Introduction to Create a Virtual Family Reunion in Google Slides

Hosting a virtual reunion can help you socially connect with family and friends when you can’t get together in-person.

In this lesson, you will create a virtual reunion to connect with family members, friends, or anyone else you choose.

People plan reunions for many different reasons.

They might want to get together with family members or friends who live far away...

Gather to pass down family history and traditions, Or see classmates they haven’t talked to in a while.

You might also connect with people at a reunion that you aren’t related to, but whom you consider family.

For example, you may be part of a sports family...

...Or a family who shares an interest in an activity or hobby.

You might even think of close friends or neighbors as “family” even though they are not related to you.

Reflect on what family is and what it means to you personally.

No matter who you want to reunite with, collaborating virtually provides a fun way for everyone to connect and share news about themselves without being together in-person.

In this lesson, you will build a presentation in Google Slides where people can share news and updates about their lives.

Then, you will share the presentation and invite people to add their information to it.

Using Google Slides allows everyone to add a slide about themselves to the same presentation.

They can then view the slides at different times from different places.

This lesson will show you how to build and share the presentation in Google Slides.

If you like, you could also hold a video conference where people get together virtually to talk and share, and you could present each person’s slide.

Check out the extension following this lesson to find out how to host a virtual reunion using Google Meet.

If you’d like, ask the people you live with to do their own slides before you share the presentation with others.

Or, just do one slide as a group with them instead.

This lesson uses Google Slides, but you could apply these skills and concepts in most other presentation applications.

As you complete this project in Google Slides, you will: Create a new presentation, Add a title slide and theme, Choose a layout, Create a template slide for people to fill out, Add your own slide or make one together with the people you live with, Add an instructions slide, And share the presentation.

To work on this lesson, sign in to your Google account.

Open a new tab in your browser, and navigate to Google.com.

If you are not signed in, do so now.

If you do not have a Google account, pause the video and create one.

To begin, open your Google Drive.

Create a new presentation and rename it.

Next, add a title slide so people know what the presentation is about and what they should do.

You might want people to… Share what’s new with them, Pass on family traditions, Or recognize loved ones.

Type the purpose of the presentation on the title slide.

Finally, share the presentation with the people you live with who want to work on it with you.

You could all work from separate computers or from one computer.

Select the permission you want to use: Editor means the people you share it with can make changes directly in your presentation.

Commenter allows them to make comments, but not change the presentation.

And viewer lets them see your presentation only.

For this project, select editor.

Add a message so they know the purpose of the presentation.

Now, it’s your turn: Sign in to your Google account, Create a new presentation and rename it, Add a title slide, And share the presentation with the people you live with.