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If you are a user of Google Slides presentation tool you may want to take it to the next step and create your own templates instead of always using the default theme. One reason to do this is for student projects. If you have a particular way you want students to put their project together, creating a template for them to use can help them to focus on the content rather than the font choice.

Decide what design pattern you want for your template.

You may want to create a Google Drawing or use another editing program such as photoshop to create your designs. I will create my base design in a Google Drawing and then File->Download As->PNG. After downloading I create boxes or circles with reduced opacity to create different types of slide backgrounds that go along with the theme.

If you are using Google Draw go to the File Menu and choose "Page Setup."

Since this slide is the "Master" slide, anything you put on this slide will automatically appear on all slides. Change the font color and size on this "Master" slide and the font styles will be applied universally across the presentation.

When I am giving a presentation I want my handout URL to be present on each slide so that people who come in late can still get to the handout. I put this link on the master slide so I only have to type it once. Also, if I want to update the presentation for another presentation, I only have to edit the "Master" slide rather than editing the entire presentation one slide at a time.

Want to find templates? Go to http://drive.google.com/templates. On the left hand side is an option for Presentation Designs. There is quite a bit of "junk" in there though, people adding their random messing around to the template gallery. Make sure you rate templates you like to help the cream rise to the top.

If you find templates you like please add them to this list: http://goo.gl/v7xCv4

The spreadsheet is set to anyone can edit, add the presentations you think other educators would be interested in. Click on "Preview" in the template gallery and copy the URL to that template to paste into the spreadsheet.

Link to templates I have added to the template gallery: Click Here

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10 Easy Steps: Creating Presentation Templates in Google Slides

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If you are a user of Google Slides presentation tool you may want to take it to the next step and create your own templates instead of always using the default theme. One reason to do this is for student projects.

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This process gives more control to the teacher. The instructor can determine how rigid the project guidelines are and make it easy for students to follow along and do assignment correctly.

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Focused more so on their opinions. The authors were very knowledgeable but easily sidetracked.

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There are many benefits to creating templates for students.
Can create fixed backgrounds.
Great for collaborative projects.
Design flexibility.
Helpful for those who might struggle with Slides/Docs

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Templates. How to create them. How to brainstorm them. A practical look at GSuite Templates.
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Featured Content
G Suite Templates

How to brainstorm template ideas

Focus on learning goals

Choosing the appropriate tool(s)

How to Create Templates

Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings

Wishlist: Google Sites

Matt's four reasons he suggests Google Slides for templates:

You can set a fixed background

It's great for class collaboration

You have TONS of design flexibility

You can create master slides for different activities

Kasey's Google Slides Master Class

How to Share Templates

Resources

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Alan Appleby - I listened to episode 59 about google photos, and tried to put an animation into a slideshow. We'll have kids working on change concept soon, as well as building things. Both of these give us some scope for using the animations as you described.

But, while I can embed an animation into slides, it does not 'animate' in present mode or when published to the web. Can you tell me if I'm doing something wrong, or if we just have to leave the present mode to see animations like this?

Matt Dill & Stacy Larsen - How do I prevent students from searching on other tabs in their browser for their answers, while taking a quiz on a Google Form on another?

Neil Gibbs - Is there a way of having some pages set up to be portrait and some set up to be landscape? I have an E-Book that my students are working on through Google Classroom, the Google docs, I have set up, just seems to allow the document to be either portrait or landscape and not a combination. This is really frustrating as there are tables that work well in Landscape and questions and diagrams which are suited to portrait.

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GSuite Templates for Your Classroom - GTT063 - Google Teacher Tribe Podcast

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Templates. How to create them. How to brainstorm them. A practical look at GSuite Templates. Download Episode!

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Nov. 5, 2018: Matt Miller & Casey Bell