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Slideshow: what it is and how to make one
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What it is
The Slideshow displays content on slides in sequence. Its purpose is to inform in a clear and visual way. The maximum score (100) is earned by viewing all the slides and clicking Finish.
Each slide can contain text, an image, video, audio, links or a combination.
Examples of use
- Any subject: a visual summary of a topic before an exam.
- Languages: new vocabulary with images and pronunciation audio.
- Science: the phases of a process (mitosis, the water cycle…).
- History: a historical period covered chronologically.
- Primary education: stories, instructions or visual content.
- Vocational training: visual guides for protocols, regulations or procedures.
How to create a Slideshow with Ray
- Click Create game and select Slideshow.
- Enter a topic, add instructions and/or attach a file with the content.
- Ray automatically generates a game ready to publish (with a title and description). You can review and change anything you like before publishing it.
Ray's advanced options
The gear icon gives you options to configure how Ray generates the game. Some are common to all game types:
- Output content: choose text only, or text plus automatically generated speech. Speech is capped at 1,000 characters in total per account on the Basic and Advanced plans; on the Academic plan and Commercial plan it is unlimited.
- Output language: the language of the game content. If you don't specify it, Ray detects it from the prompt or the file.
- Difficulty: easy, medium (default), hard, or a custom level (for example, “for primary school students”).
Slideshow also has specific options:
- Slides: how many to create (10 by default), or as many as the content you attach contains.
- Words per slide: short (20 words), medium (40-60), long (150-200) or Other (manual).
Source library
With the Sources button you can upload files to Ray (PDF, Word, images…) or select your own games for it to use as content for the new one. For example, generate a Slideshow about organs from the PDF of a teaching unit, or create a Slideshow from a Map Quiz.
How to create a Slideshow without Ray
- Click Create game and select Slideshow.
- Close the Ray window.
- Enter the title and content of the first slide.
- Repeat the process for each slide you want to add.
Use the rich-text editor to format the content and add web links. Each slide accepts text, images, audio or video.
Game options
- The Slideshow has no specific gameplay options beyond the general per-plan ones (see below).
With an Advanced plan you can remove the ads, add a background image, change the visibility (Public or Hidden), configure player identification (Optional, Required or no method), hide elements of the interface (Ranking, Restart, Social media or Correct answers) and add a custom final message.
With an Academic plan you can restrict the visibility to your guests or to the integrations you create (Google Classroom, Moodle, Canvas…), and remove the player identification link.
With a Commercial plan you can also customize the game with your logo and corporate footer, choose the colors and hide the Educaplay brand.
Information and publishing
On the Information tab you set up what your player will see before and during the game. Ray automatically generates the Title and Description; if you created the game without Ray, you add them yourself. Here you also choose the Language of the game interface (you can present the game to your players in any of the 27 available languages, regardless of the language of the content), set the Education level and add Tags so your game is easier to find in the search engine. Before publishing, use Preview to check that everything looks the way you want.
Frequently asked questions
How do I add a web link to a slide?
Select the text players will click, click the Insert link icon (second-to-last on the rich-text toolbar) and paste the URL. The text will appear underlined and green.
Can I choose the length of each slide with Ray?
Yes, in the advanced options: short (20 words), medium (40-60), long (150-200) or a manual number.
Can I import content I already have ready?
Yes. Paste or attach the content of your slides in the Ray box or with the Sources button.
Can I add audio, images or video to the slides?
Yes. Each slide accepts text, audio, images and video, and you can generate the voice reading automatically.
Can I change the language of the game interface?
Yes. On the Information tab you can choose from the 27 available languages: Afrikaans, Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. The interface language is independent from the content language: you can have a game written in English and show the interface in Japanese for your Japanese students, for example.
Which features require a paid plan?
With the Advanced plan you remove the ads, add a background image, manage visibility and player identification, hide interface elements and add a final message. With the Academic plan you can also restrict access to your guests or to your integrations (Google Classroom, Moodle, Canvas…). With the Commercial plan you customize the game with your logo, corporate colors and hide the Educaplay brand.
