1. Instagram Stories
with Google Slides

2. You don’t need the app to create the experience.
-- Matt Miller

3. 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!

4. 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.

5. Step 2: Create a Google Slides presentation
You can use this template! Click here!

6. Step 3: Repeat. Add videos/images to template.

7. Step 4: Add annotations to images.
Icons.
Text.
Speech bubbles. Emojis.
Bitmojis.
More images.
They’re fun and pack more into each image.

8. 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.

9. Step 6: (Optional) Students add comments.
Have students share their stories with other students.
Those students can add comments to the slides to interact.