PowerPoint remains a popular presentation app today. So, if you're looking to jazz up your slides, here are twelve sites for free animated templates.

A single animated PowerPoint template will create a more engaging presentation. But soon, you'll need another. You can save a lot of time by bookmarking a template resource that offers animated slide decks. And wouldn't it be nice if they were free, too?

Luckily, we've got you covered. Check out these ten free sites for animated PowerPoint templates and slide decks.

Besides a huge selection of animated PowerPoint templates, PowerPoint School offers infographics and timelines. You'll also find easy-to-follow tutorials on adding your own animations.

Many of the templates are generic, but stylish. You'll find both colorful and minimalist, monochrome charts, graphs, and explainers. Perfect for your next quarterly report or Zoom meeting.

Canva offers several animated presentation templates. You can even edit, record, and share them right in the browser! You can also download them as .pptx files. To edit them in PowerPoint instead of Canva's browser software, follow these steps:

You may be able to get free Canva Premium as a student. This opens up all of Canva's premium animated assets for you to use.

Set the License filter to Free to see all of Slidesgo's free animated templates. These files work in both PowerPoint and Google Slides. They're available in many themes, from birthday slideshows to infographics.

The templates on Slidesgo are colorful, with a fun aesthetic. They are generally well suited to events. Grade school or high school projects would also work well on these templates.

SlideSalad has many business and informational templates. They provide slick, animated designs for proposals, reports, portfolios, and more. Graduate students can also find attractive templates for thesis defense.

You will need a free account to download templates. SlideSalad also has premium templates, but doesn't run on a subscription plan. Instead, you pay per-order for premium templates.

Envato Elements is a premium website, but you can grab a seven-day Free Trial and download as many templates as you like. Envato Elements has a good stock of animated PowerPoint templates for meetings, as well as webinars and reports.

Alongside the infographics, you can find colorful event templates. These are suitable for turning into social media stories. Envato Elements even has PowerPoint templates that are pre-optimized for Instagram Stories.

Slideegg limits free accounts to 5 downloads per day. Each download contains a single animated slide. On one hand, this means you might need two or more days to grab enough slides. On the other hand, mixing and matching gives you almost endless use.

You can also add templates to your Wishlist to save them for later. Most templates are geared toward infographics and other informational presentations. But you can still find fun animated slides for brand demonstrations and events, too.

SlideModel has a good selection of free animated PowerPoint templates. But, its search engine has no filters, making it tough to find them among the premium offerings.

The easiest way to find the free templates is to Google this string: site:Slidemodel.com “free” AND “animated”. This will bring up the array of free, animated PowerPoint files available from SlideModel.com.

Giant Template offers only one animated PowerPoint template. Yet, this template contains 30 different slides, all of them animated. Most of the graphics are stylish geometric shapes. You can easily customize them for re-use.

Other graphics include pictures that you can swap out for your own photos or logos. You can get lots of reuse out of these classy slides by adjusting colors and swapping out some images.

This private Gumroad shop has several free PowerPoint templates. It specializes in infographics and charts, so it's great for explainers and business reports. Some are editable in Excel, so you can integrate your detailed charts and graphics.

All the templates are Pay What You Want, so you can enter $0.00 and get it for free. If you like it, go back and leave a tip to support the creator.

SlideHunter mostly in static templates, but has four excellent options available for animation. Two for medical presentations, and two for business interests.

You can get even more use out of these templates by adding your own PowerPoint animations. A simple transition effect can make PowerPoint's included slides blend seamlessly with SlideHunter's templates.

Slide Chef is a free slide resource. Their templates are for Google Slides, but you can use the files in PowerPoint as well. The animated slide decks on this website are good for children's lessons. The animation is sure to help hold their attention.

There are also a few resources suitable for adults. You can find scientific explainers and more generic templates, too.

Some slide decks on SlidesMania are fully animated, others only animate the cover. The style is good for children's' lessons or holiday events.

Unlike many other templates, SlidesMania templates offer more than transitions and entrance animations. The backgrounds and decorative elements are animated, too. And they keep moving the whole time.

With these template providers, you can prepare pitches, reports, proposals, and other in-person communications. Simply swap some colors and images, add your text, and go!

But PowerPoint isn't just for slideshows. Make the most of template resources, for both presentations and static media like posters and flyers!

Natalie Stewart is a writer for MakeUseOf. She first became interested in technology in college and developed a passion for media writing in university. Natalie's focus is on tech that is accessible and easy to use, and she loves apps and devices that make life simpler for everyday people.

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