Post #2: Exploring Features

Google Slides:

Among other functions, "insert" allows the Google Slide creator to put shapes into the slides.
Note the photo below. Just choose what you want and insert it into the slide. Then position and arrange it to where you want it.

Inserting images:

Inserting images is an important feature, and I find that, as an ENL teacher, I rely on images a great deal:

Annotations and Cards in Video:

I'm not crazy about Annotations. The little speech bubbles and rectangles that you can add text to during a video are supposedly going to be obsolete. However, I DID take the Trainer 2 test (yes, I failed) and both were on the test. 

I really like Cards in videos. They can be a lot of fun. I like the poll Card that can be inserted into a video. The following video was created just to insert one with a playlist (Learning Italian) and a poll into this blog page but I have actually inserted other polls in some of the training videos that I've shown my students. Look for the poll at the end.

Look for the little "i" in the circle and click on it. You have to "hover" to see it. 

                                 

Here is the video. I'd love to hear any suggestions as to why it blinks after the Italian Playlist is inserted.

"Add Section" in Forms:

When you want to have a participant skip questions in Google Form based on the answer he or she has given, you can use the feature called "add section."