Course Overview

In this self-paced online course, you will learn how to personalize your Google Slides presentations. We will explore some of our favorite Chrome extensions, themes, fonts, and some of the built-in functions and features that will spice up your slides. You will learn how to install chrome extensions and how to find and import pre-made Slides themes from the web.

All FWISD educators are welcome to take this course, but some familiarity with Google Slides is recommended.

Level: Intermediate

FLEX ELECTIVE CREDIT: 1

CPE CREDIT: 1

Please note that there may be some practice steps included below. These are not required to receive credit for this course. Credit is granted to participants who score a minimum of 80% on the Course Assessment.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to...

use built-in functions, themes, and fonts to personalize your Slides presentation.
find and use pre-made Slides Templates from the internet.
install Chrome extensions on your Chrome browser and use them to personalize your presentations.

Guiding Questions

How do you change the size of your Slides?
How do you add new fonts in Google Slides?
How do you use built-in themes and import ones from the internet?
Where can you find templates on the internet and how do you use them in your slides?
How do you add Chrome extensions to personalize your presentations?
How do you create a Bitmoji and use it in your Slides presentation?

Watch the video to learn how to change your slide theme.

Changing Your Slide Theme

Read the information to learn about resizing your slides.

Resizing Your Slides

You can change the size of your slide to one of the preset options or you can choose custom dimensions. Watch the GIF below to learn how to set your own custom dimensions.

Read the information to learn more about adding new fonts.

Adding New Fonts

Your G Suite applications come with a set of pre-loaded fonts, but did you know that there is a whole library of additional fonts that you can add? Click on the current font in your toolbar, and select More fonts at the top.

Select the fonts you would like to add. These will show up in your font menu after you click OK.

Create your own Google Slides presentation. Can you complete each of the steps listed to the right?

Try This:

Change the size of your slides.
Change the theme of your presentation. Choose a pre-loaded theme.
Add at least two new fonts. Add a textbox, and use those fonts to type something.

Watch the video to learn how to create your Bitmoji account and set up your avatar.

Create your Bitmoji account, and set up your avatar using a mobile device.

Read the information to learn more about Finding New Themes to use in your presentations.

Finding New Themes

While Google Slides comes with a variety of pre-loaded theme options, there are also other websites where you can find more eye-catching themes. These themes can be added to your Google Drive to use in your future presentations.

There are three popular websites for finding themes, SlidesMania, Slides Carnival, and SlidesGo. Click on each button below to explore the websites and find a theme you would like to use.

SlidesMania

Slides Carnival

SlidesGo

When you have found a theme you like, choose the option that allows you to get or use the Google Slides Theme. It looks a little different on each site. You will either be asked to Use Template or to Make A Copy. In both cases, it will copy the file and save it in your Google Drive.

There are two different ways to then use that theme.

Way 1:

Go to File --> Make A Copy to copy the theme slides. This will give you a brand new version to edit without affecting the original. You can now customize each slide as you need. Copy and paste slides to keep the textboxes and extra notes if you'd like to use the same slide layout more than once.

Way 2:

Open a brand new slides presentation. Follow the steps in the GIF below.

Watch the video to learn more about:

Installing Chrome extensions
Adding your Bitmoji avatar to your Slides
Creating a virtual classroom scene
Using the ColorZilla extension to find a specific color
Adding JoyPixel emojis to your Slides
Layering objects in Slides

Chrome Web Store

ColorZilla Extension

Bitmoji Extension

JoyPixels Extension

Click on the image to preview the practice activity. Click on Use Template, and follow the directions.

You must answer all questions correctly and receive a score of at least 80% to receive credit for this course.

👉You may retake the assessment as many times as you need in order to score 80%👈

NOTE:

You must be logged into your FWISD Google Account in order to take this assessment. In another browser window, navigate to www.fwisd.org/myfwisd and log in. If you have not used your FWISD Google Drive before, you must click on Google Drive within your MyFWISD portal in order to activate your FWISD Google connection. Once you have initiated that connection, you will be able to return to this page and click on the image above to take the assessment.

Before taking the assessment, can you answer these guiding questions?

How do you change the size of your Slides?
How do you add new fonts in Google Slides?
How do you use built-in themes and import ones from the internet?
Where can you find templates on the internet, and how do you use them in your slides?
How do you add Chrome extensions to personalize your presentations?
How do you create a Bitmoji and use it in your Slides presentation?

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