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Add Images To Formatives
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Written by Neta Raz Studnitski
Updated over 2 months ago

Upload or take a picture your students can view!

  1. Click on the "+" icon

  2. Choose "Image" from the Content types

  3. 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 25MB 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.

  • Select "Upload Picture" or "Upload Document" to upload images 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 from your Drive

  • Select "Take a Photo" to take a picture from your device's built-in camera

  • Select "Draw Image" to draw your image on a whiteboard

  • Drag and drop any file into the drop-zone

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

What is Draw an Image?

Draw an Image is a Whiteboard functionality. It is a content item that teachers create by using typing, drawing, uploading background images, and using editor tools.

  1. Choose "Draw an Image"

  2. 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:

  1. Once the image has been uploaded, click on the Accessibility icon at the top of the image box

  2. Proceed to enter a description of the image for screen readers to process

  3. If you prefer to use the image as decorative only, check mark the Decorative box and the screen reader will skip the image

What's Next?

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