Legacy Slideshow Activity

Slideshow Activity

The Slideshow activity lets you view images and text in a slideshow format. You can also add audio (in an mp3 format).

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Slides Tab

You can add each image one at a time or you can import a folder of images.

Click New to add a single image (see below).

After adding your images, you can use the up and down arrows to set the order.

For information about the options, see the section Activity Options Tab.

Slides Tab / New

When you select an image, the image gets optimized automatically if you have a large image. (The file size is reduced.)

You can select an mp3 audio file. (Other audio formats won’t work.)

Import a Folder of Images

As mentioned previously, you can import a folder of images. From the Slides tab (see the image at the left), click Select Folder.

Navigate your computer to click on a folder of images to select it (see the image to the left). Then click Open.

	Edit a Title You will get a message that images have been added to your slide show. When you import a folder, the title for each slide comes from the file name of the image. You can edit the title by clicking on an item in the list and then clicking Edit. Type a new Slide Title and click OK.


	Slideshow Options Tab You can set minimum slide duration for viewing each slide if you click Start Slide Show in the browser (see below).

Web Browser

Click the right arrow to advance to the next slide.

Click Start Slide Show to have the slides advance automatically based on the minimum slide duration you set under the Slide Show Options tab.

If you’ve added audio to a slide, the audio controls at the bottom will appear.

Click View Text to view text for this slide (see the following page).