I love to use collaborative Google Slides. I am frequently asked about how to keep students from editing my slides in the template. While you can not restrict editing on Slides like you can a Google Sheets spreadsheet, there is a trick that will help keep the slide from being edited.
Create the Slide
First, create the slide with the images and text that you wish.
Download as PNG
With the slide selected, go to the File menu and choose “Download as” and choose “PNG image.” This will download the image of that slide to the computer.
Delete the Slide
Delete the slide. The current slide has the ability to move the text and images around.
Insert Blank Slide
From the layout options, insert a blank slide.
Set Background
From the toolbar, choose the “Background” button.
Choose the Image and upload the image of the slide you downloaded. This will set the slide content as the background image, which can not be easily manipulated by students.
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Making customized login cards for my 3 buildings, is there a way to lockdown the background with my basic information (Name: Password) and then use a merge to pull in their personalized information from Sheets (similar to a Mail Merge)?
Slides does not have Google Apps Script capabilities. Why not use merged cells in a spreadsheet to essentially create slides 🙂
Brilliant! This is the best tip!!!
Thank you!!! You just saved my patootie a ton of work. I accidentally created in Slides when I meant to be working in PowerPoint. Just shows you how much Slides has evolved!!! 🙂
This has been so useful to me in creating a master research template that I’d like students to work on individually. Thank you!