Student Guide

DUE FOR A VIRTUAL CLASS PRESENTATION? THESE ONLINE TOOLS CAN HELP YOU MAKE A CAPTIVATING LECTURE

Having a report? Spare your classmates from staring at a boring screen! These websites will help you make the best decks and slideshows.

/ 8 March 2021

One of the best ways to learn is by teaching. Studies have already proven that students who teach what they have learned show a better understanding of the topic than students who spend time studying alone. 

This is why some teachers require their class to present and teach what they have learned about a specific topic. 

But staring at PowerPoint presentations for too long, without a doubt, can be boring. Luckily, these student-friendly websites could spare your classmates from staring at a boring screen!

ANIMOTO

Times are changing and a presentation with nothing but fonts that have been used over and over again are not acceptable anymore! With Animoto, you can easily insert short video clips into your report. The site is easy to use and it also offers licensed music for your short videos.

Check out their sample outputs here.

PREZI

Prezi is a Hungarian presentation software company established in 2009. As of April 2018, the tool had more than 100 million users who created more than 325 million public presentations that have been viewed over 3.5 billion times.

This tool offers different templates which you can edit and present to the class. To top it all off, it also allows your work to transition with style!

Check out their templates here.

GLOGSTER

If you have not yet heard of Glogster, now is the perfect time to check the website out. This tool allows you to “express ideas by combining images, graphics, audio, video, and text in one digital canvas.”

Check out Glogster’s official website here.

POWTOON

Powtoon is a British slideshow software that can be used if you’d like to show animated presentations or explainer videos in class. The name “Powtoon” is a portmanteau of the words “PowerPoint” and “Cartoon.”

The tool promises that it can help you create fantastic results no matter what your skill levels are: “Tell compelling stories through hundreds of animated characters, templates, video backgrounds, soundtracks, and more. With Powtoon, making your own videos requires no design or tech skills to start making a deeper impact at work.”

Check out their samples here.