Learn how to use Office Sway for presentations, digital storytelling, newsletters and more. It is free for anyone to use, works on all devices, and is easy to collaborate on with others. Oh, and it's fun too!

1. Walk This Sway!
By Jonathan Wylie, Technology Consultant: Grant Wood AEA
Contact: jwylie@gwaea.org, @jonathanwylie

2. What is Sway?
- The newest member of the Office family
- An online presentation and storytelling app
- A cross platform tool that works on all devices

3. Get Started at Sway.com

4. Add a Title
The title can stand alone, or you can add a background image for your title by tapping
the background square and uploading a new image.

5. Add Cards
Use the Text Card to add blocks of paragraph sized text to your Sway
The Heading card lets you divide up your Sway into sections
Pictures can be uploaded or added from a variety of places
Video can be added from YouTube, and other services
Tweets can be added too. Simply search for keywords to find the tweets you need
The Embed card lets you add HTML embed code to add objects from other sites

6. More Cards
Add a group of photos you want to display together
Add an interactive stack of photos you can click through one by one
Add two photos for a before and after comparison. Move the slider to compare.
Add multiple photos to create a slideshow in your Sway
Add multiple photos and arrange them in a grid view
Add an Excel powered chart to create interactive data graphs

7. Preview Your Sway
Sway Editor Sway Canvas

8. Design
Click the Design tab to choose from a
variety of built-in themes for your
Sway. Each one has been carefully
designed to make your content shine,
and no design skills are required.
Need some inspiration? Click the
Remix button for a random theme for
you. All your existing content will
automatically be resized and
formatted for the new theme.
You can customize any theme by
clicking the Design tab, and then the
Customize button where you can
change fonts and colors.

9. Navigation
The navigation tab lets you choose
which way you would like viewers
to interact with your content.
You can choose between vertical
scrolling, (like a website page), or
horizontal scrolling.
Arrows are provided for the viewer
to jump to the next page, but the
spacebar can also be used for this.

10. Sharing
Share on Facebook
Tweet link
Get a sharing link
Get a link for collaborators
Generate HTML embed code
Set privacy settings for your Sway. People
with the link, is the default setting.
Revoke access granted to collaborators

11. Manage
Share Duplicate Delete
You can copy, delete and share any Sway that you have made by clicking My Sways, and then looking for
the three dots in the top right-hand corner of the Sway you would like to manage. Click to make changes.

12. Classroom Uses
Classroom newsletters
Digital storytelling
One page websites
Group projects
Photo journalism
Procedural writing
Book reports
School event flyers
Presentations
Sway within a Sway
Classroom resources/syllabus
Interactive lesson delivery
Digital portfolios for Art
Sharing student work
Professional development
Student reports

13. Walk This Sway!
By Jonathan Wylie, Technology Consultant: Grant Wood AEA
Contact: jwylie@gwaea.org, @jonathanwylie
Slides can be found at: tinyurl.com/WalkThisSway