Digital Storybook with Audio

Back to Google Projects.

Google has the ability to insert audio.

1. Record audio first. Use an app such as Online Voice Recorder.

2. Create a folder in Google Drive to hold all of the audio files. Share the folder so that the files are visible to anyone with the link.

3. Save the audio files to that newly-created folder in Google Drive. It'd be helpful to name them according the slide they belong to... friendstory02, friendstory03...

4. Use the Insert menu, and select Audio.

5. Move the button to a corner of the screen.

This book was created by a 7th grader at Karrer Middle School. It was so beautiful that we wanted to be able to share it with a bigger audience.

The drawings were captured with an iPhone camera, cropped, then uploaded to Google Drive. Each picture was dropped into a new slide.

The author used Screencastify to create voiceover buttons.

The hyperlinked arrows make it easier for students to navigate to the next page.

Put it All Together

1. Create a Google Slideshow with a Simple White Theme. Let the words and pictures be the star of the show!

2. Use text boxes and inserted images on a slideshow to create your digital storybook.

3. Use arrow shapes to allow your end user to move to the next or previous pages. HINT - Once you create one set of buttons (next/previous), you can copy/paste them to each slide and they’ll all be in the same spot on each slide.

4. Create a folder in your Google Drive to hold your audio files. Get the sharable link - That makes the folder (and all of the items in it) viewable to anyone in Dublin Schools.

5. Go to Online Voice Recorder. Resize your windows so that you can see both the recording screen and your storybook slideshow.

6. Record the text for each slide separately. When you save the files from Online Voice Recorder, name them by slide so that it will be easy to know where they go.

7. Move the audio files into the shared folder you created.

8. On your slideshow, go to the first slide that has an accompanying audio file. Use the insert menu, and select audio. Navigate to the slide’s audio file. Repeat for each slide. You can move that audio button up near your navigation arrows.

When Sharing a Google Project, you'll want to do 2 things.

1. Go to the File menu and select Publish to the Web. When the dialog box pops up, click on the Publish button. You'll be asked if you're sure you want to publish this selection - just click OK. Once you do that, you'll have an opportunity to copy the link. The link will go to your project in presentation mode so it'll look good and navigate correctly. Use that link as a way to show your project to others. (email it to someone, add it to a discussion post, put it in a Doc or Spreadsheet, add it to a Google Form...)

2. Use the Share button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, and type your teacher's name into the box provided. This will allow your teacher to collaborate with you and give you feedback.