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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