PQI 6065_17217867_Kavinesh_Microsoft Sway_ Module 2

MICROSOFT SWAY:
CREATING ACCESSIBLE
PRESENTATION USING

SAMR MODEL

KAVINESH VADIVELLU
ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. RAFIZA BINTI ABDUL RAZAK

DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITI MALAYA

MICROSOFT SWAY: CREATING ACCESSIBLE
PRESENTATION USING SAMR MODEL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1: INTRODUCTION………..………………….......4-13
Microsoft Sway…………………………..…. ..….4-6
Objectives & Learning Outcomes………...........7
Revolutionizing Way of Presenting Learning
Materials In Virtual...................................8-10
Platforms Available for Sway……………………11

PART 2: UNIQUE FEATURES IN SWAY………………13-22
Advantages of Sway…………………………...13-16
Accessibility View…………………………...........17
New Features In Sway…………………........18-22

PART 3: CREATE NEW SWAY PROJECT FOR
RENEWABLE ENERGY BASED ON
SAMR MODEL………………………………....24-34
Sign Up or Sign TO Start Create………..........24
Start Sway by implementing SAMR
Model…………………………………………..…25-34

REFERENCES……………………………………….....................35

Revolutionizing Way of Microsoft Sway
Presenting L/Materials in
Virtual o Intro to Sway
o Operation of
o What can be done
with Sway? Sway

o What are the
unique features?

PART1:INTRODUCTION

Platform available for Sway Learning Objectives

 How compatible  What are the
is Microsoft Sway objectives need to
when being used achieve upon
in smart devices? going through
this E-Book?
Learning Outcome

 To use of Sway by
integrating SMAR
models to create
a storyline.

PART 1 : MICROSOFT SWAY

o Microsoft Office Sway is a free web app that allows users
to create their own simple webpages and presentations
with text, images, widgets, file attachments, and more.

o It is a great alternative a great substitute for
PowerPoint or handouts as well.

o As ‘the new way of materializing ideas into Virtual
presentation’, Sway offers the new approach of
expressing your ideas by integrating images, video, and
text into online presentations which can be accessed
throughout smart devices such as Laptop, Smartphone
and Tablet.

THINK OUTSIDE THE SLIDE WITH SWAY

PART 1 : MICROSOFT SWAY

o Sway supports OneDrive, so we can add content you
have saved there, including graphs you have made in
Excel Online.
Can upload content directly to
Sway and we can build our own
customized presentation

 The beauty of Sway is that for you, the content creator,
all you have to worry about is just that and the content.
All that other stuff, the design, the formatting, the
playback, the colors, that’s all stuff that Sway will take
care of it without any concern.

 From within Sway, we can search Bing and pull in
content directly from sites like Wikipedia, YouTube and
Flickr.

PART 1 : MICROSOFT SWAY

 Dynamic  present
Digital information in
Storytelling an eye-catching
application way

 Simple to straight
adapt the forward
design by to
making embed
use of media
themes.

o Comprehending the structures of Sway by

incorporating by means of videos, texts and images,
construction of each functions will be more easier and

they are also develop to be an effective Modern Day

Learning ability individuals.
o You can present information in more innovative

manner with little prior-knowledge of content design.

OBJECTIVES & LEARNING OUTCOMES

A. Objectives

o To integrate Microsoft Sway
with its’ special featured toto
design own storyline of
presentation.

o To combine specific
Instructional Model to use it
when designing ‘Sway’
presentation.

B. Learning Outcomes

 After going through this E-

book, participants are able:

o To use of Sway by integrating

SMAR models to create a

storyline as well as designing

their own version of Sway

presentation.

o To understand by further

exploring of Sway and special

features that is a must-known

order to create a storyline as

well as designing own version

Note: of Sway.

‘The purpose of this E-Book is to provide further

knowledge to integrate Technology and special features

to become a Sway Expert!!!’

REVOLUTIONIZING WAY OF PRESENTING
LEARNING MATERIALS IN VIRTUAL
o The purpose of Sway is to convey concepts quickly,
easily and clearly.
o With isolated schooling experience turns out to be
taking over Sway widely required for modern day
to improve learning involvement.
o Sway widely being accepted and most preferred
by many as we are ushering towards the era of
digitalization which requires mentality of
cooperation for a new culture across multiple
industries and fields worldwide.

Functions make convenient just by
clicking ‘Insert’ button

One of the newly added
special feature that can
be done to create the

visually pleasant
presentation.

o Sway Is an easy web-based application
whereby new features making to reimagine a
new way to present ideas into visual treat
presentation called ‘Sways’ that are available
even in the front page of the Sway interface
itself.

o With Sway, there’s no need to spend lots of
time on formatting.

o Its built-in design format takes care of making
your creation look its best.

o If the initial design doesn’t quite match your
taste or mood, then, you can easily apply
another or fully customize your layout to
make it your own.

o Sway can be created and shared in appealing online
presentations, newsletters, stories and reports.

Stories Newsletters
Reports

Presentations

o Sway conveys an merging methodology for
contemporary teaching and learning involvement
across Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365).

o Sway allows presenters to visually organize the
information they want to share and each Sway has
its own link so that Sways can be shared easily on
the web and through email or social media.

PLATFORM AVAILABLE FOR SWAY
o It can be said that even if presentation in the form of digital
storytelling with continuous and cohesive layout to be created on a
desktop, it’ll scale to be viewable on a mobile device or tablet.
o Having with just Microsoft account which is free sign-up, You as digital
user have the privilege to share one’s thought and creativity into
digital storytelling presentation across any digital smart devices.

The following are the Platforms that can be utilized to access Sway:

NOTE

I. Whenever accessing Sway using web
‘www.Sway.office.com/’, the action can be done using
PC, laptop, tablet and Android smartphones as well
which is entire FREE!!! just by activating a Microsoft
account.

II. When using Windows 10 which can be acquired
through Windows Store.

III. Sway is exclusively available for iPhone and iPad
both in portrait and landscape view mode.

Features Advantages of Sway
in Sway
o What makes
PART2:UNIQUEFEATURES IN Microsoft Sway
SWAY have in extra than
PowerPoint?

Additional Features in New Features in
Sway Sway

 Simple o Accessibility View
modification o Closed Caption
o Navigation iew
 Quick content o Autoplay
sharing o Viewers Count
o Setting Image
 Apt for transfer
files Focus Point

 Virtual Storage

PART 2: UNIQUE FEATURES
IN SWAY

ADVANTAGES OF SWAY

o Sway-web-based, cloud data storing tool that is
pleasant to utilize.

o Inclusion of new feature named ‘Analytics’.
o Convenient utilization and tranquil customization.
o Acts as an uncomplicated communicating medium.
o Simple distribution of presentation outcome.
o Resourceful and operative association.
o All the works can be stored in data storage.

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2 Simple
modification

o Create colorful
3 presentation with

one click on

‘Customize’ Tab.
1 o Layouts can be

picked that goes

well with the

storyline design.
o The content will be

saved

automatically into

your cloud storage.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES
IN SWAY

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2 Quick Content
Sharing

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Your design can
shared with ease to
anyone preferred.

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1. Your finished ‘Sway’ presentation content can be
shared with the ‘Share’ button.

2. Able t0 send to the people you wanted to share
your content with.

3. Can get the embed code and copy the code that
appears in the dialog box .

ADDITIONAL FEATURES
IN SWAY

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Suitable to Transfer

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2

1. You can export your work without requiring any
extra works.

2. Very appropriate to change your ‘Sway’ storyline
into ‘Word’ or ‘PDF’ format’ respectively.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES
IN SWAY

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Virtual Storage

You can access to work
on ‘Sway’ by clicking on

‘Recent’ Tab

o Whenever a ‘Sway; storyline is created, it
automatically stores in your Microsoft account/
Organization/ education institution account.

o Not required to store in multiple places or drivers
which is very convenient to create/edit your
‘Sway’ presentation just by login to your account.

ACCESSIBILITY VIEW

Allows you to have a more
comfortable reading experience with

keyboard navigation and disabled
animation

When you turn the accessibility view on:
o The accessibility feature loads the entire content of Sway into the

memory.
o Thus, Assistive Technology can take over, access all your content

and simplify the working experience with the application.

o The content changes to black and white color in order to facilitate
easy reading.

o You can switch to a vertical scrolling mode in order to navigate
through the content easily

NEW FEATURES IN SWAY

1. CLOSED CAPTIONING

o An additional feature that gives an edge over PowerPoint which is
unique for Sway.

o This quirk also covers to video collections uploaded if you are a
Office 365 subscriber.

The wider choice of
languages and this can be
selected based on the user’s

preferences

o Microsoft creates use of a format that goes by the name of
Video Text Tracks (.vtt) for this feature.

o This format is put to use by a number of different web browsers
for closed captioning purposes.

o Whenever you are viewing a file with a CC symbol on the
bottom right corner of the screen, it indicates that the closed
captioning feature is on.

o Also, you are also able to adjust the language of the narration
on the media player and change how the captions look in the
player as well.

NEW FEATURES IN SWAY

2. NAVIGATION VIEW

o An unique function that provides a clearer view of the content.
o There are innumerable thumbnails that makes it convenient for the

reader to comprehend the context.
o Moreover, this Navigation View feature consist of of numbered tiles

(horizontal viewing mode).

Navigating number of tiles
(viewing mode)

o You can switch between different presentation sections as and
when needed according to your own preferences.

o For in such a case like if you are currently doing a presentation and
require to check something in the first few segments, you can do so
by selecting the right numbered tile as shown in the highlighted
portion of the image above.

NEW FEATURES IN SWAY

3. AUTOPLAY

o Auto play is another unique and yet required necessarily feature in
order to make your presentation more lively.

o This quirk puts the slides in the correct order accordingly and they
continuously playing on their own as well.

The timer for each slide or
‘Card ‘can be set based on
how long you wanted tour
outcome to be displayed

Once set the timer, you actually
can repeat the same setting of the
timer to be applied for number of

slides that you preferred.

o With the help of this special feature, you can put all the slides and
content pages in a loop as you wish.

NEW FEATURES IN SWAY

4. VIEWERS COUNT

o If you generate a presentation slide and put it on the web using Sway
for public or other people to view, there is one interesting quirk for
you to use, which is called as the ‘viewers count’ feature.

o This updated feature has been added to benefit you see on how
many people looked at your work that you have done.

Can acknowledge
on how many
people have

viewed your work
precisely as well.

The actual images of any living being or
objects van be converted into more
animated version to make the
presentation more fun .

o This is pretty vital because it allows you to comprehend the
viewership on your deck.

o To tell the truth, this feature entirely be contingent on your
privacy settings and who you share your presentation works
with.

o Once you consolidate the data and your Sway shows ‘no data’,
that means that the presentation has not been viewed since the
date it was published or released for public viewing.

NEW FEATURES IN SWAY

5. SETTING IMAGE FOCUS POINT

o Focus Point is an another unique feature which can be seen in the
‘Storyline’ button itself.

o The image that being placed in creating the presentation does not
always project the way you have envisioned, which largely could
impact the outcome of the ‘Storyline’ presentation.

o Thus, to emphasize certain vital portion of the image, using ‘Focus
Point’ feature is recommendable.

Tap on what's important so that Sway
can position your image and tap again

to remove.

o A preview will be shown of the image being projected in large
screen and small screen.

Sign up or Sign in to Start
Creating Sway

PART3:CreateSwayProjectfor o Step by step
RenewableEnergy UsingSAMRModel instruction to
create Microsoft
account.

o Login to Sway

Create Sway using SAMR Final output of Sway
Model
o Does all the step
o A step by step by step
instruction to instruction was
create a good enough to
presentation on create a visually
Renewable pleasant Sway
Energy using Presentation
SAMR Model

PART 3: CREATE NEW SWAY PROJECT FOR
RENEWABLE ENERGY BASED ON
‘SAMR’ MODEL

SIGN UP OR SIGN IN TO START CREATING
o Kindly visit portal.office.com to get started with Sway.
o ‘Sign in’ icon located on the top right corner by key in

full email id and password.

Create or Login to
start

 Key in your email address that intended to use that
was originated from Microsoft Account that comprises
Hotmail and Outlook.com.

 If Sway is required for work or education purpose,
you can enter your school or organization’s email
address to have the full experience on virtual
presentation.

 You are encouraged to visit
www.microsoft.com/account to ‘sign up’ for free.

START SWAY WITH (CREATE NEW) ICON BY
IMPLEMENTING SAMR MODEL.

SAMR MODEL

MODEL #1: SUBSTITUTION-USE TECHNOLOGY THAN CONVENTIONAL

Create a Use this option for Can choose any files
presentation by Sway to give the from the device in
clicking ‘Create New’ topic automatically
Word, PDF or
PowerPoint

1. When displaying ‘My Sways’, click or tap ‘Create
New’ ’ page that opens after you’ve signed in, to
start creating your Sway storyline.

2. When ‘start from a topic’, to have Sway provide
base content for you. Type your topic in the ‘Enter a
topic box’ and then select ‘Create outline’.

3. When Start from a document, to import content
from an existing file. Browse to and select the file,
and then select ‘Open’.

Start By Knowing Sway Storyline

o The ‘Storyline’ is the place where typing, inserting, editing, as well as
formatting the content that tells the story takes the center stage.

o The content is arranged in correct order via cards, whereby each
embraces the type of content that desired such as text, images, videos,
and even office documents.

o The order of cards can be rearranged at in many ways based on own
preferences.

Naming Headline/Title for Document

o Snap the ‘Title your Sway’ placeholder text shown in the slide on the
Storyline above.

o Sway presentation will be concentrating on various types of story.
o After that, the moment the finished Sway product is about to be shared,

this title that being named will be the first thing that will give the
impression for every person that are viewing the Sway cards.

MODEL #2: AUGMENTATION-INCLUSION OF MEDIA FOR CREATIVITY
Adding Images to Sway ‘Storyline’ of Harvesting Renewable Energy

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1. Drag and drop the images and videos from the
suggested searches.

2. Click on the ‘Text Card’ to customize your text
format.

3. Click or tap the ‘+’ icon at the bottom of the
existing card to ensure it is included to your
presentation.

4. Dragged and dropped images and videos will
placed on the left side of the title part.

More Option to add Images 2
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3

1. More contents can be added to your Sway
presentation just by clicking ‘Suggested’ Tab for
presentation to help search the suitable contents.

2. On the menu bar, click ‘Insert’, select the preferred
content source from the menu, and then enter any
search keyword or phrase into the ‘Search sources’
box.

3. You also can use other search engines such as:
 Flickr
 Bing Images
 Pickit

More Option to add Images

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4. Option to search the Web for the content, such as
videos, and add it to ‘Card’ as well.

5. Add more contents to your presentation by surfing
into YouTube.

6. The image got by searching the My Device can be
added as an additional content to Sway, such as an
image that is stored on computer or mobile device.

MODEL #3: MODIFICATION- UTILIZE THE AUDIO/VOICE OVER
CAPABILITY TO CONVEY THE IDEA VERBALLY
Include Audio to Sway ‘Storyline’ of Harvesting Renewable Energy

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1. Select the Audio button to add your audio from your device
file as part of giving new dimension to the ‘Sway’
Presentation.

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2. Once Select the Audio, it will be added to your ‘Sway’
Presentation.

MODEL #4: REDEFINITION- SHARING ‘SWAY’ PRESENTATION WITHOUT
RESTRICTION

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1. You can redefine the term of collaboration by
sharing your contents with your peoples that you
wanted to do so.

2. You can even customize the handing over control
of your Sway presentation to the people that you
share your content with by changing between ‘view’
and ’edit’ button respectively.

Preview Sway Presentation Design

o The Sway presentation progress can be
previewed with the click of ‘Design tab’.

o When previewing your presentation, it can be
seen that how it will appear to others as well.

o To experience the Sway presentation, click the
‘Play’ button on the top menu bar.

o To return to the presentation when done
previewing, click the ‘Storyline’ button.

Sway opens a panel on the
left that gives you options to
quickly redesign your Sway

o You can choose various themes to decorate your
Sway Presentation by changing the appearances
of your design.

Customize Design Styles of Sway Presentation of Chosen Topic

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1. To choose a style for the Sway that have the
‘wow’ factor, click ‘Design’ on the menu bar,
and then select ‘Styles’.

2. Click the ‘Remix!’ button whereby it
automatically provides appropriate design
and layout for your presentation as shown in
the image above.

3. Just click the ‘Customize’ button in the
Styles pane whereby specific part of the
currently applied style also can be adjusted,
such as color, font, and textures as in the
image above.

Important Note

 ‘Remix’ is an unique feature
in which it provides assist to
design your presentation
based on your contents
layout and structure

Play & Experience Movie Like Presentation

Therefore, as shown in the above, It is the final
outcome from Sway’s Presentation for ‘Generate AC
and DC by Harvesting Renewable Energy’ that bring
the entire presentation to live and able to experience
such as Theatre atmosphere.

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