How to Insert Videos into Google Slides

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Last Updated: Feb. 19, 2021

Summary

If you don’t know how to add a video to Google Slides? You’ve just come to the right place. This blog guides you on how to insert a video in Google Slides step by step.

Video is more attractive to audiences than picture and text. That's why more and more presenters like to embed videos to their slides.

In this blog post, we’ll show you how to embed a video in Google Slides step by step. Besides, we’ve also introduced you to a free useful video presentation maker, just in case you need to make a video presentation online.

Also Read: How to Add Videos from Local Files/YouTube to PowerPoint on PC/Mac

How to Insert Videos into Google Slides

Bonus: How to Make a Video Presentation Online for Free

How to Insert Videos into Google Slides

Tools Needed

A Computer

Videos You Want to Embed

How to Embed a Video in Google Slides

Step 1

Select the slide you want to embed a video into.

Step 2

Click the Insert button in the menu bar and select Video.

Step 3

To embed a YouTube video, do one of the followings:

• Type your video keywords into the YouTube search box, then select the video you want to add to the slide and click the Select button.

Image Board: How to Embed a YouTube Video in Google Slides - From Search

• Click By URL, paste a YouTube video link into the blank box, and you'll get a video preview. Just click the Select button to insert the video into the slide.

Image Board: How to Embed a YouTube Video in Google Slides - From URL

Step 4

To insert a non-YouTube video, click Google Drive, select a video and add it to your slide.

Image Board: How to Embed a Non-YouTube Video in Google Slides - From Google Drive

Note

1. If the video you are about to insert has not already been added to Google Drive, go to Google Drive first to add the video.

2. Please make sure that Google Drive and Google Slide have the same Google account.

Step 5

Edit and position your video freely.

Image Board: How to Embed a Video in Google Slides - Edit Inserted Video

Bonus: How to Make a Video Presentation Online for Free

FlexClip is a free online video presentation maker with no watermark. It comes with a number of pre-made video templates that are easy to edit and customize and millions of royalty-free media resources that can improve your video content. Designed to be super easy to use, FlexClip allows you to create a video presentation in your browser in minutes. No experience is necessary.

Step 1

Pick a Template. Go to FlexClip and choose a presentation video template that meets your needs. Here are some examples: