If you’re anything like me, you need more when you’re teaching, especially if it’s remote, hybrid, or concurrent teaching. More coffee. More time. More money in your paycheck. More aspirin. More screen space.
Well, I can’t help with the first 4, but I can help you with the last one.
Did you know that you can present Google Slides without using your entire screen?
This is super helpful in a handful of scenarios.
One of those scenarios is when you want to share Slides in Zoom, Google Meet, or any other videoconferencing solution, but don’t want to “lose” an entire screen just to your presentation. If you share just that presentation window and not your entire screen, you’ll be able to use your screen for 2 purposes! This is especially helpful if you only have one screen. In that situation, if you run your slides fullscreen, then you can’t see your students or the chat! Use this tip to let you do both on the same screen!
What if you want to present two things and one is a presentation? If your presentation is fullscreen, you’ll have to toggle back and forth. Use this tip to present them side-by-side!
Check out this EduGIF to see how it works. Underneath the EduGIF, you can find a link to a “pausable” version and the step-by-step instructions.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Open your Google Slides presentation.
- Click the Present button.
- Click the button that shows 4 L-shapes that are facing inwards.
- Now, resize your window as needed.
