Google Slides
Google Drive
•Create and share your work online and access
yourdocumentsfrom anywhere
•Manage documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, and
more all in one location
•This lesson contains screen shots, tips and instructions for using
Presentations (now known as Slides) within Google Drive.
Note: other lessons will explore documents, spreadsheets,
drawings and forms within Google Drive. This lesson introduces
Google Drive and explains Google Slides.
Getting Started
From the Google homepage, select Drive
1
2
1.Click on New
2.Select your desired program
(Docs, Sheets, Slides)
Note: Click on More for Forms
and Drawings
Getting Started
Select Slides
Theme
•Select a Theme and press OK
•Note: The Theme can be changed
anytime under the Theme tab
Theme
Background
Layout
Transitions
New Slide
New Slide with Layout
The next slides will investigate
the Menu Bar
File
Edit
Select Undoto
delete a previous
mistake
View
Zoom in to
examine a small
area of the slide
Full Screen to view the
presentation in
Presentation mode
Insert
Insert a Text box,
Image, Video,
Word art, Line,
Shape, Table and
New Slide
The following 5 slides will demonstrate
inserting these features…
Insert -Shape
Select from a variety
of shapes for the
presentation
Insert -Image
•Drag or upload an image
into this area
•It will automatically be
uploaded into your
document
Insert -Video
•The words Google Drive were typed
into the YouTube search area
•A series of videos are displayed below
to select for the presentation
Insert –Word art
Word Art is great for Titles
Insert –New Slide
•The slides are displayed in this location
•There are currently 3 slides in the
presentation
Slide -Transition
Select Type of Transition –
Example Fade and apply settings
Slide –Apply Layout
Select from a variety of
layouts for your slides
Format •Format Text
•Add Bulleted
or Numbered
lists
Arrange -Order
Move a shape in front or behind
another shape, text or image
Tools
1.Check Spelling
2.Research a Topic
•The topic hockey was entered
into the search area
•A list of web results is created
including images and information
Table –Insert table
Steps…
1.Select Table –Insert Table
2.Determine the appropriate
number of rows and columns
3.The program will automatically
add the table to the slide
Help
Type what you are
trying to find into
the help box
Further Lessons
Other lessons will explore…
oDocs (Word Processing)
oSheets (Spreadsheets)
oForms
oDrawings
Activity #1 –All About You
•The Bestway to learn is to teach.
•You will be creating a slide show about you!
•You will be putting together your
information into a 5slide Google Slides
presentation.
•Be creative and use the tools we’ve talked
about.