Did You Know Google Slides Has Keyboard Shortcuts?
A great big Bulldog thank you to the BHS teacher who forwarded me the link to the keyboard shortcuts for Google Slides. These keyboard combinations can eliminate the need to navigate through your slideshow with a mouse or trackpad, making your presentation move more smoothly, especially if you are doing a screencast. Below is a partial list of shortcuts. Click the link above to access the full list.
Did You Know Google Slides Can Be Used For Stop Motion Animation?
Earlier this month Kasey Bell of Shake Up Learning posted about using G-Suite for dynamic learning. Embedded in her post was a link to instructions for using Google Slides for Stop Motion Animation. This post by Control Alt Achieve would be great to share with your students as it provides clear, step-by-step instructions.
If you are interested in using stop motion animation in your classroom, the above post offers great examples for using it with vocabulary and calculating area of irregular shapes in math.
For the truly geeky: If you've ever needed to speed up a slideshow that you have published to the web, the post also gives instructions for altering the URL to make that happen.
Did You Know Google Slide Presentations Can Be Recorded with Voiceover and Annotations and Linked in Google Classroom?
Screencastify and Screencast-O-Matic are screencasting tools that work on PC's, Macs, and Chromebooks. Both are freemium platforms that offer free recording with paid access to pro features. The beauty of the products is that they can record your webcam or your screen while recording your voice and any onscreen annotations you make.
Screencasts are great tools for sharing presentations or tutorials with students and parents. Teaching a new concept in math? Send home a quick tutorial for parents to help their students practice the concept. Missing students in class due to the spring onslaught of athletic events and other activities? Record a screencast when you run through your Google Slide presentation in class, and put the link to the recording in your Google Classroom.
Need help getting started? Check out the tutorials for Screencast-O-Matic or Screencastify or email sgroff.
