What is the best slide software or slide app for academics, scientists, researchers, evaluators (and similar professionals) who need to present information and data? Click on "SHOW MORE" below for more info!
Which app will help you make really engaging presentations for your course lectures, conference presentations, job talks, and more? Watch the full video to find out!
If you’re considering PowerPoint alternatives, then you need to watch this video first: /watch/QqumUebr0Phrm
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○ 3 features in ppt that are awesome & make your slides look better: /watch/4OTfK2amP-Ymf
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○ Two alternatives to SmartArt: https://www.echorivera.com/blog/alternatives-to-process-smartart
A lot of academics, scientists, evaluators, and researchers wonder about which presentation software or app will work best for #HigherEducation and #SciComm. Should you use Prezi, Canva, Keynote, PowerPoint, or Google Slides? I will review each of those slide applications and let you know which ONE of those I recommend you use, because it's the best for meeting our purposes as educators and presenters.
I will also let you know which 2 I recommend you do NOT use for professional presentations, and which 2 are kinda-sorta okay to use. By the end of the video, you'll not only know which app is the best for presenting with data...but you'll also SEE an example of a video made in the recommend app (i.e., this video was made using slide software I recommend). #PhDLife #GradSchool #ECRchat
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@MoreThanPowerpointمنذ 4 سنواتWhat is your experience with using the apps mentioned in this video for presentations? What do you think of my final recommendation -- shocked? surprised? thrilled? Comment below! 14
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@VanessaMarieBooksمنذ 3 سنواتCanva does have blank slides. You don't have to use any of their templates, you can create your own. 35
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@sarahmarie_eمنذ 3 سنواتHi! Great video and feel the same about templates. However, I want to add an update that Canva does have a blank template option now. 5
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@eirikguttulsrud8380منذ 4 سنواتI was actually hoping you would say "stick with powerpoint" so I wouldn't have to venture down the dark rabbit hole of unknown subscription id="hidden2" class="buttons"> based software :D I guess I just have to get more creative with it, and watch a few tutorials to see what it can really do. Great video! ....وسعت18
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@marikesnymanvdwatt1551منذ 4 سنواتI am so glad I came across this video. I have always used PPT, and thought I should try something new for an upcoming presentation. Luckily you have saved me from wasting more of my time! 6
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@Ash82Melbمنذ 2 سنواتI found the presenter so utterly charismatic. Credible, authentic, logical, well-versed in the subject matter, excellent ‘explainer’ and humorous at times! Wishing you loads of positive wishes. 3
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@ariarcمنذ 3 سنواتI am indeed both shocked and relieved at the same time. Thank you for putting in the time for this and sharing a sincere recommendation based on years id="hidden5" class="buttons"> of work. I've now subscribed to your channel and will check out all your content. Thanks! ....وسعت
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@courtneymauldin353منذ 4 سنواتThis is super helpful. Keynote has been my go-to simply because PPT has failed on me or quit abruptly a few times when in the middle of creating a presentation. id="hidden6" class="buttons"> So playing it safe with Keynote but glad it's a close runner up! ....وسعت4
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@skiddwister9143العام الماضيYou are a breath of fresh air. In an era where you can't trust any "reviews" because of social influencing, you seem to be an honest and genuine reviewer. 1
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@kcguitar9307منذ 3 سنواتThe transitions, animations etc are just AMAZING in keynote 1
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@inahoutdlaidera5935منذ 3 سنواتWhat a great video! Simple but spot on! I was looking for another app to make great slides . mostly to impress people with something new but I realized id="hidden8" class="buttons"> that I had to pay a bunch of money for using prezi or visme. I tried google slides and I don’t use macs so. I completely agree with your point of view. Actually I’ll be checking your videos in order to improve my skill set on PowerPoint. Glad to see talented people doing an awesome delivery of their craft! Keep it up! ILC ....وسعت7
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@michaelitonaldo3590منذ 3 سنواتThank you. I am relieved to find out that PPT is still the best app to use. I just need to learn more about how to make good use of it. Thank you Dr. Echo. Great video! 1
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@nightmusic1974منذ 2 سنواتGreat video comparison, but would be curious to know if you used the last Keynote software update which seems to have been released recently, since your id="hidden10" class="buttons"> video release.And if so, would really like to know how it would really stand up against Powerpoint now.But again, very helpful informations here, thanks! ....وسعت
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@b0ssihabeacancer45منذ 3 سنواتActually the fact that Google Slides/Docs needs to be online is great as it has auto saves feature & instantly sync to Google Drive, so you don't id="hidden11" class="buttons"> have to worry about forgetting to save your presentation and pretty much almost accessible in every device & platform. Also, not forgetting it has collaboration feature ....وسعت2
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@MarkTAllenbyمنذ 4 سنواتThanks for uploading this. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Your key message seems to be "pedagogy comes before technology.^
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@ahmedbajahlan5242منذ 3 سنواتThank you so much. I was planning to learn Prezi but I changed my plan now. 1
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@tonywebsterid887منذ 4 سنواتWhat I love the most about Powerpoint is the ability to use Visual Basic for APPs to build interactive slides with data entry . 1
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@belakonig6716منذ 4 سنواتI think you‘ll recommend PowerPoint because its running on Windows too. But I do like Keynote (exspecially if you have an iPad) more. 1
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@jaredswift3050منذ 4 سنواتGreat explanation and breakdown of comparisons! 1
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@perfloren3059منذ 2 سنواتThank’s for a great comparison! I have one BIG problem with PTT: If you dubbel click a word to choose it and then try to continue to mark an other word it stops marking whole words. This works great in Word and Excel but not in PPT and has been a problem for years. We’re annoying! ....وسعت
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@majaanoمنذ 3 سنواتThank you! Videos this informative, concise and in depth are very rare. All the best.
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@priyantpratap8253منذ 4 سنواتYou just saved me from switching an important presentation to Prezi. Thank you. 8
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@PABXIPNAPRATICAمنذ 3 سنواتThanks for your dedication with this video!
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@dennisbaltazarمنذ 4 سنواتnot really surprised. One quick question, how did you incorporate your narration video while presenting your screen? Thanks
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@UniversalHuman7منذ 2 سنواتThank you for your time! You were very helpful and your speaking style is soothing and peaceful 1
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@davidhubbard4995منذ 3 سنواتSo glad PPT is your winner! I use it every day, and I love it! (I came here looking for something better, dreading the learning curve, and now I can relax and sleep again!) 1
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@amitganguli8011منذ 3 سنواتI've found using the free downloadable prezi video to be extremely useful for on line meetings, way better than screen share in zoom or Skype or webex etc. 1
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@joemalerba6779منذ 4 سنواتThanks, I loved the video. And pleasantly surprised that Powerpoint wins the day. I'm ready to step up my Powerpoint prowess.
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@heatherboone9178قبل 6 أشهرGlad and excited i found you!! Thank you! Looking forward to going all out on power point!
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@mrs.rachelh.9747منذ 4 سنواتHello! Thanks for the great information! I am a complete newbie-- does PowerPoint have interactive features similar to the ones you mention Google Slides as having? 1
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@27Kobesterisمنذ 2 سنواتThanks, it was very engaging video and I liked that you clearly outlined the most important points.
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@josephalexander2878منذ 2 سنواتThis was extremely helpful for some critical business decisions I had to make. Thank you. 1
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@azucenakennedy149منذ 4 سنواتI have used prezi and it took me a long time, I did like it, the graphics features. but it is expensive. 2
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@adriaharris9746منذ 4 سنواتVery surprised that PP was the winner. Thank you for all this information. I'm just wondering what tool you actually used to record the video.
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@juanovallebمنذ 4 سنواتI'm an academic from Chile and now im using Prezi and yeah, the zoom effect its anoying, hahaha. I was searching another software and i really can't id="hidden16" class="buttons"> find any to make my presentations more dinamic. I'm gonna give powerpoint another opportunity after see your video, great channel by the way. ....وسعت4
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@sergeykuprienko4499منذ 4 سنواتThis is so far the best slide software comparison video. Thanks Echo 26
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@alejandrowayar6329منذ 4 سنواتExcelente video!! Te felicito!! desde Argentina
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@aldorodriguez7310منذ 3 سنواتHi, it would be nice to have an updated comparison there has been updates and it would be interesting to know your 2021 take.
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@maxcolburn8323منذ 3 سنواتIn Google slides you can technically also make nonlinear presentations by creating links 1
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@jonhandmeifyمنذ 3 سنواتWhat about beamer? It gets the best math and formula typing support, and it outputs PDF, meaning its platform-free. It can be used seamlessly across Windows, id="hidden17" class="buttons"> MacOS, and Linux. The downside is the lacking of GUI, making it hard to do eyecatching animations and slide designs ....وسعت
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@nonfaktor5215منذ 3 سنواتthis video is very well made. good points
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@kayingv5445منذ 4 سنواتAny thoughts on collaboratively working on slide decks? We had two fails this past year. In my group, we used google slides and then the internet turned id="hidden18" class="buttons"> bad -- once us and every other presenter at the conference was using the internet. So our slide deck wouldn't load properly to present. This has convinced me to make sure I'm using something that can work offline. Alternatively, a friend of mine had his team send him ppt slides, but then had problems with the translation when fonts and colors didn't show up attractively. He had to spend hours correcting the deck so it would work. He's convinced that next time, he just needs to present as PDF rather than PPT. ....وسعت3
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@juliaraudenbush4947منذ 4 سنواتThank you for these great videos! I teach privately and am moving my course content online. I have been using PPT and creating videos in Camtasia. I saw id="hidden19" class="buttons"> in another video that you like DaVinci Resolve better, but I already bought Camtasia so I'm sticking with that for now. I don't fit into your target group, but I am finding your videos super helpful. I am thinking about taking your course. Since I am not in science/data/research, do you think it would be applicable? I teaching writing. Again, thank you! Your advice is very practical, and I love that you practice (yes, I just finished that video!). I can't stand sitting through rambling, so thank you for sounding so natural by preparing so well! :-) ....وسعت3
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@alexandermarsden6336منذ 4 سنواتSounds good to me, I will try out your free online course.
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@DanSme1منذ 3 سنواتIt seems Prezi has expanded their suite of tools since you made this video. The real “kiss of death,” IMO, for them is the fact that Prezi Video is stuck in the near-archaic Full HD (1920x1280) video resolution. Today’s inexpensive webcams use UHD (3840x2160) for capture and streaming. If someone can explain how they failed to innovate, I’d be interested to hear. Does PP have any video streaming/recording integration features like Prezi? ....وسعت
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@kaentertainment2215منذ 4 سنواتWhat program do you use to record your slideshow/Screen while still having your video on the screen? 1
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@rosaliepoloner9369منذ 3 سنواتHi. How do you get Picture in Picture?
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@rjfdsmomمنذ 3 سنواتI'm THRILLED that ppt is the winner!! So glad I came across this comparison video!!! I am going to take your free course and I'm now subscribed id="hidden21" class="buttons"> to your channel! I look forward to your expertise to help me learn how to create excellent presentations!! ....وسعت
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@ArmandoReportesمنذ 2 سنوات"PowerPoint was never the problem and another app is not the solution". I loved this quote.
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@edmatzenik9858منذ 2 سنواتWhat I want is to show slides and videos in the order I pre select, and nothing else. I make the videos, 10 or 20 seconds or so in a video editor and I id="hidden22" class="buttons"> make the slides in photoshop, all to 1280 × 720 pixels. I don't want the viewer to resize them, rotate them, put writing on them, or anything else and I don't want anything else on screen. Microsoft Photos did that till they updated it and ruined my show that I am booked to present. Does anyone know any viewer that just shows the pictures and does nothing else? ....وسعت
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@jazzychampمنذ 3 سنواتI wish I had watched this before blowing my cash on Prezi. It's taxing my patience to use. Thank you for the video, I'm sticking to PP 1
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@ambj07منذ 3 سنواتThanks a lot. I’m relieved PPT is the winner 2
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@TimoteeWhalenمنذ 3 سنواتVery helpful! Thank you so much for doing this video! 1
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@andrebisson4957منذ 4 سنواتSaved me from downloading a bunch of crap. I'll watch your stellar slides. Thank you! (ps, I already downloaded Prezi. so not setting it up. trash can it is.) 2
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@DavidSchaichمنذ 4 سنواتI have to say that I hate, loathe and despise the .pptx file format. Whenever I've had to use .pptx or .ppt files over the past ~15 years, id="hidden24" class="buttons"> they have not displayed correctly. For obvious reasons I avoid using them whenever possible, but I had two experiences in 2019 where event organizers claimed they couldn't handle pdf files and demanded pptx. In one case elements got moved around on top of each other, as usual. In the other case the organizers completely reformatted my slides themselves, to convert them to some organizational branding template that I saw for the first time when giving the presentation. I use pdf files if at all possible---preferably produced using latex, though that has a very steep learning curve, so I don't recommend folks use it for slides unless they're familiar with it already. I saw the earlier remark about the absence of animations in pdf files. I am perfectly happy to sacrifice this in order to get a portable document that will actually work reliably. ....وسعت4
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@beedeeunikoمنذ 4 سنواتPrezi and also some others have a fundamental problem, they are essentially handling a 3D problem (layered content) and represent it in 2D, so you end id="hidden25" class="buttons"> up picking and dragging, trying to click the item you intend to modify and waste a lot of time doing so. Not having a layer representation with WYSIWYG drag&drop capabilities like photoshop does is a of for me ....وسعت3
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@Dr._Grant_R._Fairbanksقبل 6 أشهرI've used PowerPoint and Keynote for years. Keynote is the better option, in my opinion.
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@moshiurrahman3629منذ 3 سنواتThank you for your great video, I used many more photos for video making app but now I’m using for photo-to video and slideshow video making and really you believe me I’m a fan of ‘s attractive features. ....وسعت
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@waiitwhaatقبل 11 أشهرI am quite surprised by your opinion on Canva since a lot of my friends use it for all sorts of stuff. Heck I made my first resume on Canva, but I am not id="hidden27" class="buttons"> entirely shocked by your problems with it, because as a cheapskate I totally get your frustration of important core features being behind a pay-wall. ....وسعت
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@harunasamson5672منذ 2 سنواتI am a student and felt prezi should be lucrative enough to add advance animations to my presentation but i was unable to use prezi and i have to uninstall it and never recommended it to any one again
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@caty863قبل 7 أشهرWhy am I finding hard to digest the fact that a PhD has time to make a 30-minute video about presentation tools? I normally expect this kind of folks to id="hidden29" class="buttons"> talk about more "brainy" topics. Has something changed recently and I didn't get a memo? ....وسعت
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@aram69420منذ 3 سنواتI think you were gonna recommend Keynote 1
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@harunasamson5672منذ 2 سنواتDear Dr. i stopped using prezi because i was no longer free 1
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@amandeep9930منذ 3 سنواتThe best one is latex using beamer class.
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@lachellehannickel2582منذ 4 سنواتI think you're going to recommend.ppt 1
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@maxihamuمنذ 4 سنواتdon't need a mac to use keynote, you just need an icloud account
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@AJ-iu6nwمنذ 2 سنواتhere's one thing Powerpoint can't do that I desparately need it to do that Keynote can do: Subsections 1
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@falcogamer5167منذ 3 سنواتi was a fool that i think to use canva for presentations
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@naibunty8909منذ 3 سنواتIll be upset if you say go back to Powerpoint in the end
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@sameerpatankar7529قبل 11 أشهرWe're in 2023. Will you still stick with PPT?
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@poeticquinnsمنذ 3 سنواتwhen u paid that much money for MS PPT, u would hope that it's good
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@poeticquinnsمنذ 3 سنواتno surprises there. canva is simply not for presentations, prezi is interesting but nauseating at the same time. 1
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@theverasilvaمنذ 4 سنواتI hated how you spoke about Canva, I'm the biggest fan. I made my best presentations there. 1
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@Lunalorenzمنذ 4 سنواتYou CAN make your own . you just erase what's on the template! (Canva) 3
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@JulioFeoUNAMالعام الماضيNoobs.. LaTeX presentations for the win
مقاطع الفيديو ذات الصلة على Best Slide Software for Academics | Comparing Prezi PPT Canva Keynote & Google Slides:
I have one BIG problem with PTT: If you dubbel click a word to choose it and then try to continue to mark an other word it stops marking whole words. This works great in Word and Excel but not in PPT and has been a problem for years.
We’re annoying! ....وسعت
my Powerpoint prowess.
Alternatively, a friend of mine had his team send him ppt slides, but then had problems with the translation when fonts and colors didn't show up attractively. He had to spend hours correcting the deck so it would work. He's convinced that next time, he just needs to present as PDF rather than PPT. ....وسعت 3
I loved this quote.
Whenever I've had to use .pptx or .ppt files over the past ~15 years, id="hidden24" class="buttons"> they have not displayed correctly. For obvious reasons I avoid using them whenever possible, but I had two experiences in 2019 where event organizers claimed they couldn't handle pdf files and demanded pptx. In one case elements got moved around on top of each other, as usual. In the other case the organizers completely reformatted my slides themselves, to convert them to some organizational branding template that I saw for the first time when giving the presentation.
I use pdf files if at all possible---preferably produced using latex, though that has a very steep learning curve, so I don't recommend folks use it for slides unless they're familiar with it already.
I saw the earlier remark about the absence of animations in pdf files. I am perfectly happy to sacrifice this in order to get a portable document that will actually work reliably. ....وسعت 4