1. Google Drive
Slides

2. 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 .

3. Getting Started 1 2
From the Google homepage, select Drive

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

5. Select Slides

6. Theme Select a Theme and press OK
Note: The Theme can be changed anytime under the Theme tab

7. Theme

8. Background

9. Layout

10. Transitions

11. New Slide
New Slide with Layout

12. The next slides will investigate the Menu Bar

13. File

14. Select Undo to delete a previous mistake
Edit
Select Undo to delete a previous mistake

15. View Zoom in to examine a small area of the slide
Full Screen to view the presentation in Presentation mode

16. Insert
Insert a Text box, Image, Video, Word art, Line, Shape, Table and New Slide
The following 5 slides will demonstrate inserting these features…

17. Select from a variety of shapes for the presentation
Insert - Shape
Select from a variety of shapes for the presentation

18. Insert - Image Drag or upload an image into this area
It will automatically be uploaded into your document

19. 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

20. Insert – Word art
Word Art is great for Titles

21. Insert – New Slide The slides are displayed in this location
There are currently 3 slides in the presentation

22. Slide - Transition
Select Type of Transition – Example Fade and apply settings

23. Slide – Apply Layout
Select from a variety of layouts for your slides

24. Format
Format Text
Add Bulleted or Numbered lists

25. Arrange - Order
Move a shape in front or behind another shape, text or image

26. 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

27. 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

28. Type what you are trying to find into the help box

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

30. 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.