Would you like to include photos on your Google Site? Here is an easy way to publish groups of photos as a slideshow. See this example of 6th Grade's Wolf Ridge Google Site. Always be sure to only publish photos of students who are not on the "No Facebook" list, and do not publish full names with the photos.
Begin by making sure the photos are somewhere on your computer.
Load them from your camera or phone, or email them to yourself and download them from your email onto your computer. Place them into a folder on the desktop where you will easily be able to find them.
Upload the photos you want to use, into Google Photos. After you do this, the photos are stored (privately) online, so that you can work on this slideshow from anywhere - even from home. I recommend placing your photos into Google Photos as you take them, so they are ready whenever you want to start creating a video. Here's how.
From your Google email screen, click on the "waffle" in the upper right corner.
Scroll down to click the "Photos" icon, which looks like a pinwheel.
If this is your first time opening Google Photos, you will see a welcome screen like this. Click on the arrow to read the info.
You can then add your photos by dragging them from the folder on your desktop to the Google Photos screen OR by clicking the "upload photos" button, which looks like a cloud.
OR
If you click the cloud to add photos, choose "Desktop", choose the folder you created, and select the photos you want. Then click "Open".
Once your pictures have been uploaded to Google Photos, group the photos for the slideshow into an album. Here's how.
Click the "check mark" in the corner of each picture you wish to be included in the slideshow. It will turn blue when selected.
When all photos have been selected, click the "+" in the upper right corner.
Choose "Album".
Choose "New Album".
Change the word "Untitled" to the title you want for your album.
Now your pictures are ready to be added to a slideshow. Click the arrow in the upper left corner to get back to the main page of Photos.
From the main page of Photos (or your Google email, or any Google app!), click the waffle in the upper right corner.
Scroll down to choose "YouTube".
If given a choice, be sure to use your school account to sign in to YouTube.
Once YouTube opens, click the three lines in the upper left corner.
Choose "My Channel".
Choose "Video Manager".
Choose "Create" from the menu on the left.
You will arrive on a screen for choosing music. This can be done later, so for now click on "Video Editor" from the menu on the left.
Before we start creating, I want to tell you to NEVER, NEVER, NEVER click this button while you are still making your slideshow:
It looks like an innocent "back" button - but your saved progress will disappear if you use it. So don't!
First, create a title for your slideshow and type it in where it says "My Edited Video".
Click on the "Photo" icon to choose photos.
Click "Add Photos to Project".
Choose the album you created earlier within Google Photos.
Click the "+" symbol in the upper right corner of each photo you want to add to the slide show. I have not figured out a way to do them all at once - please let me know if there is a way and I will update this post!
Some people like a title to appear at the beginning of the slideshow. To insert a title screen, click the "a" icon.
Drag one of the types of titles to the place where you want it in the video.
Immediately after you drag it there, you will be allowed to edit what it says. Click the gray "x" once you have typed what you want it to say.
If you would like to add music, click on the "Music Note" icon.
Once you have chosen a song, click the "+" symbol on the far right to add it to your slideshow.
I also like to click the "Transitions" icon to add a fade to the end of the video so it doesn't seem to end so abruptly.
Choose your transition and drag it to the end of your video.
Click "Create Video" in the upper right corner.
Your video will need to process for a while. (Hint: if it's taking forever, try refreshing the page.) When it's done, you can click "share" underneath the video, copy the web address, and add it to your Google Site by following these instructions. Come see how my latest video looks on my Google Site!
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