Skip to main content

Interactive Documents Using Google Slides

For this week's assignment, we had to create an interactive document using Google Slides. There were so many options that I found myself getting a little overwhelmed again. Instead of creating something completely new, I decided to follow a tutorial and then use the process I learned to make my own unique document. I began to do this tutorial on Creating an Interactive Presentation but was having some problems. I noticed that an update to the video had been posted, so I tried it again. Here is the tutorial I used:



The second tutorial was better, but there were still a couple of things I had to figure out. When he highlighted multiple items, he did not say how to do that (because it is basic), so I had to google it. Also, he gave instructions on how to create a "back" button to get back to the start, but it didn't work. So I just tried something different and I thought it had worked. Until I embedded the presentation in this post and tested it one last time.

Here is the interactive document I created:



To begin, click on the triangle to play the presentation. Then you can click on any of the circles and it will show you the name of that stage of the butterfly life cycle and a video of the stage. If you click on the "Back" button on any of the pages, it is supposed to go back to the first page. The problem is, if you use the Back buttons, the video links for the caterpillar and chrysalis stages go to the wrong place but if you don't touch the Back button the links are fine. At this point, I can't figure out how to fix it.

Aside from the glitch, I'm really happy with how it turned out.
Labels:

Comments

  1. Rod CarnillSeptember 23, 2018 at 4:45 PM

    You should be happy! you covered a lot of difficult skills and problem solved your way through a couple of hurdles that were thrown at you. I like the way you shifted the location of the back button when the video covered up the lower left corner. Good Thinking!

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownSeptember 26, 2018 at 8:58 AM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownSeptember 26, 2018 at 8:59 AM

    Heather, your "Life Circle of a Butterfly" looks amazing. I think it's super easy to follow. I can see myself posting this in Google Classroom and have my students complete some kind of activity individually or in groups with these slides.

    ReplyDelete
  4. UnknownSeptember 30, 2018 at 12:44 AM

    I love this! This is PERFECT for the life cycle of the butterfly! Your students are going to be very engaged with this!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Nearpod

Nearpod is a tool for teachers to create presentations that can be shared with students in live class mode, or at student self-pace. I thought the learning curve on this was very easy, and I created a presentation pretty quickly. Nearpod Silver edition is free, and Nearpod Gold costs $12 per month. Among other differences, with Silver you can have a class of up to 30 and cannot do student self-paced mode. I created a presentation about perimeter and area of squares and rectangles. Here it is: To start a presentation, just click on Create your own lesson: Next, choose from Add Content, Add Web Content or Add Activity. There are many different options for content and activities to add. I started by adding a video. You simply insert the share address of the youtube video under Add Web Content. Next, I added an interactive simulation from content. It is an area builder game. This slide is a collaborate slide. In live mode, the students' answers are posted
6 comments
Read more

Formative Assessment Using Technology

Formative assessment is an important part of instruction. It gives the teacher data on how well the students are understanding the lesson. This data can then be used by the teacher to alter instruction, and it can be used by the student to work toward mastery. There is so much technology available to teachers to make assessment easier! I decided to give Formative a try. This is a website that can be used to create many different types of assessments, and can be used with Google Classroom  and Clever . You can choose from a library of already-made assessments, or you can create your own. When creating an assessment, you can add content like videos and images. With the premium, paid subscription there are more options. There are 17 different types of assessment you can create, including reflection, lab, pre-assessment and exit-ticket. There are 11 different types of questions that can be added into the assessment. What I Made I made two different assessments. The first was a spe
5 comments
Read more