The purpose of this research is to improve the learning outcomes of 12th-grade students in OTKP 1 class at SMK Negeri 1 Dumai for the academic year 2020/2021 through the implementation of PowerPoint as a learning medium using the Google Classroom application. This research is classified as classroom action research. The subjects of this research are the 33 students in the 12th-grade OTKP 1 class at SMK Negeri 1 Dumai, consisting of 15 male students and 18 female students. Students are considered successful when their learning outcomes reach or exceed the predetermined passing grade, which is 75. This research was conducted in two cycles, with each cycle consisting of two meetings. The results of the research show that the number of students before the intervention was 15 or 45.45%, which increased to 25 or 75.76% in the first cycle. In the second cycle, there was a further improvement with 31 students, or 93.94%. The student’s activities during the learning process also increased. In the first meeting of the first cycle, the average student activity was only 63.63%. In the second meeting, it increased to 77.14%. In the second cycle, there was another increase, with the first meeting reaching 89.51% and the second meeting reaching 97.8%, categorized as very good. Therefore, the average student activity for the first cycle was 70.385%, which increased to 93.65% in the second cycle, categorized as very good. The teacher's activities during the learning process also increased. In the first meeting of the first cycle, the teacher's activity score was 44 (62.86%), which increased to 57 (81.43%) in the second meeting. It further increased to 61 (87.14%) in the first and last meetings of the second cycle, reaching 69 (98.57%) in the second meeting. Overall, the research results indicate that the implementation of PowerPoint as a learning medium using the Google Classroom application can improve student learning outcomes.
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