The Word Art tip is a game changer for me! Literally, in the past two hours I've been working on a slide presentation and felt that frustration once again about no drop shadow, etc. Thank you so much!

Thank you Michelle! You help me survive the pandemic as an older teacher who knew nothing about anything with slides and now I use them just like my right hand. I retire next year. But I’m still learning every single day! Thanks for your tips

Anytime I watch one of your tips/tricks videos I find new ways of how I can use something in a new way! As a special education teacher, I use google slides all the time to create visuals, schedules, and more for students. I don't use them as slides, but am able to do much more in slides then in docs to create what I need to then print for use.

I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but if you made a shape with the fill color and border that you like, as long as you are clicked on that shape, you can then create a new shape and it will also already have the same fill and border that you just made!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh... I LOVE this! I had no idea about this one... that's awesome! Thank you for sharing and for watching! 🖤

@CrisisRescue

10 ай бұрын

Thanks - and - I haven't played with G Slides before. Is there an option in menu to choose shapes, then a color palette, etc.? That's why I watched video - hoping the training covered this.

Great video, Michelle! I love your teeny tiny music video idea! I’ll be trying that this week with my slides. I also use Google keep for clipart or GIFs that I frequently use in my daily slides.

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much for watching and commenting! 🖤 Also, I love that idea for Google Keep! So smart... especially because you can easily access Keep in the sidebar when you're using Google Slides. You're a genius!

Awesome video! I will definitely be saving this one to refer back to again and again, as it is jam packed with helpful tips. There was a lot I didn't already know, so I am excited to learn more. Thanks, Michelle! 😊

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

You're so sweet Mandy! Thank you as always and I appreciate you watching and commenting! 🖤

Thanks Michelle! When using word art you can also get fancy using the format options to create reflections and shadow effects. I use this for announcement or posters

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Yes! You can edit it with all the fancy effects like all the old school Word Art which is great! Thanks for watching and commenting! 🖤

Thank you Michelle, I'm in my final student teaching placement until December and hopefully I will be able to have my own classroom soon after that or at least in the 2024-2025 school year. I already know a lot about Google slides but you just taught me 2 new things I didn't know and will definitely be using in the future. Thank you so much.

super clear and helpful. I made google slides from your presentation so I would retain what I learned. Thank you.

So simple! I’m thinking of building my math tutoring website with slides as a reteaching tool for students. Many of these hacks blew my mind! I love creating custom substitutions. It’s a great math term and also a great way to save typing time!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Yesss Russell! I'm happy you got some ideas! The custom substitutions is perfect for math! I hope you're doing well!

Hi Michelle, thank you for this informative video. I will definitely use these tips to enhance my google slides. Looking forward to seeing more videos like this one.

Oh my gosh!! Just when I thought you had taught me all the things….you teach me more!!! Super stuff presented in an understandable way!! Thank you!! ❤

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, yay! I'm so happy you found this helpful Kim! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Thank you! I can't wait to try some of the new things that I learned. My high school kids like the vibrant slides that I use...learned from you!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much Robin! I'm happy you enjoyed it and that your students enjoy it! Thanks for watching! 🖤

MICHELLE. Thank you for this video! I’m a google slides fan too, and there were definitely hacks I hadn’t heard of before. I’m especially excited to try out the “photos into shapes” for my states or matter unit and the “slides for tomorrow” google keep hack. 🤩

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank YOU Emilee for watching and taking the time to comment! 🖤 I'm so happy you enjoyed it and were able to learn some new hacks. I love, love, love hearing that! I hope your lesson goes well!

Very helpful! Thank you! Something I would like to learn is finding clips from movies or TV shows that relate to what I'm teaching. I want to add them to the slides, too! 😊

Thanks for all the hacks! I love using /template/preview instead of /copy. Users can look at the file before deciding if they want to make the copy or not. :)

Thank you, Michelle! I truly appreciate how your background as a teacher allows you to sift through the chaff of endless videos on tech hacks and boil them down to the most practical and immediately applicable to educators. This video is "goldilocks" length and packed with useful tips we can use RIGHT NOW. Thank you so much!👏🏼

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much for your kind feedback! I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment... plus, I love hearing that this was useful for you! Thank you for all your support! 🖤

Love this!! Learned a few new tricks!! Thank you Michelle!!

So helpful! I love the idea of using Google Keep notes to track where I leave off in a long slide deck. Genius!

This was amazing! Your videos are the best. The resizing word art without distortion hack is life-changing for me lol

This is great!! Thank you so much. Your videos are always so helpful!

Thank you so much, Michelle! This was so incredibly helpful! ❤

You rock, girl! This was packed with great information. I have been teaching for 30 years and your videos and podcasts have helped me tremendously with my organization which makes me want to keep teaching. Thank you 😊

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, great! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment Suzanne! I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it and that I've been able to help you... that's amazing! I appreciate all your support! 🖤

Thanks Michelle!! We still use Microsoft based programs, ppt being one of them. I like the freedom and choices Google Slides provide. Now just the time to play around with it…lol. Seriously though, thank you for the hacks and I plan on using Google a little more.😊

You are amazing! Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge!

You are my hero for these, especially numbers 8 and 9! Keep up the great videos!

I just learned about the Pocketful of Primary, and I love it !

I am so glad II found this video. Hack 1 and 2 I already use, but Hack 3!!! I am so excited to implement this hack into my future slide presentations. A game changer! Thanks so much.

Michelle, Thanks so much for these hacks! I learn so much from you!

Michelle, this was the most helpful set of tips I have seen on Google Slides. I hope I never lose the link. Thank you.

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, yay! I'm so happy this was helpful for you! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Hi Michelle. I learned how to use Google slides from you several years ago and I continue to learn. I can’t say thank you enough, but I’ll try. Thank you!!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much Robin! I'm happy you were able to learn some new things and I appreciate you commenting! Thanks for watching! 🖤

I love the timer on the slides!❤ Thank you Michelle 😊

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! 🖤

So informative and time saving. Thanks for all your hard work!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you enjoyed it Victoria! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Awesome video... the Google Keep Tip was my favorite. I'm thinking of so many ways that could help me!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Yesss! There are so many ways it could be used! Thanks for watching! 🖤

I appreciate all the hacks. I love google slides. Thank you for sharing them.

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Thanks Michelle!! I have learned so much from you and your videos! Can you tell me, is there any way to get a KZread video to start to play in one slide, then continue into another when presenting?? Thanks!!

This is such an awesome, info-packed video! Thank you!

Nice video. Thanks for the tips. Really liked the linking to other slides. Great idea.

this is so great! for hack 2 do you ever run into the issue of ads when embedding youtube videos? if you do, how do you overcome them?

Amazing! Thank you for all these ideas and hacks. Such a great resource!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Whoop whoop! I'm so happy you liked it! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Thank you so so much for the very detailed informative videos requiring Google slides. I am a substitute teacher and your videos really really help me. Thank you so much.

Love, love, love this!!!! Thank you so much! 🙏

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you loved it! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Wow!! I really appreciate all of those hacks. Do you recommend always adding “Make available offline?”I love google slides. It allows teachers to be organized, helps keep students engaged with all of the visual and audio features you can add and it really helps students know what to expect. Thanks for sharing them. I can’t wait to try the Google Keep one!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much Nellie! I'm so happy you found it helpful and enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! 🖤 As for making slides available offline, I think it depends on your situation. If the internet tends to be spotty at your school, it's probably worth it. But, if this rarely happens, it may not be a priority... if that makes sense.

You’re amazing! And I love your videos! I’m curious, does Google slides have automatic transition between slides? I love using Google but I just don’t know how to auto transition my slides like PowerPoint.

You are my dream teacher! I love the idea of spooky side effects for Halloween. Your students must adore you 🧡

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much Deborah! I appreciate that so much!

The image and shape application was simply genius. I've been a tech coach for over 15 years and hadn't thought of that. I learn something new from you every week, Michelle. Great ideas in this video.

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh, thank you Susan! I really appreciate it and I'm so happy you're able to learn something new! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Always awesome shares, Michelle! Love those video for all the timesavers and also adding pizzazz to Slides. Question on the SHOW MORE department which shows the Hack numbers and video time, why the specific Hacks are not described? Thank you for all your work!

Love learning tips and tricks from you. In another comment you mentioned the old “master slides” is now themes. I recall you showing how to do this in a previous video (I think when you made the science lesson slides). Can you remind us what video that was so I can rewatch it to learn again? I did honestly try to search for it.

Thank you for posting! Love your google hacks. Please do more!!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you Mel! I definitely might need to do a part 2 to this! Thanks for watching! 🖤

I really love your videos Michelle thank you so much 😍

I use Google slides DAILY for my Kindergarten classroom. These hacks are AMAZING! Thank you so much! 💓

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, yay! I'm so happy you enjoyed it Rachel! Thanks for watching! 🖤

@lizcurtis3798

Жыл бұрын

Hi Rachel, what are some of the things you can do with your littles?

Thank YOU so much!! YOU are beyond amazing!!!! 💖

This was actually really really informative. Thank you!

Hi Michelle! Thank you so much for these hacks and I am loving The Office clips you include in your tutorials - huge fan of the Office and now a huge fan of you and your hacks! Thank you for blowing my mind in the best way - your delivery is warm, super informative, and makes the impossible feel achievable. Happy Friday!!

We need a book update! I love your videos, give me so many ideas!

I love the crop to shape hack! I never knew about that!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, yay! I'm so happy you were able to learn something new! Thanks for watching!

I love learning from your videos! They certainly help me feel more professional in my day to day. . . Have you ever come close to running out of space in your Google Drive? How do you decide what to keep/move around when that happens? Also curious. . . I've heard a few tpt sellers say to never use Google when designing a product. Wondering why that may be and how you feel about that? Thanks again :)

So many cool ideas I will definitely be using these ideas!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I'm happy you got some ideas to use! Thanks for watching Joy! 🥰

Thank you! Excited to try out these great hacks!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I'm so happy you enjoyed it Shelby! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Thanks sooo much for all the hacks!!! Amazing video!!! 🎉

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Aww, you're so welcome Tina! Thanks for watching! 🖤

That's awesome. Thank you so much for the hacks. I am a big fan of yours . I make the same google slides as yours. I am enjoying it

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that! Thanks for watching! 🖤

I really love these ideas! ♥ Thank you!!!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy it was helpful for you! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Thank you! I absolutely love your videos and the TechKNOWLEGY that you share. I've noticed that the "play" icon when I insert music into my slides does not disappear (even though I've selected "hide"). Any helpful suggestions you or someone else can offer are greatly welcomed.

Thank you!! Great advise on adding video. Do you have your math notes available???

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I don't have them available in my store yet but it is on my list!

My favorite is to add a 1x1 table for answers. That way students can just click and begin typing right away!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I've done that too! You can also align the text vertically as well as horizontally with a table which is awesome! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Awesome tutorial as always from You👏👍Thank You

Omg you are the best! Many thanks from a first year teacher 💙💕

I am going to use this google slides hacks sometime, thanks!

I really liked this video. I love Google Slides and am quite good with it but I learned a few things. Instead of using «copy» at the end of the URL, I like using «template/preview ». It gives the person who is going to make a copy see a preview of what they will be making a copy of.

This was EXCELLENT

Thank you for the hacks. I still use some of the google slides help you gave in an early video. Do you have any suggestions on music without ads? I hate when I choose an instrument music link then it starts playing an ad.

@wendyrivas5241

Жыл бұрын

I get a link through Safeshare and add that link to my Google Slide.

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Hi Amy! I've personally found that adding KZread videos to Google Slides will bypass the ads when you're playing them from a Google Slides slideshow. But, as Wendy mentioned, you can use other websites like Safeshare that prevent ads from being played. Hopefully that helps! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Ooooo! I love the custom subtitution idea! I do have a question, since you are the Google guru. I'm an ESL teacher and I want my 1st-3rd grade students to be able to practice their speaking skills by recording themselves within Slides. For example, I inserted a picture. I want the kiddos to be able to easily record themselves describing the pictures. Is there some kind of recorder that be inserted into the slide for them to click on, record, then stop? Help me!

You are awesome!! Thank you so much!!

Love this video! Thank you so much!!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🖤

You're Awesome...Thanks for sharing

I needed this video

Thank you for this great video!! Question, when you create a new slides , how do you keep your colors that you like to use?

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching Heather! 🖤 Great question... personally, I just have the color codes saved as a note and reference the codes if I forget (because I do have some of them memorized) BUT you can always make a copy of other slides you have created that use the colors or copy an element that has the colors (such as a table with each cell the color you want to use).

Thank you so much for this video❤❤❤

EXCELLENT🎉 Thank you, Michelle. 👍🏼

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thank YOU for watching! 🖤🥰

Thank you this really helped. 🎉😊

Hello, Michelle! I have a question about links within a Table of Contents. Is it possible for me to link to a specific slide within a different set of slides? I don't want to link to an entire slide set, just one slide only. Thank you so much for your videos! They are so helpful!

What a great video. Thank you.

Thank you for this. If I set my slide to offline, will my youtube videos which are linked be able to use offline as well?

Loved it!

Thanks for these great tips! I love making my slides more interesting for students. If I use KZread music on my slides, how can I make sure that ads aren't included? Keep on sharing your knowledge! Teachers greatly appreciate your talents!

Fabulous list. Thank you.

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

I'm happy you found it helpful! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Girl - you're cold blooded ! Great job!

🤩🤩🤩 You rock dear Michelle!

Love all the hacks!! So helpful!

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you found it helpful Taylor! Thanks for watching! 🖤

Love these hacks…You da best!!!

Hey Michelle Happy Holidays I wanted to know when we make files for homework test assignments in Google Drive can you make a copy of those homework test and lessons folders and copy them to units so you don’t have to keep doing those files over and over again.

Hi, thank you for your slide presentation. I would like to keep slides up at the same (all the time) and be able to read my notes at the same time....where the students cannot see them, just myself. Is that possible?

Thank you for all the great tips. When you are trying to link to another slide or other available something or other...and dropdown falls off your desktop and have to move stuff around or enlarge the screen...well. what I do, is just type on the line "Slide 4" and it pops up at the top so I can click on it. That is a shortcut I found for that anyway. lol

Hi Michelle, is there a way to NOT have the presentation take over the whole screen? Microsoft PowerPoint has a slide show setup option of "browsed by an individual (window)". I would like to be able to do other work on my computer while the slide show is going on. Thank you!

Question: Will there be ads playing first, when you insert a YT video?

@moviememer3024

Жыл бұрын

Was wondering about this too! How do you ensure there won't be ads?

really great tips. can you do presentation hacks for executives and grad students

Do you ever have trouble with a slide deck running very slowly because the deck is very large? I've gone to a deck for each week of a reading unit, with an additional deck of all the weekly slides I copy from each day to pull in specific slides I want each day. Hopefully that makes sense.

Can the music file from KZread be positioned in the order of back, like behind all of your slide info and still play?

@PocketfulofPrimary

Жыл бұрын

Yes it can! Just don't forget it's there, LOL! You can definitely hide it behind other elements though!

Is there a way to disable autosave in google slides? I have a daily morning meeting/calendar slides and I would like to not have certain slides autosave. Is there a way to do that on only some slides and not others?

Extra info about file available offline option on iPhone ; If you want to use your iPhone to do a slideshow to a projector or to a MacBook (via QuickTime and a direct USB cable, for example), you will need an Internet connection to perform the Google Slides Slideshow, even if the Google Slide file has been set as available offline on the iPhone ; I discovered this problem a few weeks ago.