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Slideshow Activity
DescriptionWith the Slideshow Activity, students view photographs associated with the subject and content of the lesson. The slideshow can include text for each image as well. You can also add audio (in an mp3 format).
See online example.
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Things to know |
Activity title:
Up to 35 characters look best (50 max)
Activity instruction:
Up to 50 characters look best (500 max)
Slide limits:
Maximum of 50 slides can be created withing each activity
Character limits:
Unlimited
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Learners can expand the slide to full screen to view all text. |
Up to x words at 100% for full text layout without enlarging slide.
Up to 120 words at 100% for above/below layouts
Up to 100 words at 100% for left/right layouts
Activity image best practice:
Set Fill Image: ON to automatically fill the slide with your image.
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Learners can expand the slide to full screen to view the full image. |
With Show the background with Fill Image: OFF:
Full Image Layout:
Recommended image size 1020 x 665
4:3 Image Aspect Ratio work best
Top/Bottom Layout:
Recommended image size 1000 x 272
Left/Right Layout
Recommended image size 342 x 358
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To maintain image quality, crop the image dimensions using any image editor (ex. Paint/Paintbrush). If an image is re-sized but not cropped to match pixel dimensions, the image may be stretched or squeezed to fit which can degrade the image quality. |
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Image of Completed Activity |
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Tips |
Add multiple local image slides at once using the icon and select multiple images.
Images with little or no text work best with this activity.
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Accessibility |
Screen readers will also read out loud:
Activity Title
Activity Instructions
Activity Keyboard Command List
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Keyboard Command list for Activity |
Create a Slideshow Activity
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Build the Activity |
Click the icon to create a new slide.
Or;
Click the icon to select and create multiple local image slides at once.Hover over the slides imported and select Edit.
Add Alt text for the image (required).
Click Back to return to the activity editor.
Repeat steps 2-4 until each image contains the required Alt text.
When finished, click OK.
The Labeling Activity placeholder will appear in the lesson.Preview the lesson changes.
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Slideshow Activity video |
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Show Answers (on)Fill image: ON |
When Show Answers is enabled, any empty placeholder will automatically display the label in the correct placeholder.
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Video Image of Fill Image: ON Show Answers Enabled |
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Show Answers (off)Fill image: OFF |
When Show Answers is disabled, any label not in a placeholder will remain in the left-hand column and the placeholder will remain empty.
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Video of Show Answers Disabled |
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Slide Background Color |
You can customize the slide background color.
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Image of a Custom Background Color |
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Add Media |
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Video of creating Slideshow Activity with audio files |
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Customize a Slide |
You can add additional content to the slide by selecting an overlay.
This is how the added content will be displayed in the slide.
There are several Overlay options.
Center over image
At the Top over image
At the Bottom over image
At the Left over the image
At the Right over the image
Above the image
Below the image
At the Left of the image
At the Right of the image
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Video of Overlay options |
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Vertical Text Alignment |
When Show Answers is enabled, any empty placeholder will automatically display the label in the correct placeholder.
Top
Corner
Bottom
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Video of different Vertical Text Alignments |
Slideshow Activity Mobile Views
Vertical | Horizontal |
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