How to Add Videos to Google Slides

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Uploading to Google Drive

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Q&A

If you need to add videos to Google Slides, there are a few ways of going about it. You can put videos in presentations via Google Slides. You can then play these videos within your presentations, and you won’t even need another movie player software. You can also upload and play videos on Google Drive, for backup and accessibility purposes. There are various video formats supported, including the most commonly used MPEGs, WMV, and AVI.

Method 1

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Inserting into Slides

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Go to Google Slides. Open a new web browser tab or window, and visit the Google Slides web page.
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Sign in. Under the Sign in box, type in your Gmail email address and password. This is your one Google ID for all of Google’s services, including Google Docs. Click the “Sign in” button to proceed.
- Upon logging in, you will be brought to the main directory. If you already have existing presentations or slides, you can see and access them from here.
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Create a new presentation. Click the large red circle with a plus sign on the lower right corner. A new window or tab will be opened with the web-based presentation maker.
- If you want to view or edit an existing presentation, just click on it. A new window or tab will be opened with the slides of the presentation.
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Identify the slide for the video. There are thumbnails of all the slides under the selected presentation found on the left panel. This is for your easy reference so you can jump to the exact slides you want. Click on the slide where you want to put the video. The slide will be put up in your main screen.
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Insert video. Click “Insert” from the header menu bar, then select “Video” from here. A window will open where you can input the URL or link for the video you want to embed.
- Type in the URL or link of the video on the field provided. Click the magnifying glass button beside the field to search for the video. The list of videos matching your search will be displayed. You can see a preview and the title of the videos. Click the one you want to add to your slides, then click the “Select” button at the bottom of the window.
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Position the video. The preview thumbnail of the video will be added to your slide. You can position it and adjust its size by clicking and dragging on it, as how you would do with the other objects on the slides.

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Method 2

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Uploading to Google Drive

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Go to Google Drive. In a new web browser tab or window, visit Google Drive.
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Sign in. Under the Sign in box, type in your Gmail email address and password. This is your one Google ID for all of Google’s services, including Google Drive. Click the “Sign in” button to proceed.
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Create a new file. Click the “New” button from the left panel and a menu will come out. Select “File Upload” and your computer’s file browser will open.
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Upload video files. Browse through your file directory and select the video(s) you’d like to upload. You can select multiple files at once. Click the “Upload” or “Open” button to proceed.
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Wait for the file to finish uploading. An upload progress window will appear on the lower right portion of the website. You can watch the progress as your files get uploaded. Google will also convert the files so that it will be playable from the website. It will take a few seconds for Google to do this. You will see a preview thumbnail of the videos once they’ve been converted.
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Play a video. Double-click on the video file you want to watch. A small video window will appear, and you can watch it from here. It will start playing right away.