This Instruction P
ack
et w
as cr
eate
d b
y Shannon Fr
ey and modifie
d b
y Ursina Amsler
All A
BO
UT ME COLLAGE
Dir
ections:
●
Y
ou will be cr
eating an
ALL AB
OUT ME COLLAGE
using G
oogl
e Slides. This
is a gr
eat w
ay for me to l
earn about Y
OU!
●
Y
OU MUS
T HA
VE:
➢
A Back
gr
ound
➢
10 or mor
e l
ay
er
e
d Visual Symbols that r
epr
esent your identity and
inter
ests.
➢
Y
our name, cl
early visibl
e
IDEAS OF WHA
T T
O INCLUDE:
HOBBIES, T
ALENTS, SKILLS, RELIGION,
ETHNICITY
, PETS, F
AMIL
Y
, MUSIC,
F
A
VORITE BAND OR CELEBRITY
,
HOLIDA
YS, SEASONS, FRIENDS, FOODS,
SYMBOLS, LOGOS, HOUSE, T
OWN,
MAPS of your town, ETC!
Dir
ections f
or Set up
EVERY
ONE MUS
T S
T
ART WITH THESE S
TEPS!
●
Open a ne
w tab and go to
G
oogl
e Slides.
(Driv
e → “W
a
e”/Apps → Slides → start ne
w)
●
G
et rid of pr
e-pl
ace
d te
xt bo
x
es: (l
ayout → bl
ank)
●
Resiz
e:
(Fil
e → P
age Set up → Custom → 10 b
y 8)
●
Titl
e Y
our slide as instructed b
y y
our teacher
●
Shar
e Document with y
our teacher
(Y
ell
o
w Shar
e Button)
Dir
ections f
or Set up and Back
gr
ound, (continued)
●
Choose a B
A
CK
GROUND f
or y
our C
ollage b
y clicking “Choose Image” either fr
om
the w
eb or a sa
v
e
d image in y
our driv
e
●
Once y
ou ha
ve chosen a back
gr
ound f
or y
our ALL AB
OUT ME COLLA
GE,
start with one y
ou think will w
ork best. After y
ou add y
our Images y
ou may
find y
ou may ne
e
d to change the back
gr
ound if you get a better ide
a. Her
e
is an e
x
ampl
e:
Dir
ections f
or finding images:
●
Ne
xt, we will start G
oogl
e Se
ar
ching images f
or our All AB
OUT ME COLLA
GE.
Y
ou will cop
y/paste images you find and pl
ace on your C
oll
age. Y
OU MUS
T
SEARCH IMA
GES WITH A TRANSP
ARENT BA
CK
GROUND
. Her
e is an e
x
ampl
e:
G
ood Se
ar
ch W
or
ds:
“T
r
anspar
ent”
“PNG”
“No Back
gr
ound”
Dir
ections f
or formatting images:
●
If y
ou find out y
our image has a back
gr
ound you can not get rid of ( I do not
w
ant the white space ar
ound my coe
e cup) and still want to use the
image…..
T
ry the option on the next slide...
Dir
ections f
or Removing Back
gr
ounds fr
om Images::
●
Her
e is a trick.
●
Sa
ve the image y
ou w
ant to y
our do
wnl
oad f
ol
der
●
G
o to the foll
o
wing site:
https://www
.r
emo
v
e.bg/
& Click “UPL
OAD IMA
GE”
●
Upl
oad the Image you sa
ve
d in y
our D
O
WNL
OADS f
ol
der and it will tak
e the
back
gr
ound a
w
ay
Original
Background
Removed
●
Once y
our Image has a back
gr
ound r
emo
v
e
d these ar
e the r
esults. I click
ed
“INSERT”, “IMA
GE “, “UPL
OAD FROM COMPUTER”. Y
our image shoul
d be
sa
ve
d in y
our D
OWNL
O
ADS f
ol
der on the drive. Y
ou can r
esiz
e and pl
ace
wher
e you wish within y
our collage.
Dir
ections f
or Resizing and Repositioning::
●
Y
ou can FLIP (right click on image and choose RO
T
A
TE)
●
Y
ou can ENLARGE & MINIMIZE (click on image till Blue bo
x appe
ars. Only
use a corner to adjust the siz
e small
er or lar
ger
, this k
e
eps the image to
scal
e and pr
oportion)
●
If y
ou choose to TURN THE ANGLE (click on the image till y
ou se
e the blue
bo
x ar
ound the image. Click the blue cir
cl
e at the top and turn the image
till y
ou lik
e the dir
ection and pl
acement)
Dir
ections f
or Re-Or
dering::
●
Y
ou can OVERLAP (right click on image y
ou w
ant to pl
ace on top of another
image, click “ORDER”, and this will all
ow one image to mo
ve in fr
ont of
another)
Dir
ections:
●
C
ontinue this pr
ocess!
●
Y
OU MUS
T HA
VE:
➢
A Back
gr
ound
➢
10 or mor
e l
ay
er
e
d Visual Symbols
➢
Y
our Name Cl
early Visibl
e
TIP:T
ry to avoid “floating straight edges” as seen with the Disney characters and Gummy Bears.
TIP:T
ry to avoid “floating straight edges” as seen with the Landscape and Cat photo
Adv
anced t
echniques:
Eac
h image’
s
transpar
ency
can be adjust
ed t
o cr
e
at
e very
softly lay
er
ed effects. T
o adjust an image’
s transp
arenc
y
, do the following:
Select image > click “f
ormat” (t
op tab) > select “F
ormat options” > select “
Adjustments”
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