Building Presentations in Sway Web App
Sway Web App
| Beginner
- 14 videos | 59m 45s
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Build and enhance presentations with the Sway web app. Discover how to make title and text cards; insert elements, such as images, videos, and charts; use themes; group cards; and add headings to Sway presentations.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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create titles and headings in Swaycreate a text card in Swaycreate an image card in Swayinsert a video card in Swayinsert an audio recording in Swayadd embedded objects in Swaymodify the theme of your presentation
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customize your sway themecreate groups in Swaymanage your sway cardscreate a section in Swaymanage sections in Swayundo and manage changes in Swaycustomize your sway's settings
IN THIS COURSE
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5m 18sNow that we’ve learned how to get started with sways, let’s go into more detail about adding logos and formatting titles. When we create a sway, we are automatically given a Title card. In this video, we’ll look at adding… FREE ACCESS
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4m 24sText is an important part of Sway presentations as it helps your audience understand your message. Text can be formatted in many ways. In this video, we’ll look at creating a text card, inserting our own text, adding web… FREE ACCESS
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4m 52sUsing images will allow you to brighten up your presentations and really make them stand out. Learn how to insert new images and photos, and how to customize their settings. Don't forget to add descriptions to… FREE ACCESS
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4mThanks to Sway, you can illustrate your presentation with videos, via the integrated YouTube embed tool. Find out to use the integrated search, insert a video, and add descriptive text. FREE ACCESS
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4m 14sYou can insert audio recordings to sways to help bring presentations to life. Audio recordings can be used to play music and speeches or add ambiance. In this video, we’ll look at inserting and customizing audio… FREE ACCESS
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2m 51sYou can embed other forms of media directly into your sway presentation using an embed card. Embedding a PowerPoint presentation or Excel sheet can help your audience visualize data and other ideas. In this video, we’ll… FREE ACCESS
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2m 59sBy default, all sways come with a theme to give the presentation a coherent look and feel. The theme and style of your sway can be easily edited and changed. In this video, we’ll look at opening the theme options,… FREE ACCESS
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4m 46sIf you are not fully satisfied with a default theme, you can always further customize the theme in the style settings menu. In this video, we’ll look at creating a custom theme, customizing our color and font settings,… FREE ACCESS
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5m 20sIf you want to group together a number of cards, you can create groups of several elements. Learn to create a new group, how to insert new elements, and how to modify them in Sway. FREE ACCESS
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2m 43sWhen you’ve made some progress on your sway, you might have a lot of cards. Sway makes it effortless to manage and rearrange your cards as your presentation develops. In this video, we’ll look at how we can move cards… FREE ACCESS
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4m 16sIn Sway, you can add sections to help organize your presentation. Sections act like chapters of a book and can contain many cards. If a section is collapsed, it will also collapse all the cards within it. This makes it… FREE ACCESS
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5mOnce you're familiar with sections, you may want to further re-arrange them. A little housekeeping as you design your presentation can save lots of time as your sway grows. In this video, we’ll see how to move… FREE ACCESS
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4m 16sIf you have made changes that you don't want to save, you can use the undo tool, which allows you to revert to before the change was made. This can later be reversed using the redo tool. Finally, learn how to… FREE ACCESS
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4m 46sThere are several configuration and display settings for your Sway presentations that you can adjust to suit your needs. In this video, we’ll look at modifying our display settings, configuring auto-play, and seeing… FREE ACCESS
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