Add and organize slides
Select New slide to open Choose a slide. Browse Essentials, Language, Questions, or Group work, or search by template name. Select a template to insert it after the current slide. Blank slide provides a freeform starting point.
Templates inherit the deck’s design. Replace their example text, questions, and private notes before teaching.
| Template group | Typical material |
|---|---|
| Essentials | Title, section, objectives, statement, text and image, comparison, process, cards, quotation. |
| Language | Vocabulary, dialogue, grammar, reading, listening, role-play. |
| Questions | Choice, confidence scale, ranking, open response, fill-the-gaps, matching. |
| Group work | Group task, timed discussion, recap and next steps. |
Use the rail’s reorder gesture to move a slide. Duplicate creates a separate editable copy, including the slide’s question where applicable. Delete removes the selected slide from the working deck. Use History to recover saved content.
The Insert ribbon and slide context menu also offer individual content types: title, statement, cards, steps, term, media, activity, timer, join instructions, debrief, and break. Use the type that matches the content; its available layouts and properties follow that type.
Insert a workshop sequence
In Choose a slide, select Workshops. Select a sequence to insert its slides, questions, and facilitator notes together. Review the stated duration and adapt the examples to your group.
For shared answers, select a question and choose Design → Responses → One per group. Assign group members and spokespersons after participants join; see facilitation.
Reveal content progressively
Use All at once to present a slide’s content together. Use One at a time to reveal its parts in sequence. Select Edit order or the task pane’s Reveal controls to arrange the reveal sequence and group parts that should appear together.
Preview with the ribbon’s playback controls. During presentation, the next action reveals the next part before advancing to the next slide. Backward navigation reverses the reveal position.
Correct answers follow the question’s result controls. Revealing ordinary slide content and revealing a question’s answer are distinct actions.
Add a breakout slide
Select the parent slide part and choose Add breakout slide, then select the detail content to add. The detail belongs to that part of the parent slide. Edit it through its entry in the slide rail.
During presentation, open the detail from its parent part and return to the parent when finished. Use this for worked examples, extra explanation, or a supporting exercise. Remove the breakout through its task-pane controls when it is no longer needed.
Prepare a timer
Insert Timer and set its minutes and seconds. Choose a style: Countdown, Count up, Bar emptying, Bar filling, Hourglass, or Ring.
Choose Whole slide for a dedicated timing screen or In the corner for a smaller clock. Keep on next slide retains the clock as you move forward. Timer text tokens insert the current duration into the title; the task pane previews the resulting wording.
The presenter provides start, pause, reset, and one-minute adjustments. A slide timer supports activity timing. A question countdown controls when that question stops accepting answers.
Prepare learner pages
Use the editor’s homework and recap areas for material learners will read after the lesson. These are scrollable documents, so longer instructions can remain readable without squeezing them into the slide dimensions.
Add typed homework tasks alongside prose, check that prompts are self-contained, and include any required source text or exercise. Use the homework instructions to choose recipients and publish changes.