Google Slides Essential Training (2022)
1h 9mBeginner2022-01-10
Authors

Jess Stratton
LinkedIn Learning Staff Author, Tech Consultant
Course details
Learn how to create high-impact presentations with Google Slides. Follow along with staff instructor Jess Stratton as she shows how to plan and build a presentation. Jess shows how to get started with a template or create a new slideshow from scratch. She covers adding and formatting text, working with images and shapes, and inserting video, diagrams, and charts. She also shows how to increase engagement with animation, collaborate with others in real time, download slides to your desktop, and use Presenter view to run the show.
Skills covered
Google SlidesPresentationsGoogleEssential TrainingBusiness Software and Tools
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Create powerful presentations quickly
1. Get Started with Google Slides
- 02 - Tour the interface
- 03 - Get started quickly with a template
- 04 - Create a presentation from scratch
2. Work with Slides
- 05 - Add, remove, and rearrange slides
- 06 - Change the slide layout
- 07 - Change the slide color or background
- 08 - Add your own text boxes
- 09 - Add fonts to your presentation
- 10 - Use the Explore tool to design slides
3. Images and Shapes
- 11 - Add images
- 12 - Work with shapes
- 13 - Align objects on a slide
- 14 - Understand object layering
- 15 - Crop images to shapes
4. Video, Diagrams, and Charts
- 16 - Add video
- 17 - Create diagrams
- 18 - Create a chart
5. Transitions and Animations
- 19 - Add slide transitions
- 20 - Create animations for objects and text
6. Collaborate and Present
- 21 - Add speaker notes
- 22 - Share and collaborate with others
- 23 - View previous slide revisions
- 24 - Print, email, and download slides
- 25 - Use Presenter view to run the show
Conclusion
- 26 - Take Google Slides further