Mar 14, 2026  
2025-2026 Catalog SVC 
    
2025-2026 Catalog SVC

OBT 132 - MS PowerPoint


Credits: 4
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 44
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Apply the features of Microsoft PowerPoint for PCs to design, create, edit, and format slide presentations; add graphical enhancements to slide content; apply transitions and animations; add sound and video; prepare notes and handouts; and customize and run a slide show.

Prerequisite:
Strongly Recommended: Basic computer and file management skills and the ability to type by touch.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Create, navigate, and work with presentations in normal, outline, slide sorter, and slide show view.
  2. Enter, edit, and format slide text.
  3. Format and modify slide objects and content.
  4. Add action buttons and hyperlinks for easy slide navigation.
  5. Enhance slides with graphical elements (pictures, shapes, WordArt, SmartArt diagrams, charts, and screenshots).
  6. Create, format, and modify tables.
  7. Create, edit, and format a photo album.
  8. Customize Slide Masters to affect the design of multiple slides within a presentation.
  9. Apply transitions, animations, motion paths, and builds to slides, content, and objects.
  10. Set up, customize, and run a slide show using slide show tools.
  11. Insert and customize audio and video files.
  12. Prepare speaker notes and audience handouts.
  13. Identify and apply design principles for effective presentation design.
  14. Plan and design presentations that incorporate design principles to ensure the effective communication of information to the intended audience.
  15. Analyze and critique presentations for design improvement.

Course Contents
  1. Techniques for navigating and viewing slides. 
  2. Text editing and formatting techniques.
  3. Slide design and modification features.
  4. Techniques for inserting, creating, formatting, and modifying graphical objects.
  5. Table creation and formatting features.
  6. Photo album creation and modification.
  7. Slide Master customization.
  8. Transitions and animations.
  9. Techniques for running a slide show.
  10. Audio and video insertion techniques.
  11. Speaker notes and audience handouts.
  12. Principles for effective presentation design.


Instructional Units: 4