Community reviews for Sway

Office Sway is a type of presentation tool from Microsoft. Text, pictures, and videos can easily be added on pages. Transitions are automatically added to the presentation. Pictures searched through Sway are Creative Commons friendly.

For novice users Sway may not be as user-friendly. So, when I am working with teachers and students I share a Sway Quick Reference guide for support. Once they start using it, they get the hang of it and will want to make their presentation/digital story unique and creative. For Office 365 users, the Sway app is easily accessible online making “creating and storytelling” available from anywhere at anytime. Sways can be shared to work on collaboratively which is ideal for group projects and presentations. Teachers can create Sways to present their lessons and then share them with students to access later by sharing the link. They can add images, videos, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, and more. The only limitation with Sway, at this point, is that it does not run on auto-play so you must advance the slides or elements manually. It will work with a presentation remote, though.