Time’s Up for Breakout Room: Google Slides Hack

by admin | Nov 5, 2020 | Classroom, GC - Intermediate, Google, Meet, Slides

When students are in a breakout room you may want to have each group have a Google Slides for them to organize their conversations and guide the activities. To let students know that the time is up I have coded a “Time’s Up” announcement to push to...

3 Minute Timer – Google Slides

by admin | Oct 16, 2020 | Apps - Intermediate, GC - Intermediate, Google, Intermediate, Slides

You can use Google Slides to create a timer. I created a slide for every second. Click here for the Google Slides file. alicekeeler.com/3min Publish to the Web Use the File menu in Google Slides to choose “Publish to the web.” Publishing allows you to...

Google Slides: Hide Columns in First Slide

by admin | Sep 18, 2020 | Apps Script, Google, Sheets, Slides

One of my most popular non published Add-ons is First Slide. This allows you to push slides to student Google Slides and to also grab the text off of their first slide so you can quickly read and give feedback. alicekeeler.com/firstslide Spreadsheet The answer is...

Save Hours: First Slide to Give Slides Feedback Fast

by admin | Sep 9, 2020 | Apps Script, Google, Slides

Opening individual student docs to give feedback is SLOW! Try using First Slide to send student feeback faster. First Slide will bring in the text the student has on the first slide of the Google Slides. Additionally, you can push out new slides to the student slides....

Google Slides: Add Audio Recording with @screencastify

by admin | Aug 16, 2020 | Advanced, Google, Slides

In order to add an audio file to a Google Slides you need an MP3 in Google Drive. How do you make an MP3??? ONE way is Screencastify. screencastify.com Record Your Screen An MP3 is audio only. Use the Screencastify Chrome extension to record. Do not worry about what...

Google Slides: Use Titles

by admin | Aug 11, 2020 | Google, Slides

Many of us are using Google Slides to build interactive student activities. You can link to another slide in the Google Slides to help students navigate. Titles are the Slide Name When hyperlinking to a slide (Control K) you want to select “Slides in this...