Google Drawings Story
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Student reference guide on how to navigate Google Drawing and Google Slides to create an original short story.
The video embedded is a short overview of the Google Drawing functions which will be similar to what you will be doing for this project.
Setting Up Google Slides
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Make sure you are able to log in with your Google account.
Go to Google Slides and in the lower right corner click on the plus sign to create a new presentation.
Setting Up Google Drawings
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Go to Google Drive
Select New -> More -> and Google Drawings
Insert Text
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Find and select Text Box
Add text
Draw Lines
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Find and open the Line menu
Draw a single line
Draw a Curve Line
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Find and open the Line menu
Draw a Curve line
Draw a Line With Scribble
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Find and open the Line menu
Draw a Scribble line
Create Shapes
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Find the Shapes menu
Create a basic shape
Manipulate Object
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Select an object
Change the size of the object
Change the color of the object
Manipulate Text
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Select text
Change the color of the text
Change the size of the text
Copy and Paste Objects
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Select object and copy
Paste the object
Download Drawing
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Click on File and select download and .png
Import Drawing Into Google Slides
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Open Google Slides
Select insert -> image -> click upoad from computer OR Drive
Animate Drawing
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Select on object
Right-click and select animate
Select which animation to play along with the duration of the effect
Present
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Once you have completed your story you will present it to the group