Cowabunga, it has been a busy few weeks! I’ve been working away, making an attempt to provide you with progressive concepts for distant studying and boy, has there been plenty of trial and error. However once I problem myself to discover a answer, I do not relaxation till I do. And, whereas I am nonetheless not 100% content material with it, I’ve discovered a enjoyable method to create a listening exercise inside Google Slides. For this instance, I selected to deal with French prepositions utilizing PNG pictures I discovered by way of Google picture search and mixed in Drawings. I had initially created them for the Quizlet examine set under.
I really like them a lot, I made a decision to make use of them in an audio e-book I designed utilizing Guide Creator.
How you can Add Audio Recordsdata to a Slide
- File your audio. You may use an internet instrument, resembling On-line Voice Recorder, or you need to use a recording app in your gadget. I take advantage of the Voice Memo app on my iPhone but it surely requires the additional step of changing it from an MP4 to an MP3 by way of iTunes.
- Create a devoted audio folder in your Google Drive and alter the share settings to “Anybody with the hyperlink can view“. That method, everytime you drop an audio file into that folder, the identical share settings will apply. That is vital as a result of when you do not change the share settings in your audio information, nobody will be capable to play them.
- Change the audio icon to a different picture, whether or not it’s a quantity or a letter, for instance. To do that, click on on the audio icon to entry the choice to substitute picture, which is able to seem within the menu bar above the slide. You may add pictures, use pictures in your drive or choose from a Google picture search. For the prepositions exercise, I created my very own PNG quantity graphics in Drawings utilizing phrase artwork and for every audio file, I changed the audio icon with the corresponding quantity. It will make it simpler for me to mark.
On the primary slide, I additionally added two borderless and clear textual content containers for the scholar’s identify and for the full. Lastly, I created a second format for a few True/False questions.
Whereas I hoped to keep away from having to manually right this listening exercise provided that I’ve over 160 college students, I nonetheless like the way it turned and I believe my youthful college students will get pleasure from such a exercise.
NOTE: As a result of this file has been copied so many occasions however every copy nonetheless hyperlinks again to my unique audio information, I strongly advocate recording your individual audio information and inserting them into the file utilizing the three steps above. I’ve been receiving a whole lot of share requests from college students from throughout the province who’re unable to hearken to the information. It is because Google maxes out at 500 day by day “views”.
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