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📊 Presentations: PowerPoint & Google Slides · Lesson 1 of 7

Your first slide

Google Classroom

A new presentation, a title slide, more slides and saving.

A new presentation

  1. PowerPoint: open PowerPoint and choose “Blank Presentation”. Google Slides: go to slides.google.com and click “Blank presentation” (+)
  2. The first slide is the title slide: click “Click to add title” and type the topic
  3. In the subtitle box type your name, class and date

Adding slides

PowerPoint: Home > New Slide (or Ctrl+M). Google Slides: the + button at the top left (also Ctrl+M). The arrow next to the button lets you pick a layout: “Title and Content”, “Two Content”, “Title Only” and more.

Moving and deleting slides

On the left is a column of small slides. Drag a slide up or down to change the order. Select a slide and press Delete to remove it. Right-click > “Duplicate Slide” makes a copy — handy when slides share a look.

Saving

Google Slides saves by itself in Google Drive; just give the presentation a name at the top left. In PowerPoint, press Ctrl+S, give it a clear name and save it, preferably to OneDrive so AutoSave is on.

Tip

💡 Plan before you design: write the title of each slide on paper first. One idea per slide.

✏️ Practice: your turn

  1. Open a new presentation about an animal you like
  2. Write the title slide: topic, your name, class
  3. Add 3 more slides with the layout “Title and Content”
  4. Change the order of two slides, then name and save the presentation

🧠 Quick quiz

Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.

1. Which shortcut adds a new slide?
2. What goes on the title slide?
3. How do you change the order of slides?
4. How much should one slide cover?

0 of 4 correct

All lessons in Presentations: PowerPoint & Google Slides

  1. 🖥️ 1. Your first slideA new presentation, a title slide, more slides and saving
  2. 🎨 2. Design that looks goodThemes, colors, fonts and very little text
  3. 🖼️ 3. Pictures, icons and videoInsert a picture, crop it, add icons and credit the source
  4. ✨ 4. Animations and transitionsTransitions between slides, bullets one by one, and moderation
  5. 📈 5. Tables, charts and diagramsShow numbers so people understand them at once
  6. 🎤 6. Presenting to the classSlide Show mode, speaker notes, practice and nerves
  7. 🏁 7. Final project: a presentation from A to ZBuild a complete 6-slide presentation with a checklist