Lesson 2

Lesson Expectations

To continue to add different pieces of work that you have produced over the year.
To create a Google Slideshow with the images of your learning.
To make your Timeline live and hand in the link to Google Classroom.

Discuss the learning that you did in the last lesson. What do you need to do to improve the quality of your images?

In this lesson you will log on to your Google account and use the Slides app.

Step 3 - Timeline Project - Google Slides on the iPad.mov

The computer group will continue to add lines to the spreadsheet. You will make your timeline live.

You will also use the Background part of the spreadsheet to change the background of your presentation.

Log on to Google Classroom and open your Timeline Spreadsheet assignment
From the File Menu choose Publish to the web
Click Publish and the click Ok
Go to the Onibar and copy the URL of the spreadsheet
Open the link in the Google Classroom or go to https://timeline.knightlab.com/
Scroll down to Part 3 of the instructions.
Paste the URL from step 4 into the field in that says Google Spreadsheet URL
Press the Tab key on the keyboard
Scroll down to step 4
Click Open Preview in a new Window
Copy the URL from this window
Go back to Google classroom and Add this URL to this post

Step 4 - Timeline Project - Making your timeline interactive.mov

The next step is adding a background image or colour to your interactive timeline.

Open a new tab in Google Chrome
Go to Images
Search for an image relevant to your piece of work. For example if it is the Mayans, find a image of one of the Mayan pyramids.
Click Tools
From the Usage Rights menu choose Labelled for non commercial reuse and modification (this ensure you are choosing legal images for your presentation, as this will be published to the internet so must have legal images.)
Find an image and then copy the link
Go back to your spreadsheet and in column R and the row of your entry, paste in the image URL.
Now go back to your interactive timeline refresh the page and you will see the image in the background.

In this step you will add an colour code to give your background a colour.

Open the website in Google Classroom or click this link - http://www.paletton.com
Choose a colour and then copy the hex number code of that colour
Go back to the timeline project spreadsheet
Go to column R and then the row you wish to add the colour
Type a # and then paste the hex number in the cell
Now go back to your interactive timeline refresh the page and you will see the colour in the background.

Step 5 - Timeline Project - Adding a background image and picture.mov

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