Google Slides

Google Slides is a web-based presentation program offered through Google Suites which allows users to create slideshow presentation remotely on most devices. Google Slides also allows groups of people to edit presentations simultaneously and automatically saves changes. In today’s class, you are going to learn how to do the basic functions in Google Slides.

***Only users with Gmail accounts can access Google Slides***

By the end of today’s lesson, you will be able to:  Access and create Google Slides presentation  Edit presentation  Present Google Slides presentation  Share presentation  Download Google Slides presentation to computer as a PowerPoint presentation and/or PDF  Upload PowerPoint presentation to Google Slides

Access and create Google Slides presentation 1. Log in to your Gmail account and click on the overflow icon in the top right-hand corner. A drop-down menu will appear

2. Click on the Google Slides icon 3. Once in Google Slides, click on the Blank presentation icon and presentation page will appear 4. Title the document by clicking “Untitled presentation” in the top left corner and typing in a new title. 5. Edit the document as you usually would on Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. 6. Slides automatically saves changes once you stop typing. When you are done, simply close the window or click on the Google Slides icon next to the document title.

Edit presentation 1. Add New Slide/ Delete a Slide  Add new slide – Click on the plus sign icon below the Google Slides icon  Delete a slide – In preview panel on the left, choose the slide you would like to delete. Press Backspace or Delete 2. Adding Text – In the text box, click on the words “Click to add…” and type. The words “Click to add…” will automatically delete 3. Change Slide Layout – Add a new slide then click on the Layout icon on the toolbar. You will see a dropdown menu with layout options. Choose a layout. This layout change will only affect the slide on which you are working. 4. Choose Theme – A theme will affect the background format and font for the whole presentation.  Click on the Theme… icon on the toolbar. A menu will appear on the right; scroll through the theme options and click on your desired theme. 5. Change Slide Background – Changing the background will affect individual slides. If you want to change the background of all the slides, you will need to make the change on the Master slide.  Click on the Background icon on the toolbar. You will see options to change Color, Image, and Reset to theme.  Color – Click on the dropdown menu to see color options

 Image – Click on Choose… and upload an image from your computer or Google Drive as the background of the slide  Reset to theme – Reset the changes you made to the slide by clicking on Reset. The slide will revert back to the original theme. 6. Insert Text Box/Image – Add multiple text boxes and images to slides and adjust their sizes.  Add text box – Click on Insert > Text box. On the slide, left-click and hold then draw your mouse diagonally to the right. Once the box is at the desired size, release the mouse. You can adjust the size of the text box by bringing hovering the cursor over one of the corners of the text box and click on the small squares. Left-click and hold; adjust the text box to your desired shape and size.  Add image – Click Insert > Image > Upload from computer. Choose an image from your computer. Move the image by hovering the cursor over the image until you see a four-directional icon. Left-click and hold the image; move the image to the desired area on the slide. Adjust the size of the image by hovering your mouse over one of the corner squares. Left-click and hold; adjust the image to your desire size. 7. Delete Text Box/Image  Delete text box – Hover your mouse over the blue line of the text box until you see the four-directional icon and click. Press Backspace or Delete.  Delete image – Click on the image then press Backspace or Delete. 8. Add Transitions – Click on a neutral space in the background which is not covered by a text box or image. This will unhighlight text boxes or images. Click on Transition… in the toolbar menu. Choose a slide transition by clicking on dropdown menu. If you would like the transition apply to all slides, click on Apply to all slides. 9. Add Speaker Notes – Speaker notes are notes for the presenter that the audience will not see.  Under the slide, click on “Click to add speaker notes” and type. 10. Master Slide (Custom background, header/footer, watermark) – The Master slide is a slide that acts as the template for the entire presentation. You are able add a custom background, a header/footer, or a watermark.  Custom background – Click on View > Master. In the left-side panel, click on the slide at the top. Click Background in the toolbar menu then click on the Choose button next to Image. Click on Choose an image to upload and browse through your computer’s folders for the image you want to upload.  Custom header/footer - Click on View > Master. In the left-side panel, click on the slide at the top.

Present Google Slides presentation 1. In the top right hand corner of the page, click on Present. At the bottom of the presentation, you should see a presentation toolbar. Play presentation Manually choose Full-screen Settings - slides View speaker

notes, print,

download as PDF or PowerPoint

Previous slide Display question Next slide Turns mouse into from audience a pointer

View speaker notes

Share presentation If you would like to collaborate on a document simultaneously with another Gmail account user, you can share the document.

1. To share your document with another user, click on the Share icon in the top right-hand corner of the document 2. A window will pop up and you will be able to type in the email address of the user with whom you would like to share Can Edit – Users have Instead of sharing editing rights, you can also just Type in the as much control as the share the link to the document with users email address creator. Up to 100 and press Enter. users can edit a single You can share a document document with Can Comment – Users up to 200 can insert comments people. You can but they cannot edit also send a the document itself document to a group in your Can View – Users can contacts only view a document – up to 200 people are able to view a document

Download Google Slides presentation to computer as a PowerPoint presentation and/or PDF. 1. Click on File > Download as 2. Click on Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) or PDF Document (.pdf) and choose to Save File. The file will automatically be saved to the Downloads folder on the computer

Upload PowerPoint presentation to Google Slides 1. In the Google Slides main menu, click on the dark gray folder found right above the previously saved Google Slides presentations and a window will pop up giving you access to your Google Drive

2. Choose the Uploads tab 3. Click on

4. You can choose a PowerPoint presentation from your computer and it will automatically open in Google Slides

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