Rich-Text Compatible Items
Teachers can enhance questions with additional content such as images, videos, audio files, and more.
Adding content items is available within any rich-text box:
Within the instructions box of all question types
Within the answer choice boxes of the following question types:
Categorize
Drag & Drop
Hot Spot
Match Table Grid
Matching
Multiple Choice
Multiple Selection
Resequence
Access the Rich-Text Menu
To add content items to your question's instructions box or answer choices, click the small + icon within the rich-text box to reveal the dropdown menu, then follow the directions below
Add an image
Select the "Image" option from the dropdown menu and then add an image by any of the following:
Search Google Images to find an image or add an Image URL
Select "Upload Picture" or "Upload Document" to upload images you saved from your computer, tablet or mobile device (Document files will be converted to image files when uploaded)
Select "Pick from Google Drive" to upload images from your Drive
Select "Take a Photo" to take a picture from your device's built-in camera
Select "Draw Image" to draw your image on a whiteboard
Drag and drop any file into the drop-zone
Add a video
Select the "video" option from the dropdown menu and then add a video by any of the following:
Search YouTube directly from within the search bar to find a video, or add a YouTube, Vimeo or Google Video share link
Select "Record Video" to record a video using your device's built-in camera
Select "Upload Video" to upload a video you saved from your computer, tablet or mobile device
Select "Record Screen" to to capture a screen recording (Note: screen recording is not available in Safari on Mac)
Add an audio recording
Select the "audio" option from the dropdown menu and then follow the instructions below:
Click "Record Audio" to start recording
Click the red "Recording" button to stop recording
Wait until the recording is uploaded (this may take some time for long recordings)
Once the recording has uploaded you can click the "play button" to hear it before posting
If you're not satisfied with the recording, click "Replace Audio" to start a new one
If you're satisfied with the recording, click "Add Audio" to post the recording to your question
Once a recording has been posted, you can click the 3 dots to the far right of the recording to either download the audio file to your device, or to adjust playback speed
Note: Each recording has a 10 minute limit, so you should have plenty of time to read questions, instructions, and passages, but plan ahead to make multiple recordings if needed.
Attach a file
Select the "file" option from the dropdown menu and then add a file by any of the following:
Select "Upload File" to add a file you saved from your computer, tablet or mobile device
Select "Pick from Google Drive" to add a file saved to your drive
Add emojis
Select the "emoji" option from the dropdown menu and then click the emoji of your choice to add it to the rich-text box. You can choose as many emojis as you'd like!
Embed content from another website or from Google Drive
Select the "embed" option from the dropdown menu and embed content by either:
Pasting an embed link from another website into the rich-text box
Pasting the "share link" of a file from your Google Drive
Then click the "Add Embed" button to add the content to the rich-text box.
**To learn how to generate embed links please see this article
Add a math equation
Select the "math" option from the dropdown menu and add the equation using our built-in equation editor (math keyboard)
NOTE: If attempting to upload an unsafe file extension (ie .exe files) or other non-supported files, a "That file is not supported" notification will appear
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