Slide Training Courses

Course Duration

Course Overview

This course is aimed at those new to Google Slides, or who have limited knowledge of the package. During this course delegates will explore the Slides environment and create presentations.

Delegates will format text on slides, add graphical objects to a presentation, modify objects on slides, add tables to a presentation, add charts to a presentation and prepare to deliver a presentation.

Course Content

• Exploring the Environment

  Accessing Slides
  Exploring the User Interface
  Getting Help

• Creating a Presentation

  Creating a presentation
  Adding slides to a presentation
  Working with themes
  Entering and editing text
  Navigating through a presentation
  Presentation views
  Saving in Slides
  Downloading your Google Slides presentation as a .pptx file
  Uploading a PowerPoint presentation into Slides
  

• Master Slides

  Understanding Master Slide View
  Create your own Master Slide Style
  Customising slide layouts

• Formatting Text on Slides

  Character formats
  Paragraph formats
  Formatting text placeholders

• Video and Audio

  Add Video from Drive
  Add Video from Online Source (YouTube etc.)
  Add Audio Clips from Drive etc

• Adding Tables to a Presentation

  Creating a table
  Formatting tables

• Charts

  Insert a chart into your presentation
  Editing the data source
  Linking and unlinking the Chart
  Deleting the chart
  Wrapping it to existing text

• Insert Diagrams, Pictures and Screenshots

  Insert diagrams e.g. Timelines, Grids, Flow Diagrams, Hierarchy Structures etc.
  Modify the diagrams and add extra information
  Insert Pictures from different Sources
  Modify your images (e.g. Crop etc)
  Insert Screenshots from other windows and programs

• Modifying Objects

  Working with objects
  Order Objects
  Rotate and Flip Objects
  Position Objects Exactly
  Grouping and Ungrouping Objects

• Slide Transitions

  Adding Transitions to slides
  Setting consistent slide transitions
  Editing the transitions options
  Modifying and Removing Transitions

• Animations

  Adding Animation
  Modifying or Removing Animations

• Running the Slide Show

  Starting the Slide Show presentation
  Slide Show presentation options
  Setting up a slide show to run automatically
  Adding Notes
  

• Sharing and Collaborating

  Sharing in Slides
  Emailing a Document as an Attachment
  Collaborating in Real-Time

Prerequisites

• • Delegates should have a good working knowledge of using a Windows based PC and be confident with using a mouse and keyboard. Delegates should feel at ease performing tasks such as arranging, sizing and switching between Windows.