Research Guides: Public Speaking: Visual Aids

Alternatives to Powerpoint

Imagination at work - try these digital tools to create multimedia final products:

Animoto
Pull together photos, video and music into a slick media file that can be shared.
Art SKills
User-friendly, featured on The Today Show
Blabberize
Create talking photos
Google Slides
A collaborative tool that you can use to create a presentation as part of a group project.
MixBit
Helping people tell stories through video.
Posterini
Movie poster-style templates
Prezi
Online presentation tool that helps you organize and share ideas.
SlideRocket
Turn ppts into dynamic presentations, online collaboration and storage.
Smore
Create and share modular posters with a variety of media elements built on templates.
Thinglink
Add interactive links and annotations to pictures; quick & easy
VoiceThread
Record your voice, upload pictures and more; a great tool used by many colleges as an alternative presentation tool.
Zxing
Free QR code generator