There are so many good ones! Picking will be tough! Many that work on other tools work here as well - give them a try.

Google Slides is such a flexible tool - it will be very hard to hit all the good tips!

• Publish Slides to share a view only in Full Screen (see the Docs tip)

• Want a drag and drop background with elements that can't be accidentally moved? Create a slide just as you want it (without the drag and drop items), download the Slide as a jpg, open a blank slide, Click "Background" button, upload, find the jpg and upload as a background - add the drag and drop elements

• Want to create something that will fit printed on 8.5" x 11" paper (or other dimensions)? File (scroll to bottom): Page Setup

• Use View: Theme Builder to establish layouts, fonts, etc for your theme (this is powerful and a bit more advanced, see video below)

• Use websites such as SlidesMania, SlideGo or Slides Carnival to pickup some great ready made templates!

• If you want to share only a portion of a YouTube Video or a Video that is in your Google Drive, insert it in Slides and adjust the start and end times.

• Word Art is great for large words and titles, you control Font, Color, Width and Height. (Insert: Word Art)

• Give your inserted images a more polished look. Select image, click on small downward facing arrow next to crop and choose a shape, Add dimension, click snowman menu next to "Replace Image", Image Properties - add a drop-shadow, reflection, etc.

• Animate your item. Snowman menu next to "Replace Image", "Animate" - choose the animation and how you would like that movement triggered. Click play to try it out, click on the slide to return to edit