Import a Google Slides Deck into Formative
There are 2 pathways to importing Google Slides into Formative
From within the formative:
Click on the "+" icon to open the 'Add Item' window
Select "Slide"
You will be prompted to choose (or login to) the Google account you'd like to import the slides from
Once logged-in the window will present all Slides decks available for import
From the Home Page
Click on 'Create' at the top right corner
Select 'Import from Google'
You will be prompted to choose (or login to) the Google account you'd like to import the slides from
Once logged-in the window will present all files within your Google Drive
Click on the 'Presentations' tab where all slide decks available for import will be displayed
Select Slides for Import
To locate the Slides deck for import you can:
Choose your preferred view - thumbnails or list form.
Use the sorting menu to reorder the list by name, last modification date, or last opening date.
Type keywords into the search bar
When the desired Slides deck has been located choose it by clicking on it and proceed to click on the "Select" button at the bottom left corner. Give the system the time it needs to pull up the deck and convert the slides into images (this may take a few minutes depending on the size of the deck selected):
At this point all the slides from the deck will be displayed in the selection window. By default, all slides will be selected at first. You can deselect individual slides or all slides, and then also select individual slides or all slides. The number of selected slides will be listed on the "Add Documents" button for quick reference. Once you're done making your selections, click on the "Add Documents" button, and the selected slides (now converted to images) will be added to your formatives, ready to be enhanced with questions or additional content items!
Note: There is a limit of 75 slides per upload as well as a 25MB file size limit. If your slides deck is larger, please split it into smaller chunks and upload each portion separately.
Free Teacher plan users have an uploading limit of 20 pages per month (each slide is considered a page).
Update Google Slides in Formative
Google Slides that were uploaded into assessments recently can now be updated and seamlessly edited with a single click! (see image below)
Have old formatives with slides that were uploaded before we introduced this capability? Re-upload the slides to try it out today!
