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📊 Presentations: PowerPoint & Google Slides · Lesson 3 of 7

Pictures, icons and video

Google Classroom

Insert a picture, crop it, add icons and credit the source.

Insert a picture

  1. PowerPoint: Insert > Pictures > This Device or Stock Images
  2. Google Slides: Insert > Image > Upload from computer or Search the web
  3. Drag a corner to resize without stretching

Cropping

Click the picture and choose “Crop” (PowerPoint: Picture Format > Crop; Google Slides: double-click the picture). Drag the black edges inward to cut off what you don’t need. PowerPoint can also crop to a shape, like a circle.

Icons and video

PowerPoint: Insert > Icons gives free simple drawings. Google Slides: use Insert > Image or add-ons. To add a video: PowerPoint Insert > Video, Google Slides Insert > Video (YouTube or Drive). Keep videos short — under a minute.

Whose picture is it?

Not every picture online is free to use. Use the free stock images inside PowerPoint, Google’s “Search the web” (which filters for reusable images), or sites with free licenses. Add a small credit under the picture or a “Sources” slide at the end.

Tip

💡 One big, sharp picture is better than five small blurry ones.

✏️ Practice: your turn

  1. Add a big picture of your animal to one slide
  2. Crop the picture so only the animal is left
  3. Add an icon to another slide
  4. Add a “Sources” slide at the end with where the pictures came from

🧠 Quick quiz

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

1. How do you resize a picture without stretching?
2. What does cropping do?
3. Can you use any picture from the internet?
4. How long should a video in a school presentation be?

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