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📊 Presentations: PowerPoint & Google Slides · Lesson 6 of 7

Presenting to the class

Google Classroom

Slide Show mode, speaker notes, practice and nerves.

Slide Show mode

F5PowerPoint: start from the first slide
Shift+F5PowerPoint: start from the current slide
Ctrl+F5 / “Slideshow”Google Slides: start presenting
→ or SpaceNext slide or animation
BBlack screen (press again to return)
EscExit the slide show

Speaker notes

Under each slide is a “Notes” box. Write the key points of what you want to say there. PowerPoint’s Presenter View (and Google Slides’ “Presenter view”) shows you the notes and the next slide, while the class sees only the current slide.

Practice

  1. Practice out loud at least twice, with a timer
  2. Practice in front of a family member or a mirror
  3. Know your first sentence by heart — the start is the hardest
  4. Check the computer, the cable and the file before class

Nerves

Almost everyone is nervous before presenting, and that is OK. Take a slow breath before you start, look at a friendly face, speak slowly and turn toward the class, not the screen. If you forget something, look at your notes and keep going — nobody knows what you planned to say.

Tip

💡 Don’t read the slides out loud word for word. The class can read; you are there to explain and tell the story.

✏️ Practice: your turn

  1. Write speaker notes for every slide in your animal presentation
  2. Open Presenter View and look around
  3. Practice the whole talk out loud with a timer
  4. Present to someone at home and ask for one tip

🧠 Quick quiz

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

1. Which key starts a PowerPoint slide show from the beginning?
2. Where do you write what you want to say?
3. What should you do while presenting?
4. What does the B key do in a slide show?

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