Add Audio to Google Slides

Student-created Google Slides presentations at SMASD are becoming more and more powerful by the addition of graphs, images and videos.

We have also seen the power of hyperlinking objects to make slides interactive:

- 5th Grade History "Guess Who?" Postcards
- 6th Grade ELA Book Reports
- 7th and 8th Grade Math - Choose Your Own Adventure Stories
- HS Anatomy Heart Amusement Park Projects

Lately there also has been the power of recording narration via screencast videos. Now students can efficiently complete peer reviews without a week of classtime lost to individual presentations.

- 7th Grade Holocaust Survivor Projects
- 8th Grade <<Mi Familia>> Photo Album Presentations

Up until now, adding audio to our Google Slides was only available via this Screencast method.

The tool is wonderful, but has some limitations with editing and collaboration. For example, you have to record the entire presentation at once, and there is little room for editing.  Also it doesn't allow for a full class or small group collaboration on a slidedeck where each student can narrate his/her own slides.

But the wait is over... Google Slides > Insert > Audio is HERE!!!

I can't explain it better than fellow Google Trainer Eric Curts does in his blogpost at controlaltachieve.com. Feel free to share the post with your students or the tutorial below if they need specific instructions.

The key points to remember are:

- Record the audio for each slide and save it to Google Drive
- Allow sharing perimissions on the audio file
- Set the audio to automatically play when slide is opened, if desired
- Set slides to auto advance if desired

See the slidedeck that I've created to share with your students who would like to add audio.    Just add THIS LINK to Google Classroom with the project.  They can listen and follow the instructions!  No need for you to teach the tech.