Create a Presentation All About a Topic: Extensions

In the main lesson, you chose a theme for your presentation.

Remember that a theme is a collection of design and layout elements, like backgrounds, colors, graphics, fonts, and more.

With Google Slides, you can choose from many preset theme choices, or you can customize your own unique look.

In this extension, you will change the look of your theme to better fit your personality and your topic.

For example, as you scroll through your presentation, you may decide that you want to change the font.

But changing it on every slide is time-consuming.

Instead, change it all at once.

To begin, open your presentation.

Next, edit the theme.

You will see all the layout slides in this theme.

Select the top slide.

Select the title, and choose a different font.

This changes the title font.

And, if you scroll through the rest of the "layouts slide templates," you will see that the titles have changed there as well.

There are several other style changes you can make from the "theme slide." Experiment until you find the right look for your presentation.

If you plan to use these changes in the future, give your new theme a name and save it.

Finally, scroll through your presentation to see the changes to your theme.

Now, it’s your turn: Open your presentation, open the "edit theme function," select the top theme slide, make any style changes you wish,and name and save your new theme.

The text in your presentation can do more than just express your thoughts and ideas; it can also project a mood or feeling.

Often, just by reading the text, someone can tell if a subject is serious, fun, or even silly.

In this extension, you will use Word Art to add extra emphasis and excitement to the text in your presentation.

To begin, open your presentation and look at your title slide.

It tells your audience about the topic of your presentation.

Replace the text with a font that better suits your topic.

First, delete the text box with your original title.

Then, insert Word Art.

Retype, or copy and paste, the first line of your title text, and save it.

Next, adjust the size and the placement of your Word art.

Repeat the previous steps to add Word Art to your subtitle.

Or, you can keep the mix of Word art and regular text.

Next, choose a new font for your Word Art.

Make the font bold or italic to create extra emphasis, if you like.

Next, modify your two Word Art objects at the same time.

Press Shift and then click each object to link them together.

This is called “grouping.” When you group objects, you can make changes to them at the same time.

Then, choose a fill color for your letters.

The fill color can be either solid or a gradient.

You can also add a border with either a solid or dashed line.

Adjust the border thickness… …and color the border.

Finally, compare your new Word Art title slide to the original text so you can see the difference.

Now, it’s your turn: Open your presentation, replace the title slide text with Word Art, group Word Art objects together, change the font style, fill color, and border of your Word Art, and compare the new title slide with the original.

In this extension, you will embed a video into your presentation.

Adding a video can make your slide more meaningful to you and your viewers.

Think about a video you can add to your slide, and where you might add it.

For example, if one of your slides is about your pets, you can embed a video of your pets playing.

To begin, open your presentation and decide where you want to embed a video.

Then, insert a video.

Use the “Search” option to search videos on YouTube using a keyword.

If you already have a video in mind, enter its URL.

Or, use a video you have stored in Google Drive.

This example will demonstrate how to choose a video in Google Drive.

First, find the video you would like to embed, and select it.

Your video is now embedded in the slide.

Next, change the size of the video preview box, and the position of the box on your slide.

When you add video to your presentation, you combine picture, sound and motion to illustrate an idea in a way that words, graphics and photos alone can’t.

Now, it’s your turn: Open your presentation, decide where you want to embed a video, insert a video from YouTube or Google Drive or use its URL, and adjust the size and position of the video on your slide.

In this extension, you will publish your animated presentation to the web.

Then, anyone can see your presentation who has the link.

To begin, open your presentation.

Before you publish your presentation to the web, it’s important to understand that this makes it public.

So, take a moment to consider if there is anything in your presentation that is private or that you wouldn’t want everyone to see, like your last name.

Run the presentation in presenter view.

Make sure your transitions and animations are working properly.

Or, check your individual animations in the animation menu.

Click "stop" to exit the menu.

When your presentation is ready, publish it to the web.

Your options include: "Linking," which gives you a URL to share with others, and "Embed," which will paste the actual presentation into a web page, blog, or social media site.

Choose "Link." Next, decide on the "auto advance speed." This is the amount of time someone will see the slide before it proceeds to the next one.

It’s important to set the speed so that someone has enough time to read the slide, but not too slow that they lose interest.

Then choose how the presentation starts, either "automatically when it loads" or "manually when the viewers click play." You can also program your presentation to repeat in a continuous loop.

When you are happy with your presentation, publish it.

Press the "Control-C" or "Command-C" keys to copy the link… …and paste the link into a new tab in your browser to view your presentation.

Use the "Control-V" or "Command-V" keys to paste.

Then, return to the publish menu and email the link to your friends or teacher.

To remove your presentation from the web, return to the "publish" menu and stop publishing it.

Now, it’s your turn: Open your presentation, preview your presentation to make sure it’s working properly, select the settings you want to use for publishing, publish your presentation, and email the link to your friends or teacher.

In this extension, you will format text and images to vary the look of your presentation.

To do this, you will use "image cropping" and "masking." "Cropping" allows you to adjust the edges of an image to emphasize certain parts and hide others.

A "mask" is a kind of crop, but instead of a rectangle, you can choose from a variety of different shapes, like hexagons or circles.

To begin, open your presentation.

Select an image in your presentation and crop it or mask it.

Then, apply effects and adjustments to text and images.

Select an object to view the available formatting options.

Create a drop shadow.

Choose a shadow color.

Then, adjust the shadow’s transparency, angle, distance, and whether you want the shadow to be sharp or blurred.

To produce a "mirror image" of text or a picture, select the formatting option "reflection." Adjust reflection transparency, distance and size, as you like.

You can also "recolor" an image.

Select the image and choose "recolor." Pick from a variety of preset color themes, including black and white.

“No recolor” will return the image to its original settings.

Or, use options from the "adjustments" tool, like "transparency"… "brightness"… or "contrast." If you decide you don’t like the changes you made, you can always reset to your original settings.

Now, it’s your turn: Open your presentation, mask an image into a shape, apply a drop shadow and reflection to your text or images, adjust image color using "recolor," and adjust image transparency, brightness, and contrast.

In this extension, you will use "speaker notes" in your presentation to store extra information that you can read, but is hidden from your audience.

As you prepare for your presentation, add comments in the speaker notes field at the bottom of each slide.

You can refer to this extra information as you give your presentation.

Continue adding speaker notes to your informational slides.

To refer to your notes while you give your presentation, enable "presenter view." Your speaker notes will appear in a new window.

Arrange your displays so that your presentation appears on the projector screen and your speaker notes are on your computer.

As you advance your slides, your notes will also advance.

Speaker notes are useful for organizing your slide presentation, reminding you about the important points you wish to make, and presenting information more simply and effectively.

Speaker notes can help you give a better presentation in any setting! Now, it’s your turn: Add speaker notes to each of your informational slides, and turn on "presenter view" to see your notes as you give your presentation.