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From Prompt to Presentation: Smarter Slide Creation with Gamma

Code Date Delivery Cost
ITS-0222
  • Tue Jun 9, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Live Online : 1 session $325

Before each live online session, Tech Training will provide a Zoom link for live online classes, along with any required class materials.

This session covers essential Gamma features for generating, organizing, designing, and refining presentation content. The class also introduces ways Gamma can help accelerate brainstorming, outline development, visual formatting, and sharing.

Program Description

A Gamma Pro account will be provided for session exercises

Audience
Professionals, educators, and staff who create presentations, training materials, reports, or visual communications and want an introduction to Gamma.app for faster content development and polished design.

What is Gamma?
Gamma is an AI-powered platform for creating presentations, documents, and webpages that helps transform ideas, outlines, and existing content into well¿structured, visually polished materials in minutes.

Course Overview
This beginner-friendly session covers essential Gamma features for generating, organizing, designing, and refining presentation content. The class also introduces ways Gamma can help accelerate brainstorming, outline development, visual formatting, and sharing.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, you will be guided through:
- Creating presentations from prompts, outlines, or existing content
- Structuring and refining AI¿generated decks to improve clarity, organization, and messaging
- Working with cards, themes, Smart Layouts, visuals, and formatting tools to enhance presentation design
- Applying Gamma to real-world presentation needs such as project updates, training materials, proposals, and reports
- Sharing, presenting, and exporting Gamma decks for collaboration or use in PowerPoint, Google Slides, or other formats

Example scenarios:
- You need to create a first draft of a presentation quickly from a rough idea, meeting notes, or a short outline
- You want to turn existing content into a more polished, visually structured deck without starting from scratch
- You are building a training, report, or proposal and want AI assistance with layout, wording, and design choices

Topic Outline

Topics covered:
- Overview: What is Gamma.app?
- Understanding how Gamma differs from traditional slide software
- Key concepts: cards, decks, responsive layouts, and narrative structure
 

Prerequisites

Prerequisites:
- A Gamma.app account
- A web browser and internet connection
- Basic familiarity with presentation tools and general content creation

Custom training workshops are available for this program

Technology training sessions structured around individual or group learning objectives. Learn more about custom training

Special Group Rates

For groups of 5 or more within the same team or department, special rates are available. Please contact techtraining@stanford.edu for more details.


University IT Technology Training sessions are available to a wide range of participants, including Stanford University staff, faculty, students, and employees of Stanford Hospitals & Clinics, such as Stanford Health Care, Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley, Stanford Medicine Partners, and Stanford Medicine Children's Health.

Additionally, some of these programs are open to interested individuals not affiliated with Stanford, allowing for broader community engagement and learning opportunities.