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Slideshow Activity

With the Slideshow Activity, students view photographs images associated with the subject and content of the lesson. The slideshow can include custom 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 120 words at 100% for above/below layouts

Up to 100 words at 100% for left/right layouts

Activity image best practice:

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

  1. There are multiple overlay options to add content to your slide.

    Slideshow - overlay option.pngImage Added

  2. 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.

    Slideshow MultipleSlides.mp4
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Accessibility

Screen readers will also read out loud:

  • Activity Title

  • Activity Instructions

  • Activity Keyboard Command List

  • Image Alt Text

  • Text added to the slide overlay

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Keyboard Command list for Activity

Slideshow Keyboard Commands.pngImage Added

Create a Slideshow Activity

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Build the Activity

  1. 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.

  2. Add Alt text for the image (required).

  3. Click Back to return to the activity editor.

  4. Repeat steps 2-4 until each image contains the required Alt text.

  5. When finished, click OK.
    The Labeling Activity placeholder will appear in the lesson.

  6. Preview the lesson changes.

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Slideshow Activity video

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Fill image: ON

When Show Answers Fill image is enabled, any empty placeholder will automatically display the label in the correct placeholderON, the image will display fill the entire slide from top-to-bottom and left-to-right.

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Image of Slide with Fill Imageimage: ON Show Answers Enabled

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Fill image: OFF

When Show Answers Fill image is disabled, any label not in a placeholder will remain in the left-hand column and the placeholder will remain emptyOFF, the image will display with the actual image dimensions.

The image may not fill the slide completely.

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Video of Show Answers DisabledSlide with Fill image: OFF

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Slide Background Color

You With the Fill image: OFF setting, 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

  • Centered, no image

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Video of Overlay options

Slideshow Overlay options.mp4

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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