Video Countdown Timers

How do you make sure that you stay on track with time in a synchronous environment (either in person or remote), even as you include engagement activities? Add video timers to your presentation slides!

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This week's tip comes to you straight from my Friday morning meeting - the entire meeting took place via Webex, and we set up breakout sessions to divide the 24 people into small groups to do some work/brainstorming.

We wanted to hear from each of the small groups, but we really needed to stay on track with our time. Solution? We took a tip that Jen P. shared in several of last year's LOL workshops, and included a 3-minute video countdown timer on each of our "report out" slides to keep each group within a specific time limit. After the meeting, I saw several questions in the chat asking about the timers.

Adding video timers to your Google slides is as easy as 1, 2, 3:

1. Google "3-minute (or whatever length you need) timer."
2. Select a video (typically YouTube) timer that you like, and copy the URL.
3. In Google slides, Insert >> video >> paste video URL.

Watch this 1-minute video, where I find and insert a video countdown timer into a Google slide:

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BONUS: When Jen introduced the idea of using countdown timers in our "Tips for Navigating Live Online" LOL session last Fall, she put together two slides of Favorite 5-Minute Countdown Timers. Click here to get a copy!

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HAPPY TUESDAY, EVERYONE!
Mary