PowerPoint Presenter Coach

One of the really common tasks students are asked to do is give a presentation. This gives them the opportunity to get creative with slide design and develop media fluency with images, video etc PLUS practice pitching an idea or persuasively arguing a point to a group of people.
It is an important skill to develop.
This feature in PowerPoint allows you to practice giving a presentation and get feedback on how well you did – check it out!




  1. Open your presentation in PowerPoint for the web.
  2. Sign in with a personal Microsoft account, or an Office 365 work or school account.
  3. On the Slide Show tab, select Rehearse with Coach. (If you've turned off the Simplified Ribbon, you don't have a Slide Show tab; instead use the View tab to start Presenter Coach.)
  4. The presentation opens in a full-screen view, similar to Slide Show.
  5. Select Get Started at the lower right when you are ready to begin rehearsing.
  6. As you speak, Coach gives on-screen guidance (in the lower-right corner of the window) about pacing, inclusive language, use of profanity, filler words, and whether you're reading the slide text.
  7. When you're through, exit the full-screen view. Coach opens a Rehearsal Report that summarizes what it observed.