USING google.docs For Presentation Projects Tahoma Jr. High 8 th Grade Science Maple Valley, WA

1 st : you must Sign In or go to your go.Tahoma account somehow (or create an account) go to

At school your sign in may look like this.

2 nd : you click on Drive

3 rd : you will need to create a new document. Click on New.

4 th : you will need to choose which type of document you will be creating. We will be creating a PowerPoint like document which Google calls Google Slides. Click on Google Slides

5 th : choose a theme by clicking on your theme choice. You can put other backgrounds on later. Remember these need to be seen easily from the back of the room, so simple is sometimes better.

6 th : you will need to share the slides with your group. Click on Share in the upper right.

7 th : you will need to name your slide presentation. Use the format shown by your teacher.

8th: Add the go.Tahoma address of your team members. Be sure to unclick the Notify people via box.

9th: Click on your group members

Then… change your teacher to Owner

To save your project to a flashdrive for insurance should the internet or google site go down, click File, Download as, Microsoft PowerPoint

Once you have “Downloaded As… PowerPoint”, your PPT file will be saved in your documents as a PPT file. If you want to move a copy somewhere else (your flashdrive, Student Documents folder, etc.) then you will have to “Upload - Files” to that location.

WORK WITH THIS FREE VERSION OF “POWERPOINT” AND OVER TIME YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE VERY NICE SLIDES AND SAVE THEM PROPERLY – IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO LEARN HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS (just like any other program) BUT IT’S FREE !! (and you can do real-time collaboration with others on ONE FILE)

REMEMBER WHENEVER YOU’VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO TAKE A MINUTE TO “DOWNLOAD as…” and “UPLOAD” YOUR FILE TO SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR BACKUP. A flashdrive is a great place – as it’s part of Required Student Equipment every day at school (just like your Science Journal is required for every Science class) BE AWARE WE HAVE SEEN PICTURES MOVE A BIT WHEN BEING CONVERTED, BUT YOU AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING WORKABLE IF THE INTERNET/google SITE GOES DOWN. SAVE A “soft copy” OFTEN TO…

Finally – check over all the work done by others in your group. Contact them FIRST about any SUGGESTED changes. (use the Comment function) DO NOT EVER CHANGE ANYONE ELSE’S WORK (you will put ONE NAME ON EACH SLIDE – that is the “owner”) End show Jen D.