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Productivity · PROD-103

Microsoft PowerPoint

Design clear, engaging presentations and deliver them effectively.

LEVELBeginner
LESSON TIMEAbout 5 hours
FORMAT6 self-paced lessons
PATHWAYCDAP required

Practice and the final project time is additional to the lesson estimate.

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IS THIS COURSE FOR YOU?

What to expect from Microsoft PowerPoint

Learners who create presentations for school, work, or community settings.

What you will learn

  • Plan a presentation for an audience
  • Create clear and accessible slides
  • Deliver and revise a presentation effectively

LESSON OUTLINE SAMPLE

Define audience and purpose

Define audience and purpose is more than a term to remember: it is a practical skill that requires you to understand the situation, select an appropriate method, complete the work carefully, and verify the result. Use this study guide to connect the underlying ideas to the decisions you will make in the lesson activity.

This sample shows the lesson goals and selected takeaways. Enroll to access the complete lesson notes, activities, and assignments.

What this lesson covers

  • Explain the purpose and everyday value of Microsoft PowerPoint.
  • Recognize the core skills and safe practices introduced in this course.
  • Apply the introductory concepts to a realistic activity.

Selected takeaways

  • PowerPoint supports a spoken message; it should not become a document projected on a screen. Plan one main idea per slide, use strong visual hierarchy, keep text concise, choose accessible contrast, and explain charts clearly. Rehearsal and speaker notes help the presenter deliver the story instead of reading slides.
  • Presentation foundations: Plan a clear message and organize an effective slide deck.
  • For Getting started with Microsoft PowerPoint, practice with sample information, verify the result, and record the safe process you followed.

COMPLETE SYLLABUS

3 modules · 6 lessons

6 follow-up assignments · 3 assessments
01
Presentation foundationsPlan a clear message and organize an effective slide deck.
2 lessons
  1. 1.1Define audience and purpose
  2. 1.2Build a logical slide story
02
Visual slide designUse layouts, text, images, and charts clearly.
2 lessons
  1. 2.1Design readable slides
  2. 2.2Use visuals and data effectively
03
Deliver and collaboratePrepare, present, review, and share confidently.
2 lessons
  1. 3.1Use notes and rehearse delivery
  2. 3.2Review and share presentations

FINAL COURSE PROJECT

Professional Presentation and Delivery

Submit an accessible slide deck, speaker notes, source list, rehearsal checklist and recorded or live delivery reflection, supporting evidence of your process, and a concise reflection. Do not include passwords, private records or confidential information.

Approximately 4 hours · Instructor reviewed

How success is evaluated

  • The project responds directly to the stated audience, purpose and scenario.
  • The submitted artifact demonstrates skills from multiple modules rather than one isolated lesson.
  • The learner provides evidence of testing, verification and revision.
  • The work addresses audience focus, story structure, visual clarity, accessibility, evidence and delivery.
  • The explanation is original, clear, well organized and suitable for instructor review.

GRADING AND CERTIFICATE POLICY

Progress by demonstrating mastery

This course is completed through verified evidence of learning—not by averaging every activity into a traditional grade. You can use feedback, revise your work, and resubmit when an instructor requests changes.

  1. Complete the lessonsFinish the required lessons and applied practice in the published course release.
  2. Pass knowledge checksMeet each assessment’s published passing score. Attempt limits and retry guidance are shown before starting.
  3. Demonstrate practical skillsSubmit required assignments using safe, non-confidential evidence and receive instructor approval.
  4. Pass the final projectComplete the course-specific project and satisfy its published marking rubric. Revise and resubmit when requested.
  5. Unlock the certificateThe certificate becomes eligible only after every required lesson, assessment, assignment approval, and final-project requirement is verified.
How grading decisions are made
  • Courses use mastery-based completion rather than an averaged GPA or assignment-category percentage.
  • Practice activities help learners improve and do not reduce a course grade.
  • The rubric displayed with the active assignment in My Learning is authoritative.
  • Accuracy, safety, privacy, accessibility, or ethical failures may require revision even when other work is strong.
  • Instructor feedback and earlier submissions remain visible when work is revised and resubmitted.

Published assessment requirements: Presentation foundations knowledge check: 75% passing score, up to 3 attempts · Visual slide design knowledge check: 75% passing score, up to 3 attempts · Deliver and collaborate knowledge check: 75% passing score, up to 3 attempts

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