Turn your PDF or hard copy worksheet into an editable digital worksheet!

[@soniaforbes5357]

The absolutely most clear and precise instructions that I’ve seen this past week. Thank you.

[@kiryoder]

I agree! Thank you for such great information! :)

[@stacieball977]

Agreed! 💯

[@doraclay1]

Finally, a way to make a PDF/copy into an editable digital worksheet that is straightforward and easy to do! Watched so many videos and this is the first one that makes sense! Much appreciated.

[@brendahinkle9615]

This was one of the best how to videos I've watched. Clear, concise...right on. Thank you Amy Almada

[@sherilaman712]

You are a genius and a lifesaver!! I shared this with the teachers in my district and we are all blown away. This will save us HOURS of time trying to create work for our students. THANK YOU!!!

[@gregoryloomis6374]

Wow, mind blown! I'm usually the one teachers come to for help with technology, and I thought I knew it all! You just showed an old dog a new track! Awesome!

[@dawnrowland7491]

This is the BEST video I have seen to help with googleclassroom. I am a dinosaur and have limited tech skills. I have been through tons of videos and yours is the BEST and easiest to follow. THANK YOU!!!

[@katieroberts9408]

This is awesome! Thank you! I like using a 1x1 table instead of a textbook only so that I can change the background color of the answer area for students to just see better along with the "Type Here".

[@irairod5160]

Like you, I use the 1 x 1 table cells instead of text boxes because they are a little bit harder for the students to move or resize by accident. I either add color inside the box itself, or format the text so that students' responses are in a different color and font than those of the worksheet.

[@denisesheffield464]

Thank you SO much for showing how to turn a PDF into a working document for students. Your instructions were very clear, and you have saved me an incredible amount of time. You are a blessing as we all try to deal with these crazy times. Stay well!

[@aprilsparks2508]

This is AMAZING!!!! I have been so stressed wondering how to do this...THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!!!

[@vinnypodraza9037]

I got it now. Except that I think shrinking it down to fit the screen in order to use the snipping tool made it a little blurry when it was opened onto the full size slide. But your strategy was by far the easiest on KZbin and best explained. But setting the background was clutch. I love it.

[@healthyandwholelifehacks6979]

Thank you. This was amazing. I will definitely be using this technique. I can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate you sharing this information.

[@mariaguerrero-duenas6576]

Me too.

[@marla9039]

You don't know how helpful this video was!!! With remote learning and teaching taking place, this video was a lifesaver, thank you so much!!!! You're awesome!

[@heyitsshadz]

Ooh.. I learned something new. I didn't realize that you can save the image as a background and not paste it on slide. Thank you!

[@elaineokeeffe3889]

You are fabulous!!! Thanks so much for sharing. Please let me know what other tricks you have! Old teacher learning new tricks!

[@cynthiakirchner7747]

OH! MY! GOODNESS! I just learned so much! You can teach an old dog new tricks; I'm proof!! Thank you so, so much Amy!

[@arcelibella8262]

I've watched this last year and it did me a good job. And now I'm watching it to refresh my memory. I love that you explained it very well.

[@elizabethdesmond3808]

This was so very helpful! I loved the "saving image to the background" idea! Thank You!

[@jenisefloyd9869]

Great job, young lady! Thanks for this great video! Those of us who haven't grown up in the digital world truly appreciate good instructional videos! You're a great teacher!! So appreciated!

[@patmolfetta5797]

If you go to the drop down menu for add a slide on the top left, add the ‘caption’ slide. Copy the click to add text here box. Copy it and paste it on the worksheet. You can resize it, change the font, color, etc. Placeholder text disappears when you click in the box so students don’t have to delete it. Game changer.

[@cherylbealer5411]

I tried this and sometimes it works and sometimes it still wants the student to delete text.

[@cassieleecross7725]

This is fabulous!! I just spent 3 days on Google Training and learned nothing. Now in just a few minutes I have learned exactly what I needed to learn. You are very clear in your directions and I truly appreciate it...THANKS!

[@robinrobertson218]

THANK YOU!! i have shared your video with my district!! When you are able to do a video on the steps to assign and collect submissions, please let me know!! You are a Godsend at this crazy time - thanks again!!

[@carrieostrum8962]

Thank you! Awesome video and you are fun to listen to.

[@shemicacollier7613]

I cannot express how helpful this is.!

[@carmencollins2349]

Your tutorial has been a lifesaver! I am a bilingual teacher who only finds PDF worksheets for my students and trying to get them to fill in online now was a nightmare. I am now able to provide them with grade-level material because of your tutorial.

[@sophieforbes8363]

Thank you so much! I've been trying to figure out how to do this for awhile now, and watching other videos, but you are the first one to show me how to do it on a PC. You are AWESOME!!!!

[@erinshije2107]

This is saving my sanity already! This is so much easier and helpful than any video I have seen! Thank you!

[@valeriefranz8687]

@@erinshije2107 I concur!!!

[@kathleensullivan5731]

Thank you very much, from a person who didn't really know how to cut and paste and now I need to learn so much for distance teaching. You present this very well. Make more!!!!!

[@melissaszykowny8551]

This is EXACTLY what I've been searching for! Thanks so much for the very clear explanation!!!

[@irairod5160]

This was so helpful! I made a few documents following your instructions and I'm very pleased about the way they look and work. I came back to share that I use your "click here to type" tip and have discovered that if I write those directions in color, that facilitates the task in two ways: it directs students' eyes to the places where a reply is expected AND helps me find the answers faster when I'm assessing the work. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@mrs.thunderchicken4300]

I just want to say, "Thank you!" And, I love you for sharing!😘

[@sherrymarlatt8794]

My team (and school honestly) think you are amazing...we learned so much. You are an angel!

[@leiazavala1047]

AMY! Thank you so much, you did a great job of explaining each step and I was able to follow along and do this. You are so right, it does provide some comfort to be able to use trusted resources that our students are used to and comfortable with! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Leia

[@BevKodak]

Amy, thanks for posting these super-clear and concise directions without making me feel like an idiot. Thankyouthankyouthankyou. I'm back to teaching remotely. Again. The struggle is real.

[@melissakalisz9011]

My son just said, "Teachers teaching teachers."

[@amyalmada2695]

I love this!

[@oi812NM]

Awesome!

[@davelortz9391]

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[@davelortz9391]

Melissa Kalisz has always not only one ☝️ was not good good for the game play but I just cannot first day I was just trying not only the game and then I’m trying out to get my new friends car 🚘 was not good but the first thing you could get back and I play a couple new and then I play a couple thing that I’m not sure 🤔 I will let them know

[@davelortz9391]

Melissa Kalisz has been to be one ☝️ is not to be friends with my new life I just don’t get my new car 🚘 happens when you come to see my first thing tomorrow I’m just wondering

[@susanvilar9879]

I just want you to know I viewed this in March... and I've sent your link to a MILLION people! I'm now able to do more advanced things using this after the experience of making many of these slides. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! We've moved from Google Classroom to Canvas, and with some extra steps they import there as well!

[@donnacabiness5231]

This was so helpful! Your directions are easy to follow, and the idea is brilliant!

[@shellyclara]

You are amazing! You have saved me!! Stay well.

[@CuriousMind1011]

You’re so good at explaining things, God bless you and thank you.

[@steviefuentes9585]

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[@steviefuentes9585]

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[@elizabethhallinan3356]

Amy- your directions were crystal clear! Thank you for this helpful and life saving video!!!

[@brandimakes]

*smacks forehead* DUH! Lol this is brilliant.

[@patriciachristian6352]

Your video on how to do this was the most logical and simplified explanation. Will share this with my colleagues.

[@jolenehetherington1871]

Do you have any recommendations for when the background image is blurry in Google Slides?

[@rebeccasimonds7035]

I have the same problem. I think in order to snip the whole thing, I'm zooming out and then it's blurry when I enter it in the background.

[@storyadvantage7174]

@@rebeccasimonds7035 Did you find a solution for this as its happening to me as well

[@jessicamiller3264]

@@rebeccasimonds7035 the reason why it's blurry is that you are probably zoomed way far out and trying to create a background that is blowing it up to the paper size you have selected. You can either make the paper size a little smaller (instead of 8.5 x 11, try 8x10.5 or something). The whole point of the 8.5x11 is so that it can be "printed" if needed. So if the ratio is smaller, you're just adding more of white space around the picture if you are required to print!

[@jolenehetherington1871]

@@iheartjaceyxo Recommendation?

[@jolenehetherington1871]

@@iheartjaceyxo Thanks!

[@danielhemming7669]

You are fantastic, Amy. Thanks for helping teach this old dog a new trick! :)

[@donnabutler7041]

"Thank you!" says the computer teacher who could not remember how to do this...LOL.

[@Ladylaura5915.]

Your are amazingly generous with your time. Thank you for teaching the you tube community. TY

[@heatherthomas7997]

I'm having issues with students deleting text boxes that I have inserted into the document. Any work around? Text boxes can't be locked, it seems.

[@meganmcrae1988]

I'm having the same issue. Parents have to make a new text box for them (Grade one..) 2 Questions: Can text boxes be locked or be another layer? Can you make the text that says 'type here' disappear when they click on it to start to type?

[@meganmcrae1988]

Angelia Rosende Thank you so much!! Your video was a great help. 😊

[@heatherthomas7997]

@@angeliarosende3753 I'm interested to know what program you are exporting to Google Slides from.

[@cathycowans6193]

Clearest most concise video I've found yet! Thank you!

[@anitaholley9422]

OMG!!!! Thank you sooo.. much for this video..When I say the struggle has been real for my first week of online assignments....It has been real, real....Hugs to you!!! Thank you Online school angel.. I just want to SHOUT!!!!!! Thank you Amy all the way from NC......

[@amyalmada2695]

Haha, I'm so glad to help to ease the struggle! :)

[@christinesibona6553]

You made this SO clear. I bet your fifth graders love your instruction!

[@valeriefranz8687]

Thank you so much! These are the most helpful and clear instructions I've seen. You are a teachers' teacher !!!

[@janettemendez8355]

Love your pace while explaining each step! Thank You Very Much!

[@susananderson3376]

Thank you, Amy! You have saved me hours and hours of frustrating lesson planning for my remote-only students! What a wonderful gift. I will pay it forward!

[@amandasayle8724]

Perfect. So clearly presented and easy to follow. Also, you don't assume anything about our previous knowledge. I'm going to try this today. Thank you so much.

[@bridgetjohns3101]

I was so ready to throw in the towel. Then, I came across your video. Words can not express how grateful I am for this video. You are awesome! Thank you so very much.

[@reneegallazzi7953]

This saved me hours from not having to retype a test for my virtual students! BRILLIANT!!

[@susangriffing7747]

You are my favorite person right now! Thank you for sharing!

[@annasoberanis649]

Thank you for explaining so clearly. It shows what a good teacher you are!!

[@elizabethdunham7747]

thank you so much for this!! this will make it so much easier for work to be turned in instead of how we were planning it, which was the parents email/text/dojo/upload a picture of the completed work! i just tried this out and it works so well and it's super easy! again, thank you!!!

[@sharonclark1214]

Thank you so much. This is the BEST How To Video I have seen by far.

[@barbarachoiniere924]

I CANNOT overstate how much I LOVE THIS!! And, I appreciate how carefully you went through the steps!

[@gailacohenmorrison3108]

You must be a wonderful teacher, because you explained this SO clearly.

[@latonyasimmons8546]

You go, Amy! This is fantastic; I am looking forward to sharing this with other educators!

[@tawannayates3728]

Thank God for you Amanda! Great video. You just saved me hours of time!

[@johnobryant873]

You're awesome. I had watched several tutorials previous to this one, and your tutorial was far and away the most understandable and comprehensive one out there. Thanks a million!

[@blackbeltshopper5791]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm an oldhead teacher, trying to learn newhead stuff and it's sooo hard! Your instruction was a perfect amount of info, perfect pace and down to earth so that I could follow easily.

[@chrischapan9670]

Thank you. You were the first person who made it easy for me to understand. Thanks

[@Artistram3d1]

This is so helpful. I help my son with his assignments and sometimes his teachers don't submit them in a fillable form fashion. I have to (until after seeing this video) remake the sheets in a graphic art program or MS Word.Thank you for saving me lots of time!

[@shellygavenda4464]

This was so helpful and so timely! I used it less than 30 minutes later to help a student.

[@jeremyosborn8477]

Fantastic, easy to follow and understand, instructions.Thank you. You're a life saver.

[@matth.9468]

You are a very good teacher! Thanks for these clear instructions.

[@leticiacadena9975]

Thank you so much. I will share with all of our teachers

[@jenniferanderson5407]

You are AWESOME!!!! THANK YOU for your EASY to use tutorial!!! Seriously, THANK YOU!

[@MarkBohland]

Thank You Very Much! So Clear & So Easy!!!! from a Digital Immigrant :)

[@mayamama229]

If I could just say THANK YOU!! I am so happy that I found this video. YOU ROCKED IT! Exactly what I needed to do and have been fighting with different versions for 3 weeks. I will be passing your video on to our faculty. It was so dead-on for what I already knew and the next steps that I was obviously missing. Background!!! AHA!!

[@beatricenduwimana4393]

Hi Amy a genius idea. Came handy. Thank you for sharing.

[@nkmalhota5966]

Thank you very much Amy, It is really helpful. Your time and generosity are highly appreciated.

[@angelajones2436]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! Great job with this tutorial :)

[@laurarandazzo1158]

THANK YOU, Amy!!! Your "background" trick is life-saving! I hope it's okay, but I just shared your video over on my blog linked so that you'll get all of the views and I plan to tell all my teacher friends, too. Hope a million people see this! :D

[@amyalmada2695]

Thank you so much for the share!

[@laurarandazzo1158]

@@amyalmada2695 Everyone's loving the tutorial! You know, you have a real knack for this. Maybe think about making more videos? You're helping so many folks. :)

[@jag2333]

Thank you. Step by step, clear and concise instruction You are a lifesaver. Again, thank you 😊

[@marybethrisden4416]

Thank God ! I have been in panic! This is terrific ! Thanks for sharing!

[@hectorgonzalez9461]

Very well explained and in great detail! You examined some issues and provided additional .help.

[@shaunaschmidt_staff-pleasa7214]

THANK YOU for this!!!!! Game changer!!!!

[@jessicam.748]

How have I never thought of this?! Great resource and tutorial. Thank you!

[@lorileopard2252]

This is SOOOOO helpful. FYI, you can use the "notes" feature of an iPhone - click the camera icon in notes, then click save as PDF and it makes a nice PDF of your photo. I have done this to send PDFs of documents to my mortgage lender. It is free- already on your phone, unlike those convert to PDF apps.

[@e8law]

I learned something new today! Thank you! Here's a suggestion regarding taking photos of your workbooks: There are free scanner apps for your phone that will take a photo and turn it into a PDF, which allows for a crisper image to be uploaded.

[@amyalmada2695]

Yes, thanks! That is a great suggestion! Just remember that if someone does this, they will have to take a screenshot of the PDF on the computer to convert it into a JPEG as only image files can be imported as backgrounds in slides.

[@TeacherMade]

This advice is so amazing! So helpful for all Teachers transitioning to virtual learning. Teachers are so lucky to have you.

[@lindahuedepohl6052]

Thank you. I have watched several videos and this is by far the most clear explanation or the easiest strategy. Thank you for sharing.

[@jennifermorgan2689]

I am just now beginning to teach virtually and this was so, so helpful! Thank you!!

[@vickimohr6010]

Thank you so much for taking this time to post this video. It has been invaluable to those of us who are navigating this new tech world of teaching!!

[@kristylynch6067]

This is amazing! You are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@kathleendoyle4923]

THANK YOU! What a simple concept to change the size of the Google Slides. i saw this yesterday for something else but even as I was watching the beginning of yours I was like but Slides are horizontal, she's going to have to put the top half of the worksheet on one slide and then the other half on another, then, mind blown, just make the slide vertical!!!!! Thank you for making a video on what must seem simple to you. I needed it. :)

[@angieelsinga5492]

You are a treasure and I thank you for sharing!!!

[@lisaschroeder5003]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Like you said, I have great materials, but working totally virtual. Bless you!

[@SusieAtkins1]

You are such an awesome teacher!! Usually "techy" people go way too fast! Thank you!

[@randahogate5173]

Thank you so much! I've used a few that I purchased, but also added text boxes with just underscores typed in so that kids can "highlight" text by changing the color of the underscore.

[@cindyelquist3078]

Thank you so much! You are a fantastic teacher for teachers! Can't wait to use this skill. So helpful.

[@thanhbui3524]

I once was lost, but now I'm found, was blind but now I see. Thank you for this, I've been trying to figure out a decent way for them to work on pdfs. Much appreciated.

[@annwilliams1434]

This is awesome! We are on spring break and I just finished my weeks worth of assignments for my 8th graders for when we come back. I am new to middle school. Going from 1st to 8th and no virtual teaching experience except for ipads was a big jump. I have to get used to using a chromebook, because they are different than other laptops. Thank you so much! You are awesome!

[@JohnGarciaLandryGamingChannel]

Excellent video. Thank you for explaining everthing step by step and in such a clear manner.

[@kathychavez8430]

Thank you for sharing. You just added to my creative assignments for the rest of the semester.

[@melissavolz4419]

Great job. Very helpful. Thank you for your time and caring enough to share with others.