Google Slides is a very popular way to create and share your presentations. These presentations can then be used on your Digital Signs for meetings, photo slideshows, and more!
Changes to your Google Slides can be automatically updated on your screens through 1 of 2 ways:
- Copy and paste the link into OptiSigns
- Log in with Google & select the presentation
If this is the first time you're using OptiSigns, you can read more here to get started.
Now, let's dive in.
Add Google Slide App on OptiSigns
Go to our portal: https://app.optisigns.com
Click File/Assets, then click Apps
Click Google Slides
You should now see the pop-up menu shown below:
As previously mentioned, there are 2 ways to get your Google Slides on to your Digital Signs with OptiSigns:
- Share the link and paste into OptiSigns: you can set a refresh interval so OptiSigns will check the link)
- Log in with Google & select the presentation: Google will notify OptiSigns when there are changes to your presentation and OptiSigns will automatically updates it.
Method 1: Copy Google Slides link and paste it into OptiSigns.
In your Google Slides, click "Share"
Then, click "Change to anyone with the link"
| If you don't change the permissions, our portal will not be able to have full access to your presentation. Instead of showing your presentation, your screen may instead show a log in page. |
Then click "Copy link"
Now, go back to OptiSigns and paste the link into the URL text box:
Now, set up your Google Slides app.
- Name: This is the name to organize assets, it will not be shown on the screen.
- URL: This is the Google Slides link that you copy and pasted during the previous steps.
- Update Interval: The default is 10 minutes. This mean the app will refresh the link every 10 mins for any changes in your presentation. If you have a lot of slides, you may want to change this interval to something longer.
- Auto-advance slides: The default is 5 seconds. This means that the slides will auto advance to the next slide every 5 seconds.
Click Save.
You will see your Google Slides app has been added to your Files/Assets library.
You can skip Option part below and move on to Step 3, assign the presentation to your screen.
Method 2: Sign in with Google.
Click "Sign in with Google"
Sign in and allow OptiSigns to connect:
Select the Presentation you want to use:
Then, this pop-up window will appear.
- Name: This is the name to organize assets, it will not be shown on the screen.
- URL: This is the Google Slide link that is auto-generated.
- Aspect Ratio: Select the ratio for your Google Slide: Default, 16 : 9, or 4 : 3
- Speed: Select how fast you want the slide to switch between slides. You can also customize your speed if you select Custom.
Advanced option:
- Force Sync Interval: By default, the system will force sync every 12 hours. The minute is 1 hour.
Click Save.
And your Google Slides Presentation will be created.
3) Assign it to your screens
Now, go back to Screen tab.
Click Edit on the screen you want to display the slides on.
In the Type drop-down click "Assets":
Select the Google Slides App asset you just created.
Click Save
That's it!
Your Google Slides is now playing on your screen.
If you make changes to the slides, and save it, the screen will updated every "Update Interval".
If you have any additional questions, concerns or any feedback about OptiSigns, feel free to reach out to our support team at support@optisigns.com