Hi, my name is Mark, and welcome to powerful presentations with Google Slides.
I really think you're going to enjoy this course, which teaches you the fundamentals of Google Slides.
Google Slides is similar to Microsoft's famous PowerPoint program, but it has a number of collaborative
options that are present in the Google Files and Google Docs platform.
Google Slides allows you to create not just presentations, but a whole host of other documents that
you'll share with others in this course.
We're going to cover not just the mechanicals of the Google Slides platform, but also information about
how to make presentations that look good and are effective.
I've been creating digital presentations for twenty five years.
I actually started teaching PowerPoint and similar presentation programs 20 years ago in two thousand
and one.
I really enjoy Google Slides and it is my go to presentation program, and I really want to help you
enjoy and become as adept at the program as I am.
This course is for you.
If you're someone who needs to make presentations in a business or academic setting and perhaps doesn't
have any experience with Google Slides or has used another program like Microsoft PowerPoint.
We're going to start with the basics and get into some of the more advanced areas of Google Slides.
And while we do so, we're going to make sure that we talk about how to make effective presentations.
Now, in order for you to succeed in this particular course, I recommend that you be an active learner.
And what that means is not just passively watching the videos, but getting involved do the activities
as I demonstrate them on screen.
Complete the exercises that are inside the actual course that'll help you retain all the information
I'm going over.
Some people find it useful to watch the course on one screen and have Google slides open on the other
so they can go ahead and complete every step that I do on their own screen.
With that, let's get started with Google Slides.