoint Presentations
Before I developed a huge passion for presentations and visual communications, I worked as an instructional designer for telecommunications courseware. We had to work with SMEs, usually engineers, to pick their brains to help them structure and put on paper all the...
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