Creating Branching Tutorials in PowerPoint

Part video game, part case study, and a lot like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, branching tutorials are a powerful instructional tool. Students apply their knowledge to realistic scenarios, which can really bring your content to life. This hands-on workshop will cover both design and development techniques that will allow you to create branching tutorials without sophisticated software. All you need are a few tricks with PowerPoint. Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of PowerPoint.

These resources are supplementary to the workshop entitled, "Creating Branching Tutorials in PowerPoint " offered by the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center of NIU. Click here to view a listing of current programs.

PowerPoint Tips:

• PowerPoint 2007 tips
  A short list of advanced PowerPoint techniques.
• Tutorial tips
  Additional PowerPoint tips that may be useful when creating branching tutorials. Eventually, these will be added to the main list of PowerPoint tips (above).

Last Updated: 01/20/09