
Open the course resources to access a Google Slides working file. Make a copy to edit, practice, and compare your work with the original, and adjust video quality if needed.
Discover google slides, a free web-based presentation tool that serves as a PowerPoint alternative. Create blank presentations, use templates from the template gallery, and set up a 16:9 workspace.
Master working with text in Google Slides by using dynamic toolbars, formatting color, font, size, alignment, bullets and numbering, indent, and by managing text boxes, slides, borders, fills, and fonts.
Learn a quick Google Slides hack to transform a boring slide into an awesome one by using tools, the explore option, and applying layouts to refresh your slides.
Resize Google Slides for portrait, landscape, and mobile-friendly formats by using file, page setup, and custom sizes such as 8.5 by 11 inches or 9 by 16 inches.
Explore Google Slides layouts, choose from title, slide title and content, header, or blank; apply layouts, add and adjust placeholders, resize text boxes, and reorder, duplicate, or delete slides.
Learn to manage Google Slides files by filtering ownership, switching grid or list views, sorting by last opened, modified, or title, and using the file picker to upload from Drive.
Learn to create a final wireframe skeleton in Google Slides by building a starter template with a main title, subtitle, presenter area, and dashed borders.
Discover two reliable methods to insert images in Google Slides: background for fixed placement and insert for editable images; center, crop, and resize with shift+ctrl for a perfect slide fit.
Learn to crop an image in google slides by double-clicking or selecting it and using crop image, then drag handles to trim the edges without distorting the original image.
Mask images in Google Slides using shape options, callouts, and borders to convert photos into oval, cube, heart, or teardrop shapes, then rotate or flip for refinement.
Learn to insert and format tables in Google Slides, resize and manage rows and columns, customize borders and alignment, and paste or link data from Google Sheets for updates.
Learn to insert and customize charts in Google Slides, including bar and pie charts, edit linked data in Google Sheets, adjust legend, colors, sizes, and export options.
Create Venn diagrams in Google Slides by using oval shapes to form circles, adjust fill color and transparency, duplicate elements, and add text boxes and logos for a clean diagram.
Learn to insert video and audio into Google Slides from YouTube, URL, or Drive, and adjust playback with play on click, auto play, and start/end timings.
Master AI image editing in Google Slides to clean backgrounds, remove text, crop images to fit the text area, and use prompts to speed cleanup for slide design.
Explore Google Slides add-ons to boost visuals and interactivity, including Pixels and Unsplash stock images, Nojima data finder, Slido, Slides Toolbox, and translator tools.
Learn how to manage object stacking in Google Slides by using bring to front, bring forward, send to back, and send backward with visual examples.
Master Google Slides to create beautiful presentations, templates, and themes in under ten minutes using master slides, Lobster titles, Oswald or Flower subtitles, Indie Flower paragraphs, and background images.
Learn to use master view in google slides to edit master slides, apply themes, modify layouts, text colors, fonts, backgrounds, logos, and import themes for bulk slide styling.
Master Google Slides slideshow features, including starting from the current slide or from the beginning, using presenter view with notes, a pointer, captions, and auto-advance via shortcuts.
Master presenter view in Google Slides to track the timer, view speaker notes, and preview current, previous, and next slides, with audience questions enabled.
Prepare a delivery checklist for Google Slides, including ready speaker notes, captions testing, presenter view, optional speaker spotlight, and a backup plan exportable as PDF.
Learn to use Google Meet inside Google Slides with presenter view, start slideshow, and share only the slides for viewers, while managing mic, camera, and meeting options.
Discover essential and lesser-known Google Slides shortcuts for faster editing. Master font size, alignment, lists, slide navigation, grouping, object layering, transitions, and locking background images via add to theme.
Publish Google Slides to the web with link or embed options, customize auto-advance and start settings, and share public or restricted access with viewers or editors.
Learn a quick workflow to convert Google Slides into videos with Google Vids. Choose voice over or AI avatar, add captions and transitions, and use templates for a launch video.
Want to create professional, engaging presentations with Google Slides—and use the latest AI features to work faster?
This Google Slides course takes you from the fundamentals to advanced presentation design, collaboration, presenting, and modern AI-powered workflows. You'll learn by actually working inside Google Slides and creating presentations step by step.
Whether you're a student, teacher, business professional, freelancer, or someone switching from PowerPoint, you'll learn how to create slides that look clean, professional, and easy to understand.
And this isn't just a course about where to find different buttons in Google Slides. You'll also learn how to design better presentations and use modern tools such as Gemini AI to speed up your workflow.
What you'll learn
Master Google Slides from beginner to advanced
Create clean, professional, and visually engaging presentations
Apply practical presentation design principles instead of relying on default layouts
Work with themes, layouts, and Google Slides templates
Create and customize your own professional themes
Use Gemini AI in Google Slides to improve your presentation workflow
Write better prompts in Google Slides to get more useful results from Gemini
Use AI to help create and improve presentation content
Work with AI-powered image editing and background tools
Create effective charts, tables, diagrams and visual elements
Add images, GIFs, video and audio to your presentations
Use animations and slide transitions effectively without overusing them
Improve readability with better typography, spacing, contrast and slide layouts
Make presentations more accessible with alt text and readability best practices
Collaborate using comments, sharing and version history
Present confidently using Presenter View, speaker notes and live presentation features
Create interactive presentations, quizzes and engaging audience experiences
Publish and share Google Slides on the web
Discover useful Google Slides shortcuts, productivity tips and time-saving techniques
Learn how Google Slides can work with Gemini AI and Google Vids
Build presentation skills that you can use for work, education, clients and your own projects
More than a Google Slides tutorial -
Knowing how to insert a text box or change a background is easy.
Creating a presentation that actually looks professional is different.
That's why this course goes beyond the basic Google Slides features. You'll learn practical design techniques for choosing layouts, organizing information, working with images, creating visual hierarchy, maintaining consistency, and turning ordinary slides into polished presentations.
We'll also look at how AI is changing presentation creation. You'll learn where Gemini can genuinely save time, how to write better prompts, and where your own design judgment is still important.
Who is this course for?
You don't need previous Google Slides experience.
Start from the beginning if you're completely new, or jump into the design, productivity, collaboration, and AI lessons if you already know the basics.
The course is useful for:
Students and teachers
Business professionals
Entrepreneurs and freelancers
Trainers and instructors
Marketing and sales professionals
Anyone moving from Microsoft PowerPoint to Google Slides
Anyone who wants to create better presentations for work, education, or clients
Learn by doing -
Instead of simply watching feature demonstrations, you'll see how Google Slides is used to create and improve real presentations.
You'll learn not only what a feature does, but also when to use it and why.
By the end of the course, you'll be able to create, design, collaborate on, and confidently present professional Google Slides presentations—and use modern AI tools to make the process faster and more efficient.
Support
If you have a question while taking the course, use the course Q&A section, and I'll be happy to help.
If you're ready to move beyond basic slides and learn Google Slides as a complete modern presentation tool, I'll see you inside the course.