Drag, Drop, & Doodle: Quick Tips for Visual Notes in Google Slides

Everyone who is testing out strategies for online doodle notes is coming up with such awesome solutions! If you have any methods to share, feel free to comment below with more tips. This quick post is sharing just one inspirational idea, but be sure to check out the full guide here for more tips for distance doodle notes.

One of our members, Lari, has kindly shared an example of her work in Google Slides to make doodle notes work on-screen and remain interactive!  (image above)

Here are some tips for those of you who are working to make visual notes work in Google Slides:

– Allow students to sketch, doodle, and interact by hand as much as possible to maximize the brain benefits.

– Add drag-and-drop images for students to use to help them build screen-friendly visual memory triggers.

– Leave plenty of space for student input, and be sure to set it up with a variety of interactive tasks.

Here’s what Lari said she did to create the “Enzymes” lesson example above:

“I set the template up in Slides as a “Master” so that students would not be able to move the background.  I made the clipart using Procreate and saved the enzyme pictures as png files.  I typed up the text boxes for the “Drag and Drop” in Powerpoint and saved each text box as a png.  

Next, I uploaded my draggable images to my Google Slide and made a “placeholder” to the left of their slide – so students could work with the images to create their notes.”

Thanks so much to Lari for sharing this! We always appreciate the inspiration and new ideas.

Anyone else who is willing to share additional tips, please comment below, or in our facebook group: Doodle Notes Teacher Network