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Online programs are ensuring the success of participants in ways that traditional classes cannot. According to Friedman (2018, para. 2) “4,700 colleges and universities, more than 6.3 million students in the U.S. – most of whom were undergraduates – took at least one online course in fall 2016, a 5.6 percent increase from the previous year” This indicates that if more students are continuing to take an online courses, then the characteristics that online course offer are working on behalf of students and educators. Some universities and colleges offer online degree programs at both undergraduate and graduate level which helps students who have other obligations or responsibilities continue their education without having to postpone it. The flexibility is such a great characteristic that allows students to work at their own pace and have 24/7 access to course work. This helps student structure work around school rather than vise versa. The online setting is a new form of communicating and learning. It exposes students to navigate new technology resources, communicate in a variety or ways, and ask questions without being shy or embarrassed.

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Distance learning education programs can apply from primary to postsecondary education. These programs are evolving everyday with the advancement of technology. As a future counselor, it is important to keep up with the latest technology tools available for students and teachers. Implementing professional development workshops that gear towards online learning is essential for student success. Teachers need to adapt to new era of the digital world in order to prepare students for the future. Counselors have the responsibility to research and offer technological resources to educators. Modeling new technology resources is a great way to interact with both students and teachers in the online setting. With students being so knowledgeable with technology, allowing students to become researchers and presenters of new technology resources will allow them to become educators to their own classmates. This is a great way of collaboration between educators and students. This will not only build rapport between teachers and students, but it will allow educators to become facilitators as students take the leadership role in their education. Building these experiences will help educators and students develop digital literacy skills and prepare them for the new era of the world.

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Developing digital literacy skill is such an important quality that individuals need to have in order to succeed in today’s job industry. Students are surrounded by technology everywhere and its important to introduce them to new technology resources that are beneficial to their education. For instance, online learning deals with writing papers, taking quizzes, and presenting information using a variety of technology tools. Sometimes a professor might require students to present information using a presentation technology resources other than powerpoint. This allows students to have the freedom to browse and navigate new technology resources such as Padlet, Prezi, Slideshark, Haiku Deck, and much more (Croxton, 2017). Teachers and students will benefit from requirements like these because students will learn new resources and teachers will have to adapt to all resources that students choose. It will help both parties become knowledgeable of resources that are beneficial to education.

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NOTE: This is a list of 40 different presentation software tools. You're looking for only Free Presentation Programs, view our post on 9 Free Presentation Tools you can start using today. Great for educators and students. If you are truly serious about purchasing new presentation software and need some guidance, you should view our buying guide to presentation software.
At CustomShow, we like to think that everyone can use our presentation software to create better looking presentations, thus serving as a great powerpoint alternative to people. But that won't always be the case. We cater to businesses greater than 10 employees and organizations that need an all-in-one presentation program. We also don't usually promote our competitors. Shout out to ClearSlide on that one. But at the end of the day, we want you to have a pick from the full list of presentation tools that are on the market and that could fit your needs.

Powerpoint alternatives are great, but we know there are plenty of options to choose from. Some have their advantages and disadvantages while others are perfect for a certain audience. We'll examine the presentation maker programs we believe would be great and even the ones that may not be but could still be another viable solution.

Summary - presentation software program used mainly for businesses and companies with more than 25 employees that need a robust presentation software solution. With over 40 years of rich presentation history, the presentation software company was created out of the presentation design agency, Sales Graphics. The software allows companies and organizations to build better custom branded presentations that look light years better than your typical powerpoint presentation. We would consider ourselves a great sales enablement tool because sales professionals benefit a great deal from the software.
Perfect For - Marketing Teams, Sales Teams, Sales Professionals, Marketing Professionals, CEO's, Design Agencies Summary - Clearslide purchased Sliderocket several years ago. If volume sales is important to you, Clearslide could be a good tool for you. There is more emphasis on the sales and tracking than the presentation creation side of the software. After going through a series C $50 million round of funding, the company is focusing more on sales enablement more broadly and less on presentations specifically. Nonetheless, the tool is worth reviewing. Advantages - Can upload files from Keynote, Powerpoint, PDF, Excel and other formats; good metrics; online delivery; slide sharing Disadvantages - Interface is complex and limited in the ability to create "better looking presentation"; video isn't seamlessly integrated into presentations. Perfect For - High Volume Sales & Marketing Organizations
Prezi (Personal)

Summary - The mothership of powerpoint alternatives, they've been around for many years. Leveraging the concept of ZOOM and transitions to new spaces on a slide, they give the effect that the presentation has not moved to a new slide. Prezi provides people with creating better style and effect in their presentations. Prezi uses the concept of Pathway Points instead of slides to give the visual cinematic appeal of their presentations. These guys just raised another $50 million in November in order to compete with Microsoft.

Advantages - Present on multiple devices; can share with coworkers; can be used by practically anyone; easy to learn how to use; cost effective; can work on the presentation offline;

Disadvantages - Very template driven - always looks like Prezi; cannot easily customize slides or repurpose presentations; can cause motion sickness.

Perfect For - Educators; Keynote Speakers; Organizations; Students
Other Review Sources - Erez Zukerman From PCWorld; Edward Mendelson of PCMag
Prezi For Business
Summary - The mothership of powerpoint alternatives, they've been around for many years. They decided to make a stronger push for the business market. Thus, they came out with Prezi for Business. Lots of companies already use Prezi for one-off presentations like conference keynotes, town halls and investor pitches, but this version is trying to target the managed and repeatable presentations of sales and marketing teams. Advantages - Better for teams; good for collaborating. Disadvantages - Very template driven - always looks like Prezi; hard to edit by non-designers; not easy to repurpose content. Perfect For - Medium-sized companies that require limited customization by the sales team.
Slideshark
Summary - Taken directly from the horse's mouth, SlideShark is an app used by sales professionals and other presenters worldwide to present and share PowerPoints via their chosen devices. It's features include cloud storage integration, sharing and tracking views, broadcasting or presenting over the web, creating annotations on the slides, and of course presenter mode. Advantages - Can present powerpoint slides anywhere; cloud-based; free but paid version is known as Business pro; can be utilized for webinars Disadvantages - unable to customize presentations; primarily a delivery system (good and bad thing). Perfect For - sales and marketing professionals; individual business owners. Other Review Sources - Dylan Herx of AppStorm; Phillip Michaels of ComputerWorld, EdShelf, Engadget
Haiku Deck
Summary - This is a template-based platform that allows for people to create elegant looking presentations. The software comes with 35 many templates and over 35 million stock photos that can be used within the slide templates. This platform is a step between a company like CustomShow and Powerpoint. Advantages - easy to use; fast onboarding process Disadvantages - cannot do offline work with the App; cannot truly Customize presentations anyway you want Perfect For - students; educators; presenters in general Other Review Sources - Joel Mathis of MacWorld; JR Bookwalter of MacLife, PCWorld
SlideDog
Summary - Known as a presentation launch pad, SlideDog mainly takes all of your documents, presentations, pictures, or video and places them into a play list that can be moved around and presented in a seamless way. You can upload just about any type of file from videos down to other presentation software devices such as Prezi. Advantages - Make transitioning smooth; can share across multiple devices; live polling; free version Disadvantages - Not used for creating presentations Perfect For - People who want to present more seamlessly across multiple documents; individual presenters
Powtoon - Animation Presentation Software
Summary - Probably one of the leaders in the DIY presentation animation space, Powtoon allows consumers to create presentations and videos that are animated, interesting, and engaging. It is not difficult to learn how to use and the software is a breath of fresh air to those looking to create presentations that are different and engaging. Advantages - Ease Of Use; Truly Customizable Animated Presentations Disadvantages - Not suitable to live presentations (but that's OK) Perfect For - Educators (Check out their new app for educators); businesses that want to create a service/product video; small business professionals; trainers Other Sources - Sarah Perez of TechCrunch; Cathy Moore's Blog, Brightcarbon Review
Keynote - Powerpoint Alternative
Summary - One of the standard bearers in the presentation software space, Keynote is meant to allow presenters to create customizable presentations. It comes with 30 themes that you can start with and pre stock photos. Advantages - Present on multiple devices (Apple owned); easy to share; powerpoint friendly; inexpensive ; allows for animations. Disadvantages - Can only be used for MAC (ios systems); fairly template driven; no slide library Perfect For - Business owners and individuals
MediaShout
Summary - To switch things up a bit MediaShout is a presentation software tool for religious institutions and churches. It is a powerful platform that can be utilized by churches of all size and combines. The software works well with the team that is managing the media and productions during any religious service but particularly during the sermon. Advantages - Stage mirroring; announcement deck; great with video; add scripture from 65 different bibles; include sermon points; sound and music enabled Disadvantages - Hmmm...we're not going there. Perfect For - Religious institutions and churches Other Sources: Gavin Courtney From Church App, Church Tech Today
Kineticast
Summary - Built mainly for B2B sales people, Kineticast is a cool presentation tool that enables sales people to be more effective in their sales and marketing advertising. Their process includes creating the presentation (uploading files), emailing to your list of contacts, and then tracking the results. The purpose of this tool is to create customized messages with slides that are meant for specific prospects. Advantages - Enables sales professionals to improve effectiveness Disadvantages - Cannot create customized presentations (wasn't built for that anyway though). Perfect For - B2B Sales Professionals; Possibly Marketers
Knowledge Vision
Summary - Knowledge Vision is one of the newest players on the block when it comes to creating better looking presentations that are customizable. The company has a collection of software tools that are combined into 1 that companies can use. You can also create videos within the software package. Advantages - Complete Package of Production Tools; Cloud-Based; Analytics; Live Webcasting Disadvantages - Maybe ooo many tools; Could be challenging to learn Perfect For - Business; Producers; Digital Agencies
Visme

Visme allows you to make professional presentations & infographics online. The tools is actually relatively easy to use and comes with 1000's of templates & graphics. It's a relatively new software and is geared more toward infographics rather than presentations, but nonetheless it's a great tool.

GoAnimate - Video Presentation Software
Summary - One of Powtoon's biggest competitors, GoAnimate is all about animated video presentations. You can create DIY professional animated videos without having to hire a video producer. It integrated with other software sales apps and is a solution that can be interesting for the budget busting video animation companies. Of course there are other whiteboard animation companies, but GoAnimate does showcase another alternative. Advantages - Great For Video; Cost Effective; Think Product Videos Disadvantages - Only Video Centered (Not a real disadvantage though) Perfect For - Business; Producers; Digital Agencies
Wink - Powerpoint Alternative
Advantages - Free; multilingual; good support Disadvantages - No 'undo' feature, audio compatibility issues Perfect For - Individuals and small businesses who just need to create simple animated tutorials and software demonstrations.
SnagIt
Summary - Offers advanced features and extra tools for organizing, simplifying, and editing screen captures. If you produce Windows screen shots on a regular basis, SnagIt is a great tool for that. Advantages - Easy-to-use screen capture program, Disadvantages - Windows only Perfect For - Window's screen shot-ers
Camtasia
Summary - Camtasia Studio is an integrated suite of applications for producing professional videos of on-screen activity. Advantages - 5 applications provide solutions for end to end video production, multiple output options Disadvantages - Costly for the value; for windows only Perfect For - Creating Video demonstrations for customer support, employee training, and product presentations.
Other Sources - Daniel And Sally Grotta of PCWorld

Camstudio - Video Presentation Software
Summary - Free and simple, straightforward program to record screen activity to AVI or SWF format. Disadvantages - no movie editing, hard to use annotation tools Perfect For - Recording basic activity for webinars and basic presentations
Slidesnack
Summary - Mainly used for sharing presentation and not necessarily building presentations, Sldiesnack can still be an effective tools for people. Advantages - Free; great for sharing Disadvantages - not great for building presentations. Perfect For - great for teams and collaborating
Articulate Presenter
Summary - Articulate Presenter is a program that acts as an add-on to Microsoft PowerPoint. It capitalizes on what PowerPoint can do already, and provides several added features, such as quizzing, narration, and other interactive features Advantages - Supercharges the existing functionality in PowerPoint; narration syncs easily to screen animation; functionality is super intuitive Disadvantages - Content positioning is imprecise, takes ages to publish the content, Published files are BIG Perfect For - Educators; Individuals
Windows Movie Maker
Summary - freeware video editing software by Microsoft. It is a part of Windows Essentials software suite and offers the ability to create and edit videos as well as to publish them on OneDrive, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. Advantages - Free, simple to use for beginners, great for photo slideshows Disadvantages - Only one video track, freezes and crashes randomly, lots of versions that aren't compatible with each other Perfect For - Essentially Anyone; Video Production
Slideshare
Summary - Allows easy sharing of presentations between businesses and consumers Advantages - Easy embedding in websites, great for sharing audio and video, custom privacy settings Disadvantages - Must use other programs to create and edit material, atypical transitions, cannot track views Perfect For - Students, teachers, small and large businesses that want public-facing content to reach consumers Other Sources - Tanya Lewis of PR Week US
VisualBee
Summary - Automatic graphic designer for PowerPoint's presentations that designs a Showcase automatically with just some clicks Advantages - Easy to Use, Fast, User Friendly UI, Attractive Templates Disadvantages - Getting appropriate images requires some selection by hand. Some features redundant to PowerPoint's own. Perfect For - Individuals
Projeqt
Summary - Projeqt gives creatives the ability to weave together stories dripping with style and personality from Flickr photos, RSS feeds, tweets, YouTube or Vimeo videos, and any media stored on your own computer. Advantages - freemium model, create professional-looking, branded, shareable, and embeddful presentations without much fuss Disadvantages - very few layout options Perfect For - students, creative industry
Emaze
Summary - The Emaze user can easily build sophisticated presentations with little effort. The company's vision was to free up users from having to spend time studying and preparing the presentation tool, so that they can better spend their time concentrating on the actual content of the presentation Advantages - Cheap, designed for ordinary users, Disadvantages - Will not work smoothly on older computers with low computing power Perfect For - Basic user base, current PowerPoint users wanting better visualization
Libre Office

Impress is a truly outstanding tool for creating effective multimedia presentations. Creating and editing slides is very versatile thanks to different editing and view modes: Normal (for general editing), Outline (for organizing and outlining your text content), Notes (for viewing and editing the notes attached to a slide), Handout (for producing paper-based material), and Slide Sorter (for a thumbnail sheet view that lets you quickly locate and order your slides).

Preseria
Summary - Now we're in the world of conferences. Preseria is all about presenters uploading their presentations and organizing your conferences. This can be a nifty tool if you're managing large conferences where you have several presenters. Advantages - Great for Sharing; can Organize and gather content seamlessly Disadvantages - Can't create custom presentations. Perfect For - Event Coordinators; Conference Leaders
Proclaim - Church Presentation Software
Summary - Now we're in the world of churches. Proclaim is all about pastors and assistants uploading their presentations and having the functionality to make many changes to it in order to provide a experience to people listening and watching the sermon. Advantages - Incredible software for sharing and collaborating with teams of people who are working on the presentation; Organize and gather content seamlessly; Comes with a remote app that can be controlled by your ipad. Disadvantages - Can't create super customized presentations, but they can be fairly unique. Perfect For - Churches; religious institutions
Reallusion
Summary - Moving back into animation, this software is pretty nifty. You can create animated figures for your presentation in a shorter period of time. Great for presenters to quickly add animated avatars and comic effects into PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Doc and other presentation software Advantages - Full editing capabilities; well categorized content libraries; added to other presentations Disadvantages - Can't create presentations within the software, however Reallusion does have other software in its suite that can do this. Perfect For - Individuals; Business; Keynote Speakers; Designers
Focusky
Summary - Focusky helps mainly with creating animation presentations as well as presentations in HTML5 format. Advantages - Full editing capabilities; can present from anywhere; animation capabilities; import powerpoint slides Disadvantages - May not have as much functionality as CustomShow but is great for individuals; mainly for animation, not traditional presentations Perfect For - Individuals; students; teachers
Slides
Summary - To finish off the list, slides.com is a cloud based presentation software that allows for easy collaboration, Advantages - Full editing capabilities; can present from anywhere; cloud based; comes with analytics; incorporate html and css in the presentations Disadvantages - May not have as much functionality as CustomShow but is great for individuals Perfect For - Individuals; students; teachers
Slide Bean
Summary - A new kid on the block, Slidebean has a dynamic means of creating slides for presentation givers. Their thing is that they have slides that design themselves. You add the content, and the slides create themselves. Advantages - Ease of use; quick to develop presentations; plenty of templates to choose from Disadvantages - May not have as much functionality as CustomShow but is great for individuals; not best for teams; not entirely customizable Perfect For - Individuals; students; teachers
Canva

Canva seems to be a new kid on the block as a presentation software tool that is offered for free. Canva provides 100's of initial templates for users to choose from and have developed a simple process for people to walk through:

1. Open Canva and select the "Presentation" design type

2. Choose from hundreds of professionally designed layouts

3. Upload your own photos or choose from over 1 million stock images

4. Fix your images, add stunning filters and edit text

5. Save and share

The way Canva monetizes its business is by way of its marketplace in which it sells templates, icons, and photos to people looking for even more advanced customization. Not for the B2B player, but can be great for B2C consumers.

Zoho

Zoho offers a great interface for people who want to design eye popping presentations. Zoho is pretty broad in its software and service offerings ranging from document management tools to collaboration and sharing. Their pricing on the document management side can be as low as $5/month/user. Doesn't really compete in the B2B space, but nonetheless is a great player with many benefits including transferring to powerpoint, analytics, bulk file uploads, and much more.

DocketZoom

Docketzoom helps you bring to life highly interactive presentations that enhance buyer perception. With DocketZoom you can easily create appealing presentation that delights and engages your audience. Its inbuilt analytics helps you understand critical user insights to formulate better content strategies.

Instant Magazine

Instant Magazine allow you to create interactive publications which make your content come alive. It is one tool, for all platforms, for all devices. Get the best reading experience on smartphone, tablet and desktop. Personalized and fully measurable.

Totus Marketing

At Panopto, the company believes that video can have a transformative effect on learning. So they built a video platform that helps businesses and universities improve the way that they train, teach, and share knowledge. Panapto acts as a video presentation software package that allows consumers to manage, live stream, record, and share videos across your organization.

Genial.ly

Genially is a helpful tool for creating visual media, such as presentations, infographics, mind maps, and more. The focus with Genially is interactivity, and nearly everything created with this tool can include interactivity. It also includes real-time collaboration and animation. In addition, statistics help you measure whether your presentation is effective.

FlowVella

FlowVella is another presentation app with several benefits and features including it being mobile first, offering privacy and security, analytics, autoplay videos, and a vast array of collaboration tools. FlowVella has native apps for Mac, iPhone & iPad, yet presentations can be viewed via any web browser. FlowVella is great for for sales presentations, training, kiosks, digital brochures, portfolios, product guides, formal and informal education, and much more.

Slide Bureau (NOTE: CLOSED)
Summary - Slide Bureau is an interesting software device. It is mainly used for iPads, but it does allow for people to create presentations that are more customized than your traditional powerpoint slide. The interface is centered on pre-made templates but they are categorized to fit the profession and overall need of the slide. Advantages - Easy to use this presentation platform Disadvantages - Limited to only iPads; cannot truly brand and create presentations more customized than the templates that are given Perfect For - Educators; Individual Professionals
There are probably an additional 50 - 80 presentation software tools we missed on this list. We know there are others we likely left out, so we look forward to your comments and other powerpoint alternatives that can be useful for presenting or organizing/delivering presentations. If presentation ideas and design is something else important to you, visit www.salesgraphics.com.

And if you believe you are a good match and should be added to this list, feel free to email us and we'll consider adding. Thanks for reading.

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NOTE: This is a list of 40 different presentation software tools. You're looking for only Free Presentation Programs, view our post on 9 Free Presentation Tools you can start using today. Great for educators and students. If you are truly serious about purchasing new presentation software and need some guidance, you should view our buying guide to presentation software.

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Active participation is an essential characteristics that traditional and online learning should have in order for students to feel a sense of belonging. Online learning provides different ways in which students communicate, learn, discuss topics, or ask questions. For instance, Class Cafe is an amazing tool that connects classmates and professors in regards to questions or resources that may be beneficial to students. Online learning uses resources such as flipped learning, a technology tool that uses quizzes, videos, discussions forums to keep students engaged (“Characteristics of Online learning”, n.d.). Using these kinds of resources will actively engage students in innovative ways that help students tech savvy and prepare them for the job industry

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One of the most convenient traits is of distance learning education is that it can be done at any time of the day as long as students meet the deadlines of assignments. Students have the freedom to work at their own pace, balance school, work, and personal commitments (“Te Advantages of Taking Online Classes”, n.d.). Students also have access to view all work and assignments as soon as they are enrolled, which helps them see how each assignment builds on one another and makes the final assignment or product more relevant and understanding (“Ten Advantages of Taking Online Classes”, n.d.).

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Online courses can be a more affordable option than traditional courses taken at an educational institution. For instance, online courses will help students save money avoiding to commute to school or paying for housing (“10 Advantages to Online Learning”, n.d.). Furthermore, some institutions are accepting credits taken from massive open online courses (MOOC) an alternative education program that teaches students about a particular content at a free or very low cost rate. MOOC is a new advancement in online learning is a way to connect and collaborate with digital skills which is important to today’s job industry (Cormier, 2010).

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The landscape of education is substantially changing. With technology advancing at such a fast pace, education is changing the way curriculum and methodology are delivered to students. In contrast to traditional learning, distance learning education has risen and continues to increase across the world as a form in which students can access education through online instructional delivery systems. Bruder (1989) (as cited in Casey, 2008, p. 45) states that the Department of Education defines distance learning education as, “the application of telecommunications and electronic devices which enable students and learners to receive instruction from some distant location”. Distance learning education spans over three centuries in the U.S. beginning in 1852, with the use of the United States Postal Service as a way to send coursework to institutes, to achieving academic recognition in 1892, when the University of Chicago created the first college-level distance learning program (Casey, 2008). Then in 1920, radio broadcasting a stunning new technology, reached an audience far beyond any centralized classroom (Casey, 2008). By 1934, courses were being broadcast on television in the University of Iowa (Casey, 2008). In 1970, “the first fully televised college courses were created, licensed, and implemented by Coastline Community College and broadcast by KOCE-TV to other educational institutions in Orange County, CA” (Casey, 2008, p. 47). Soon satellite systems brought education to some of the most distant locations in the United States. The first state educational satellite system, Learn/Alaska, was created in 1980 (Casey, 2008). With the domestication of computer technology, the World Wide Web emerged evolutionizing distance learning education even more. In 1991, the World Wide Web, developed by Tim Berners-Lee introduced the high-speed broadband transmission, in which distance education over the internet became the “next educational frontier” (Casey, 2008, p. 48). From this, Blackboard and WebCT software programs emerged, allowing students and teachers to communicate and facilitate the class efficiently.