Description

Google Slides is an easy-to-use and powerful presentation tool integrated directly into Google Drive.  Using many of the same functions of Microsoft PowerPoint in a stripped-down interface,  users can quickly and easily create beautiful and informational presentations online. Slides also takes advantage of being Internet-based by including Q&A and mobile presentation features.  After completing the session, participants should be able to use the basic features of Google Slides to create, format, save and share presentations anytime, anywhere. 

Assumptions

Participants in this course should have some basic familiarity with using Google Drive. Passing familiarity with Powerpoint. 

Required Participant Prep Work

Agenda

• Why Use Slides?
• Creating Slides
• Converting from PowerPoint
• What is the same as PowerPoint?
• Slide Types
• Bullets/Numbers/Images
• What is Different?
• Themes in sidebars
• No color variants
• Sometimes doesn’t auto-resize Text
• Adding Video
• Adding  Charts:
• Directly created
• From Sheets
• Explore bar
• Presenter Mode
• Present from mobile device

Learning Outcomes

After completing this module, participants will be able to:

• Create Google Slides Presentations from scratch in Google Drive
• Create a Google Slides Presentation by converting an uploaded PowerPoint.
• Change the presentation theme
• Add YouTube Videos to a presentation
• Add a directly-created chart
• Add a chart from a sheet
• Accept Q&A using Presenter Mode
• Present from a mobile device