7 lessons Grades 4+, teachers and beginners
Presentations: PowerPoint & Google Slides
7 short lessons that work in both PowerPoint and Google Slides. By the end you will build a complete 6-slide presentation and present it with confidence.
All lessons
- 🖥️ 1. Your first slideA new presentation, a title slide, more slides and saving
- 🎨 2. Design that looks goodThemes, colors, fonts and very little text
- 🖼️ 3. Pictures, icons and videoInsert a picture, crop it, add icons and credit the source
- ✨ 4. Animations and transitionsTransitions between slides, bullets one by one, and moderation
- 📈 5. Tables, charts and diagramsShow numbers so people understand them at once
- 🎤 6. Presenting to the classSlide Show mode, speaker notes, practice and nerves
- 🏁 7. Final project: a presentation from A to ZBuild a complete 6-slide presentation with a checklist
About this course
Every lesson shows the PowerPoint way and the Google Slides way. Google Slides is free with a Google account (and comes with Google Classroom), and PowerPoint for the web is free with a Microsoft account.
The course is for students from about 4th grade, teachers, and anyone who has to present something for the first time. Lessons take 5–10 minutes each.
Questions & answers
- PowerPoint or Google Slides — which should I use?
- Use whatever your school uses. Google Slides is best for group work and Google Classroom; PowerPoint has more design and animation options. Everything in this course works in both.
- How many slides should a school presentation have?
- For a 5-minute talk, 5–8 slides is plenty: about one slide per minute, plus a title slide and a sources slide.
- How much text should be on a slide?
- As little as possible: a short title and up to 3–5 short bullet points, or one big picture. You say the details out loud.
- Is the course free?
- Yes, with no sign-up. Progress is saved in your browser.