Sway in Office 365
Sway in Office 365
Sway in Office 365
Introduction
Sway is an interactive program in Office 365 that helps you create and share polished reports,
presentations, personal stories, newsletters, and more. In this tutorial, you will learn how to
create and share a Sway using built-in tools.
Learning Objectives
Completion of this tutorial will give you experience with the following:
• Create a Sway
• Insert images, videos and audio files
• Embed forms, documents, audio clips and more from sources like Microsoft Forms,
SharePoint, and SoundCloud
• Group images
• Share a Sway
Case Study
Frodo is a Gr. 5 student who has chosen Sway in Office 365 as a tool for creating a Student
Profile and E-Portfolio. He wants to show his growth throughout the year in his projects. He
needs to learn what functions and features are available and how to use them to effectively
create his Student Profile and E-Portfolio.
Go to https://www.office.com
1 and sign in using your district
email address and password.
2 Click Sway.
Heading 1 Heading 1 Card will divide your Sway into sections. Consider this as
a title of a section within Sway.
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of Contents
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Table of
Contents Heading 2
Consider Heading 2 as a title of a sub-section within a section.
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Text
Add some text or paste in text you have copied from elsewhere.
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Accent italicizes your text. It differentiates the Accent text from the
text next to it. It is available in all Text Cards.
Font Effects
in a Text
Placeholder Link creates a hyperlink in your Sway. It is available in all Text Cards.
Card
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Bullets create a bulleted list. It is only available in the Text Card.
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Video
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You can add videos using this Video Card.
Audio
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of Contents An Audio Card places an audio within your Sway. Sway supports the
most popular audio formats such as .mp3, .mp4, .wav, etc.
Embed
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of Contents You can embed forms, documents, audio clips and more from
sources like Microsoft Forms, SharePoint, and SoundCloud.
Upload
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of Contents You can upload existing files – e.g. images, vidoes, audios, Word
(.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx) – from your computer.
There are five different ways of grouping Image Cards.
Automatic
Automatic
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The Automatic Group Card automatically changes the layout of all
the Cards it contains.
Stack
Group
Type Back to Table
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The Comparison Group Card is used to show a comparison, and
works with only 2 Cards within the Group.
Slideshow
(Slideshow)
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(Thumbnail Images)
The Slideshow Group Card lets you add multiple Image Cards to
create a slideshow within Sway. There are three types of Slideshow
Cards that you can choose from.
Grid
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To view the example of how these Pladholder Cards can be used in Sway, please go to
http://setbc.link/?swaycardexample.
2 Subtle
Moderate
(from the left – Subtle, Moderate and Intense)
Intense
Go to Forms in O365.