Google - How to Add Photos and Videos to Google Slides

Photos

  1. Open your Google slides presentation and navigate to the slide you would like to insert a photo on.

  2. Click on ‘Insert’ then hover on ‘Image’ then select either ‘Upload from Computer’ or ‘Search the Web’. If you have an image saved to your computer, you would choose ‘Upload from Computer’. Then you need to find where the image is saved on the computer in the next window that comes up. Click the image and then click open.

    insert image menu


open image menu

3. If you choose ‘Search the Web’, a window will open on the right side of the screen. You can search a keyword and press enter.

google image search pop-out menu

4. Once your results show up, scroll through them and find the photo you would like to enter. Double click on it.

pop-out image search results

image inserted into slide


Videos

1. Using this function, you can insert a video directly from YouTube or from your Google Drive. Go to the slide you’d like to insert the video on and click ‘Insert’ then click ‘Video’.

insert video menu

2. The menu opens with the YouTube option. Use the search bar at the top to find a video, or paste a YouTube URL.

Insert video menu - YouTube

3. Click Google Drive to select a video from your Drive, or paste its URL.

Insert video menu - Google Drive

4. Select the video, then click Insert.

Insert video menu - selection

5. The video then will be inserted on the slide.

video inserted into slide

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OwnerAndrew M.GroupChippewa Valley Technical College
Created2019-01-16 15:57:37Updated2023-07-31 15:17:33
SitesChippewa Valley Technical College
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