The amazing Sarah Thomas (serious guys, she's the best, and I'm not just saying that because she reads my blog), Instructional Facilitator at WRHS, shared the video below on her blog, which highlights the 6 major updates to Slides. Here's a shakedown of the updates: 1. Insert things from your Google Keep 2. Link a slide from one slideshow into another slideshow and be able to sync updates to the slide across slideshows (how many times can I say slide?) 3. Insert editable diagrams 4. Grid view lets you see all your slides in a grid 5. Skip slides lets you skip specific slides during your presentation 6. Get Add-ons (See below the video for more!) More on Add-ons If you don't know about Add-ons, they are available in a lot of the Google Apps, and essentially they are tools that add functionality to a Google App (like Flubaroo, a popular Sheets Add-on). Google Slides now has Add-on capabilities. Now, since it's new, there aren't a ton available, but you can bet the library will start growing quickly. Matt Miller of Ditch That Textbook shared a post about the Add-Ons. Here's a rundown of the best for educators: 1. Icons by Noun Project: Spice up your presentation visuals with icons 2. Shutterstock Editor: Edit the photos in your slideshow, including adding filters (*note Shutterstock also lets you buy stock photos from this Add-on, I'd just stick with the editing capabilities); you can also add emojis to your photos, so you can easily do #BookSnaps! 3. Unsplash: FREE to use photos, right within Slides (great to have students use so you don't have to worry about copyright infringement) 4. Photo Slideshow: Imports photos from your Drive; this would be GREAT for photos you want to show in a slideshow on team days or for parents! To install Add-ons, just click Add-ons within your Google Slides menu, and then Get add-ons. From there, you will see the ones available so far! So overall, these updates are terrific in adding functionality. I know I use Slides a ton, and a lot of other teachers do as well. Hopefully, you see something here you can utilize! As always, let me know how I can help!
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