Getting Started with PowerPoint Survey

The following skills survey is designed to help you evaluate your skills using PowerPoint. Complete the skills assessments before you begin this training module and after you have completed the module. Take a few minutes to answer the following questions and leave the form with the lab assistant or your instructor. Your instructor or lab assistant will provide a scan-tron form for you to use to answer the questions.

Directions:

On your scan-tron form, please write the following information:

1)      Your Last Name, First Name

2)      Today’s  date

3)      Where the form says Subject, please write the name and number of the course in which you are enrolled, for example CA 305

4)      Where the form says, Test No., please write Getting Started with PowerPoint.

5)      Where the form says, Hour, please write “1” if you have not completed the training workbook for this course, or “2” if you have completed the training workbook for this course.

On this form, mark the letters A through E.

§         A means “I have never done this before."

§         B means, " I did this task once or twice before."

§         C means, " I have done this task several times before."

§         D means, "I have done this task many times and feel very comfortable doing this task."

§         E means “I am very experienced with this task."

 Your answers should reflect how well you feel you could complete the specified tasks. There are no right or wrong answers.

Getting Started with PowerPoint Tasks

1.      Open PowerPoint

2.      Create a slide

3.      Add animation.

4.      Modify a slide.

5.      Change the background of a slide.

6.      Use the outline format to move slides.

7.      Add an avi or multimedia file to a slide presentation.

8.      Copy information from a Word document into a PowerPoint slide.

9.      Add a duplicate slide.

10.  Add a new slide.

11.  Add a bulleted list of items to a slide.

12.  Locate the preview button.

13.  Change the font used for text in a slide.

14.  Use the spell checker.

15.  Add a table to a slide.

16.  Invert a triangle on a slide.

17.  Delete a slide in the outline view or pane.

18.  Promote bulleted items on a slide.

19.  Print 3 slides on a page.

20.  Create a note for a presentation

21.  Animate an object on a slide.

22.  Resize a picture on a slide.

23.  Modify the Title Master for a presentation.

24.  Modify the Slide Master for a presentation.

25.  Use the Style Checker to check your presentation for a consistent formatting.