Google Drive Slides

Google Slides Google Drive Create and share your work online and access your documents from 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 1 2 From the Google homepage, select Drive

Getting Started Click on New Select your desired program (Docs, Sheets, Slides) Note: Click on More for Forms and Drawings

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

Select Undo to delete a previous mistake Edit Select Undo to 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…

Select from a variety of shapes for the presentation 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 Check Spelling 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… Select Table – Insert Table Determine the appropriate number of rows and columns The program will automatically add the table to the slide

Type what you are trying to find into the help box

Further Lessons Other lessons will explore… Docs (Word Processing) Sheets (Spreadsheets) Forms Drawings

Activity #1 –All About You The Best way to learn is to teach. You will be creating a slide show about you! You will be putting together your information into a 5 slide Google Slides presentation. Be creative and use the tools we’ve talked about.