Instagram Stories with Google Slides
You don’t need the app to create the experience. -- Matt Miller (@jmattmiller)
These are GREAT for ... Characters for a story you’ve read Historical figures Demonstrating a skill “A Day in the Life of …” First day/week back to school Practicing a foreign language … and more!
Step 1: Plan out videos to include in your story. Having students storyboard their ideas can help them organize their planning. Here’s a template they can use.
Step 2: Create a Google Slides presentation You can use this template! Click here!
Step 3: Repeat. Add videos/images to template.
Step 4: Add annotations to images. Icons. Text. Speech bubbles. Emojis. Bitmojis. More images. They’re fun and pack more into each image.
Step 5: Present to watch your story! Click through slides to advance like you do with an Instagram story. Videos will autoplay like they do on Instagram.
Step 6: (Optional) Students add comments. Have students share their stories with other students. Those students can add comments to the slides to interact.