Blog Following - Hidden text in Google Slides

This week I blogged about how my students have used Google slides this year. I thought sharing Erin's blog on Google slides would be a great way to extend my own learning. 

This blog post covers how to hide and reveal hidden text in Google slides when creating assignments for students. 

What is hidden text?
Hidden text refers to text that the user cannot see because it ts the same color as the background on the slide. 

Why hide and reveal hidden text on Google slides?
Erin suggests that you can hide text right on the slide and have the students reveal the text after completing the activity or to simply boost engagement. Some ideas for text that can be hidden are:
answers to the particular activity
helpful hints
fun facts
sight words
vocabulary words
clues or number codes to a digital breakout
prize won! (scratch off ticket)
spelling words to unscramble, retype, find, etc

How to hide and reveal hidden text on Google Slides
Insert a shape and a text box. Fill the shape with the color of your choice and change the text color to the exact same color as the shape. Drag the shape on top of the text to hide it.
You can also hide text on a background image using the eyedropper extension to custom color the text. 
To reveal the text, students will use a semi-transparent piece of clipart or shape, like this one. Students drag the semi-transparent clipart over the colored shape. Here is a video to help! 

Comments

  1. Mary-Charles PenceMarch 8, 2019 at 7:57 AM

    There are so many neat features on Google Slides! I posted about different add ons last week in my blogger reflection. Thank you for sharing another new feature for me. Im excited to try this out too!

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