The key difference lies in how your content is handled:
Transform a document: Your content is summarized and reworded to suit a course format. It focuses on readability and learner engagement, rather than preserving your original wording.
Convert a presentation: Your content is kept exactly as written. This method is ideal when your presentation has already been reviewed, approved, or is required to stay word-for-word—like in compliance, legal, or technical training.
In short:
Use Transform when you want help reworking your content into a course format, and the content is in one of the following file types: PDF, Word (.doc, .docx), PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx), Text (.txt) or Rich Text Format (.rtf).
Use Convert when the wording and structure of your content must remain unchanged and the content is in a presentation format (E.g. ppt, .pptx, and .key.
For other formats like Google Slides, you’ll need to export as .pptx first.)
Both methods will get you to a completed course—just with different levels of interpretation and control over the original material.