Using Google Slides to Make a Video Rotator

[ProfessorBeyrer]

I already posted a blog entry on Using Google Slides to Make an Image Rotator‌, and  @lumleysm ‌'s question on Video - Autoplay and Loop prompted me to see if the same thing could work for videos. It does!

I begin in Google Slides:

1. Add a YouTube video to each slide in a Google Slides presentation (Insert >> Video...)
2. Right-click on the video within the slide and choose Video options...
3. Turn on the check box for Autoplay when presenting
4. Publish the presentation to the web (File >> Publish to the web...)
5. In the "Publish to the web" dialog:
   • Select the Embed tab and pick a size - I like using the Small option for "Slide size" because it gives me more space to type the instructional context for the embedded media
   • Select the check boxes to turn on:
     • Start slideshow as soon as the player loads and
     • Restart the slideshow after the last slide
6. Copy the embed code

And then in Canvas:

1. In the Rich Content Editor, click on the button to Insert/edit media
2. In the "Insert/edit media" dialog, select the Embed tab and paste the embed code
3. Edit the embed code so that the delayms= value is a second or two longer than the longest video within the presentation
4. Click Ok

I did some testing and learned a couple of things. It looks like the Google Slide needs at least two slides for this to work. The time code cannot be different for each slide, and I added the extra time to account for the time it takes for the video to start playing.