How to include gifs in your Plickers content

When playing content in your classroom, gifs can offer something a little extra compared to regular static images.

There are two sources you can use to obtain a gif within Plickers, and you can add them to both question prompts and answer choices. This guide will take you through the steps for each option.

Option 1: Search for a gif online

It's possible to search giphy (a major gif search engine) to find gifs for your content, right there in the Plickers Editor. Here's how:

• 1. Access the Editor at plickers.com

     You can do so by signing in to plickers.com and either selecting New Set or double-clicking the title of the content item you'd like to edit. To find out more, check out our Editor article linked here.

  2. Click on the gif icon in the right-hand toolbar

     

  3. Start typing to search for a gif

     You'll be typing into the search bar of this window:

     

     Hit enter and the results will appear for you to choose from.

  4. Select your desired gif from the results

     It'll then appear alongside your question.

  5. Choose to fit or fill your gif

     You can change the layout of gifs that appear alongside question prompts.

     Hover your cursor over your inserted gif and select Fill Gif, which will scale it up, filling the available space. Select the button again to return the gif to its previous state.

     For more information about layouts and fill options, hop over to our dedicated article here.

• 1. Access the Editor at plickers.com

     You can do so by signing in to plickers.com and either selecting New Set or double-clicking the title of the content item you'd like to edit. To find out more, check out our Editor article linked here.

  2. In the Editor, select the Media Choices icon

     

       Tip

     You can also try selecting the Add Media Choices button that appears when you hover your cursor over each choice text box.

  3. Click on the gif icon for the appropriate choice letter

     

       Note

     If there's already a gif in the answer choice, clicking on it will take you to the insert gif window. From there you can search for a new gif to replace it.

  4. Start typing to search for a gif

     You'll be typing into the search bar of this window:

     

     Hit enter and the results will appear for you to choose from.

  5. Select your desired gif from the results

     It'll then appear as your answer choice.

Option 2: Upload gifs from your computer

If you already have a collection of gifs that you'd like to add to your Plickers Sets, this is how to do it:

• 1. Access the Editor at plickers.com

     You can do so by signing in to plickers.com and either selecting New Set or double-clicking the title of the content item you'd like to edit. To find out more, check out our Editor article linked here.

  2. Click on the gif icon in the right-hand toolbar

     

  3. Click the 'Upload...' button

     

  4. Select the file you need

     It'll then appear alongside your question prompt.

  5. Choose to fit or fill your gif

     You can change the layout of gifs that appear alongside question prompts.

     Hover your cursor over your inserted gif and select Fill Gif, which will scale it up, filling the available space. Select the button again to return the gif to its previous state.

     For more information about layouts and fill options, hop over to our dedicated article here.

• 1. Access the Editor at plickers.com

     You can do so by signing in to plickers.com and either selecting New Set or double-clicking the title of the content item you'd like to edit. To find out more, check out our Editor article linked here.

  2. In the Editor, select the Media Choices icon

     

       Tip

     You can also try selecting the Add Media Choices button that appears when you hover your cursor over each choice text box.

  3. Click on the gif icon for the appropriate choice letter

     

       Note

     If there's already a gif in the answer choice, clicking on it will take you to the insert gif window. From there you can upload a new gif to replace it.

  4. Click the 'Upload...' button

     

  5. Select the file you need

     It'll then appear as your answer choice.

And that's gifs all wrapped up. If there's anything more that we can help with, either to do with gifs or anything else Plickers-related, please feel free to contact us by emailing support@plickers.com.

In the meantime, you might be interested in the following articles:

• How to include images in your content
• How to include videos in your content
• How to include sound clips in your content