OUR slideshow successwhether live or online depends on a number of factors, ranging from graphic design to the amount of information placed on each of the pages.

A good tip for presenters is to use multimedia resources to grab the audience’s attention. So today we will teach you how to add audio, video, and even animated GIFs directly to your Google Slides presentation.

Google Slides (Presentations) is part of the Google Docs application suite and is A completely free alternative to the traditional Microsoft PowerPoint. It can be accessed directly from the browser and allows you to create complete slideshows that can be shared online or offline.

Here’s how to work with media in Google Slides presentations.

How to Add Audio to Google Slides

To add sound to your Google Slides presentation, the first step is to open the toolbar. If it is hidden, press the “Esc” key on your keyboard. Then follow the steps listed below:

• Step 01: Select the option “Insert” on the menu
• Step 02: Click on the option “audio”

Now just select an audio file directly from your Google Drive. Unfortunately, Google Slides only allows you to embed audio files in WAV or MP3 formats via Google Drive.. So, don’t forget to upload the desired file to the Google Drive folder of your choice.

You can access Google Drive by clicking on this link. After downloading and inserting the sound into the presentation, it will be displayed in the bottom left corner of the page, with a speaker icon. See below:

Still Embedding audio in Google Slides presentations can only be done from a PC.. This feature is not yet available in the smartphone version.

How to add a video to a Google Slides presentation

To add video files to your Google Slides presentation, you can use both youtube and upload the file via google drive (just like we did when inserting audio).

• To embed a video in Google Slides, select the option Insert > Video:

In the window that opens, you can use the first option to find the right content directly from YouTube. In the second tab, you can also paste the address of the desired video, if you have it open in another tab of your browser.

Finally, the last tab allows you to upload the video file directly to Google Drive. In this case, Google warns that not all file formats and encodings may be supported across platforms. However, the formats below are listed as compatible with Google Slides:

• WebM files (Vp8 video codec; Vorbis audio codec)
• MPEG4, 3GPP and MOV (h264 and MPEG4 video codecs; audio codec)
• AVI (MJPEG video codec; PCM audio)
• MPEGPS (MPEG2 video codec; MP2 audio)
• WMV
• FLV (Adobe Video Codec – FLV1, Audio MP3)
• MTS
• OGG

How to add GIF to Google Slides

Who doesn’t love humorous gifs to cheer up during a presentation? There are several ways to insert an animated GIF into Google Slides.. The first is to use a direct GIF link and paste it into the application. So you don’t have to worry about saving and loading anything. See how it works:

• Step 01: in an internet browser such as Google Chrome, right click on the GIF wanted
• Step 02: select “Copy image address”
• Step 03: On the Google Slides tab, click Insert
• Step 04: Hover over the Image option, and then select “By URL”
• Step 05: Paste the address of the image copied in step 01.

After that, a preview will be shown. If everything is correct, select the “Insert” option. Ready! The GIF will be inserted into your presentation!

If you prefer, you can also download the GIF directly from your PC using the option Insert > Image > Upload from Computer. In this case, just navigate to the folder where you saved the file.

The procedure is almost the same if the GIF is in your Google Drive. Just go to Insert > Image > Google Drive. Once inserted, the GIF file can be freely moved around the presentation slide and even resized!

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Via: Android Authority Source: Google Slides