Tips and Tricks for Google Slides

Remember the good old days using PowerPoint? You could not only embed audio and video, but you could also have a kiosk type slide show that would run on its own and loop. Well, you can do MOST of these things in Google Slides. Yes, it's maybe not as intuitive as PowerPoint - or maybe we just got used to it. Here's how to do some of these things in SLIDES!!!

Inserting Audio

This one is a little trickier, but still doable! There are 2 main ways of doing this!

Method 1 - This method will play music throughout the slideshow - until you turn it off.

1. If you have a streaming service such as Apple Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, etc., find the music you want on this service. For example, go to Spotify and find the song you'd like to use. Make sure you are logged in to your account on the WEB. If you have an app, you'll still need to log in on the WEB!!
2. On the song you'd like to use, you'll see a share button. Click that button and find the LINK option. Each streaming service is a little different. Copy that LINK. You can copy the link for a playlist if you want instead of a specific song.
3. On your slides presentation, click on INSERT IMAGE and search for some type of audio image. Maybe a speaker or something similar. Insert that onto your slide and size it.
4. While clicked on that image on your slide, hit the HYPERLINK button and make that image a link to your music.
5. When you present your slide show and you click on the icon, the music service will open in a new window. This is why you must be SIGNED in to the music service. Click PLAY and go back to the tab with your presentation.

Method 2 - This method will play music only on the slide it is on. This is for shorter clips.

1. You can add a YouTube video with the music you'd like on your slide show. On the slide you want to put a video, simply click INSERT - VIDEO.
2. Find your video with the audio you want: YouTube, URL, or Google Drive. Maybe you have the video on your computer.
   1. Simple solution - upload the video from your computer to either your Google Drive or to your YouTube channel.
   2. If you upload to YouTube, make sure the setting is PUBLIC or UNLISTED ( NOT PRIVATE!!!)
3. Now, resize the video so it's tiny and won't distract from your presentation.
4. While clicked on the video, click on VIDEO OPTIONS on the toolbar. Here you can set autoplay or set a beginning and ending time.
5. Your music will play when you present the slide!

VIDEO ON INSERTING AUDIO INTO GOOGLE SLIDES - METHOD 1

VIDEO ON INSERTING AUDIO INTO GOOGLE SLIDES - METHOD 2