Combine Two Activities into One

Assignments can’t be merged: each Assignment keeps its own students, dates and submissions. You can combine two Activities, though, by copying slides from one into the other in the Slide Editor. Then assign the combined Activity.

This works well for review packets, combined units, or materials from different sources.

Before you start

• Pick the Activity that will hold everything. To keep both originals unchanged, make a copy first (check the Activity on the Activities page and click Copy), or start a new blank one: + New File → Import Document → Or create a blank Slide activity.
• If an Activity has already been assigned, it opens in Answer Key Mode, where you can’t add slides. Use a copy instead.
• Open the two Activities in separate browser tabs, so you can switch back and forth.

Copy slides from one Activity to another

1. In the first Activity, click the slide in the filmstrip on the left. (No filmstrip? Choose View → Show Filmstrip.)
2. Choose Edit → Copy, or press Ctrl + C (Cmd + C on a Mac).
3. Switch to the other Activity’s tab and click the slide the new one should follow.
4. Choose Edit → Paste Slide, or press Ctrl + V (Cmd + V).

Slides are copied one at a time, with their questions and settings. The pasted slide goes right after the slide you selected. Repeat for each slide.

Paste a whole Activity

The File menu has Paste Full Activity, but it stays greyed out unless a whole Activity has been copied. For now, copying slide by slide is the dependable way.

Tidy up

• Drag slides in the filmstrip to reorder them, or use Slide → Move Slide Up / Down.
• Remove any you don’t need with Slide → Delete Slide. See How Do I Delete a Slide in My Activity?
• Click Preview to check the result before you assign it.