How to Share Google Slides with Your Students

Google Slides™ activities are one of my top go-to technology tools for the classroom. I love that they save automatically as students work and that they live in the cloud. My students love them for their interactive features as well as being able to easily collaborate with other students.

Google Slides are especially handy to use if you are doing virtual teaching, work in a 1:1 classroom, or are a homeschooler.

So how do you share Google Slides with students? Read on for a quick tutorial!

Sharing Options for Google Slides

However you share the slides, you have to first decide what permissions to allow. There are three sharing options:

• students will view your file
• students will view and edit your file
• students will get their own copies of the file

I choose view-only if it’s something my students don’t need to edit or work in. The second option is great if you want students to work on a collaborative class project. If you want to assess each student’s work, you’ll probably want to pick the last option.

Assign Slides through Google Classroom

Sharing slides right in Google Classroom is my preferred method.

1. Open Google Classroom.
2. Click the Classwork tab at the top.
3. Click Create and then Assignment.*
4. Type the title.
5. Click Add and then Google Drive. Select the Google Slides file you want to assign. Click Insert.
6. Choose how you want to share the file (view, edit, or make a copy).
7. Add any additional information (like a due date, number of points, rubric, or selecting particular students).
8. Click Assign and then Assign or Schedule.

*When you click Create, you can choose Material instead of Assignment if you want to share slides without assigning them to students.

Email a Link

1. Open the file.
2. Click Share.
3. Type individual names or the name of a group. Click the Editor tab and select the role (viewer, commenter, or editor).
4. Click Send.

Alternatively, you can just grab a link to copy and paste:

1. Open the file.
2. Click Share.
3. In the Get Link tab, choose how you want to share the file (view, edit, or make a copy).
4. Click Copy Link.
5. Paste the link in an email or other secure environment.

Email Google Slides as an Attachment

Another option is to send the Google Slides as an email attachment.

1. Click File and then Email. Click Email as attachment.
2. Type the name(s).
3. Click Send.

I hope this quick tutorial gives you an idea of how to share Google Slides activities with your students! What else do you want to know about using Google Slides in the classroom? Let me know in the comments!