Upload or take a picture your students can view!
Click on the "+" icon
Choose "Image"
Add an image using any of the following methods:
Search Google Images to find an image or add an Image URL
Note: There is a limit of 25 images/slides/PDF pages per upload, as well as a 500MB file size limit per upload. If you slides deck or PDF file is larger, please split it into smaller chunks and upload each portion separately.Drag & Drop, or click to upload to add images or PDFs you saved from your computer, tablet or mobile device (Document files will be converted to image files when uploaded)
Select "Pick from Google Drive" to upload images or other documents directly from your Drive (Document files will be converted to image files when uploaded)
Select "Take a Photo" to take a picture using your device's built-in camera
Select "Draw Image" to manually create the image on our Drawing whiteboard
NOTE: If a attempting to upload an unsafe file extension (ie .exe files) or other non-supported files, a "That file is not supported" notification will appear
Note: Free Teacher account holders have an uploading limit of 20 pages per month.
What is Draw an Image?
Draw an Image is a Whiteboard functionality. It is a media content item that teachers create by typing, drawing, uploading background images, and using editor tools.
Choose "Draw an Image"
Start drawing or select the image icon to upload an image from your files
**Note: Students cannot interact with this whiteboard/drawn image item, only view it. If you would like students to be able to type, draw, or upload to a whiteboard of their own, choose the Drawing question type.
Add Alt-Text to Image Content Item
Image Content Items support Alt-Text for screen readers. To add Alt-Text:
Once the image has been uploaded, click on the Accessibility icon at the top of the image box
Proceed to enter a description of the image for screen readers to process
If you prefer to use the image as decorative only, check mark the Decorative box and the screen reader will skip the image
PDF - Add and Generate Questions
When selecting a PDF file - our system will automatically convert the document into an Image file. You have an option to add the PDF and generate questions to go along with it using Formative's AI agent.
This functionality works for one page of PDF at a time. Once the PDF is done processing and has been converted into images:
Deselect all the pages of the PDF
Check-mark (select) the one PDF page you wish to work with
Click 'Add and generate questions'
Proceed to add a prompt and adjust the settings for the questions generation
Allow our AI agent to process your request, and once questions have been generated proceed to select which to add to your activity
Removing the PDF after questions have been generated
You have the option to remove the image and keep only the generated questions. To do this:
Click on the pencil icon at the top of the uploaded PDF
Click on the trashcan icon
Confirm removal of the PDF item
Once the PDF has been removed, the generated questions will remain as stand-alone questions that are not dependent on the previously uploaded content item.