Last fall Google finally added an option to insert audio files into Google Slides without the need for any third-party add-ons. While it wasn’t as good as some people hoped it would be, it was still great news for Google Slides users.

There are some quirks to adding audio to Google Slides. One is that you have to record your audio outside of Google Slides then upload it to Google Drive and then add it into your presentation. The other quirk is that you have to change the sharing permissions on your audio file if you want people who view your presentation on their computers to be able to play the audio. I explain how to make that change and why it’s important in this new video.

As I mentioned in the video above, you also need to change permissions on video files that you insert into Google Slides from your Google Drive account. Just like with audio, if you don’t change the permissions on the video, people viewing a copy of your slides on their computers won’t be able to play the video.