To Get into Google Slides: Clickon“MyDrive”thenclickon“GoogleSlides”

Step 1 – Pick a theme 1. The“Themes”menushouldappearontheright,ifitdoesnot,thenclickon“Themes”atthetopand

themenuwillappear.2. Chooseathemeyoulike.Youshouldsticktoonethemeforthewholepresentation.Fornow,wewill

notusephotosforyourbackground.Wewillworkonthatlater.3. Othertabs:

a. Background–clickonthisonetochangethebackgroundcolorforthethemeyouselected.b. Layout–clickonthisonetochooseyourlayout.Whenyoustartagoogleslidepresentation,

thefirstslideisaTitleslide.Thenextslideis“Titleandbody”bydefault.Thisistheonewewilluseformostofthepresentation.

c. Theme–wediscussedaboved. Transition–wewillworkonthisonceallourslidesaredone.

4. IfdoingaGroupProject:a. HaveonepersoninthegroupdotheTitlepage.b. Haveeveryonecreateasectionheaderpagefortheirsection.c. Probablybestforthewholegrouptousethesametheme.Maybeeachpersoninthegroup

canpickadifferentcolorforthethemebuttrytokeepthesamethemeforconsistency.d. Tocreateasectionheader:

i. Clickonthe“Layout”tabii. Select“SectionHeader”iii. Clickinthetextboxtoaddthetextforyoursectionheader.

ThemesMenu

Slideformattabs

Step 2 – Create your Title Page 1. AddyourTitle.Thefontandsizearedeterminedbythe“Theme”youselected.Ifyouwanttochange

thefontorsize,thenhighlightthetextandyoucanchangeitmanuallylikeyoudoinWORD.

2. Addyoursub-title.Usuallyyournameandthedate.MaybeaddyourRoomnumberandteachertoo.

Adding pictures: 1. Picturesmakeyourpresentationmoreinterestingsomakesureyouaddthemtoyourslides.2. Toaddapicture:

a. Clickon“Insert”,thenclickon“Image”.Thiswindowwillpopup.

3. Ifyouaretakingaphotofromtheinternetthenclickon“ByURL”.Ifyouhaveaphotofileonyourcomputerthenclickon“Upload”.

4. FromtheInternet:a. Typeinthenameofthephotoyouwant(inthisexampleItypedin“icecream”).b. Clickon“Images”tofindthumbnailimagesofyourtopic.c. Findthephotoyouwanttouse,thenclickonit.Thiswillbringupalargerpictureofthe

photod. Rightclickonthephotothenselect“Copyimageaddress”

5. Inthepopupboxabove,pastetheimageaddressorURLinthebox.6. ClickonSelect.Thiswillpastethephotoinyourslide.

Creating a Title and Body slide: 1. Clickontheplussigntoaddanewslide.2. Thedefaultnewslideisthe“TitleandBody”slide.Ifyougetadifferentslidelayout,justclickonthe

“Layout”tabinthebarandthenselect“TitleandBody”.

3. TypeinyourTitle4. Clickinthebodytostartaddingyourcontentbullets.Rememberyourslidecontentsshouldbe4to6

shortbullets.Itisnotnecessarytohavecompletesentencesandyougenerallydon’twantmorethanonesentenceorideaperbullet.Youwantthefonttobelargeenoughtobeseenfromthebackoftheroom.

5. Ifyourbulletsdonotappearautomatically,youcaninsertbulletsby:a. Clickon“More”b. Thenclickonthe“Bulletedlist”icon.Clickonthedownarrownexttotheicontochooseyour

bulletstyle.Otherwisethedefaultisacirclebullet.

Createallyourslidesandthenwewilllearnabouttransitions.

“More”BulletedListicon