Roll Dice in Google Slides
One of my favorite sayings is “I don’t use Google Slides to give information, I use it to GET information.” Using Google Slides to make a presentation is probably the least likely thing I do with Google Slides. It’s an awesome collaboration space! While using Google Slides in edit mode rather than presentation mode your students may have need to roll some dice. Maybe for math, maybe for a Slides game you created, maybe as a way to take turns… who knows!
Template
I coded using Google Apps Script a dice menu into the Google Slides. You must make a copy of my Google Slides to have the dice menu. This copies the code I wrote into the Slides. This is a completely blank Google Slides. Create your Slides activity or copy and paste your slides from a previous presentation into this template so you have the dice menu.
Dice Menu
After making your copy of the Google Slides wait a second and notice an extra menu next to the Help menu appears. Click on the menu and you can choose to roll one die or up to five dice.
A pop up window will let you know the outcome of the dice roll.
That’s it! Just a way to roll dice while using Google Slides in edit mode. Have fun, enjoy!
You think of everything Alice!! Thanks!
I have been trying to figure out a way to do this for my kindergarten class activities. I love it. Do you have any way to make random deck of cards, numbers or custom card deck that students click and it flips for google slides?
Trouble maker….
Thank you! Do you happen to have one for spinners and Coin toss? ;}
I do not.
is there a way to put a visual of what you rolled on the die
No
how do you use your google slide
This is amazing. Thank you so much for this wonderful template.
This is great, but the dice feature does not show up on when using the template on an ipad. Only on the computer. Do you know how to fix this?
Thanks for sharing this awesome dice resource!
Thank you for posting! Does it show the dice rolling, or just the results of the roll? That’s fine with me, because the ones I have found online have ads with them.
It doesn’t sorry, this is the limitation of my coding skills.
Bearwoodslabs from MIT has an ad free slide with moving clips of the dice https://bearwoodlabs.com/posts/rolling-dice-with-google-slides
Hi Alice this is great! I am wondering is there a way for me to change the dice to go from 1-9?
Only if you know how to modify the code
I have made a boardgame on google present and this was just what I needed to play the game with a my online class. 100% thumbs up for sharing this super-cool dice add-on!
Thank you Andrea for the kind comments.
Love this! Is it alright to use this in products for TpT if we give you credit? Just wanted to check!
Definitely not.
I am unable to make a copy of this. I am clicking to my heart’s content, but it’s not opening.
Type in alicekeeler.com/diceslides I am guessing you have pop ups blocked.
Hello. I am teaching students how to make board games that they can play online with their friends during this pandemic. To play the games, the creator needs to share it with their friend. Is there a way for the creator to give permission for their friend to roll the dice.
This is an amazing add-on feature and my students are having a great time being able to play games without toggling between screens. Thank you so much!
The add on should show up for all users if they are editors and if they are not on an iPad.
After making a copy, the slides are empty. It just looks like a new slide that hasn’t been started yet. Was the content removed?
You add your own content. There is a dice menu.
Can this be used on an iPad?
Sorry, apps script does not work on ipads. So no.
Is there a way this can be done on a jamboard that is already made?
This does not work on Jamboard.