Google Slides Essential Training

1h 34mBeginner2025-02-20

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 SitesGoogle WorkspacePresentationsGoogleEssential TrainingBusiness Software and Tools

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Quickly create powerful presentations

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, theme, or background
08 - Add your own text boxes
09 - Add fonts to your presentation

3. Images and Shapes

10 - Add images
11 - Work with shapes
12 - Align objects on a slide
13 - Understand object layering
14 - Crop images to shapes

4. Video, Diagrams, and Charts

15 - Add video
16 - Create diagrams
17 - Create a chart

5. Transitions and Animations

18 - Add slide transitions
19 - Create animation for objects and text

6. Collaborate and Present

20 - Add speaker notes
21 - Share and collaborate with others
22 - View previous slide revisions
23 - Print, email, or download slides
24 - Use Presenter view to run the show
25 - Present or record using your webcam

7. Use Gemini in Google Slides

26 - Use Gemini to summarize slides
27 - Use Gemini to help create slides

Conclusion

28 - Take Google Slides further