YouTube for Learners

I love I can look up and instantly start learning at anytime on YouTube.  There are so many amazing tutorials made by so many different people I don't always know where to start!  This can also be a little overwhelming for young learners.  And, I am always looking for ways to keep content for learners with the least amount of distractions as possible.  But the real question is, how??

First, you can view all videos in full screen mode to help eliminate advertisements, comments, and other suggested videos.

But, did you also know you can combine the power of Google Slides with YouTube?  By using the video URL and embedding a video in Slides you have more control over what your learners see.

Now that the video is embedded on a Slide, right-click to select Format Options. Here you can adjust the start and stop time of a video, along with other formatting options.

Use these features to help keep learners focused on the content. Do you notice a difference in how your class responds to videos shared using these tips?

The "Present" in Presentation

Google Slides presentations.  As educators we make presentations every day for our leaners.  How are we sharing our presentations?  If I want our audience to see the presentation and not all the extra tools you have the ability to share the presentation in a presentation mode with just a few clicks of the mouse!

One way to share a presentation is to change the Share settings to Get shareable link.  In this case, you will see all the toolbars.

There are 2 other options when looking at Publish to Web under the File menu.  The first way is by creating a link.  You can publish the content to be viewable by clicking on a link.  You will need to change the sharing settings to match who you want the presentation viewable by and click the blue Publish button. 

Now when someone clicks on the link it will look like this...

There is also the option to create embed code so that the presentation is embedded in another document. 

One of the features I like best about publishing a presentation to the web is that when ever I make changes to my original document, the link is live and the changes show up automatically for the viewers. I don't have to do anything!

When I am done sharing a presentation I can click stop publishing and it is now no longer viewable by others with the link or a document with the embed code. 

So easy!  And it looks great from the viewers point of view!