To visualize and illustrate your points clearly, add mulitimedia files to your projects. You can interact with the added media on the canvas, and record those interactions to share them later as videos.
Media basics
- You can add various media file types to the canvas: images, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, videos, audio, and web browsers.
- You can move every media object on the canvas independently using the Hand Tool.
- You can access the media controls by selecting them once.
- You can make annotations on media with the Draw Tool and they will automatically group.
Note Once added, documents, spreadsheets, and presentation files can't be edited directly and will not import with animations and transitions (e.g. you won't be able to resolve a suggestion made in an imported Google Doc).
Add media to your projects
To add media to your project, select Add Media from the toolbar and select the type of media you want to add.
When browsing for multiple file types, select File as it will allow you to add any of the supported file types from the source of your choice.
To add media to your project, select Add Media from the toolbar and select a the type of media you want to add.
When browsing for multiple file types select Photo, Video, or File as it will allow you to add any of the supported file types from a source of your choice.
To add media to your project, select Add Media from the toolbar and select the type of media you want to add.
When browsing for multiple file types, select File as it will allow you to add any of the supported file types from the source of your choice.
For more information on how to use specific media, check out other articles that cover them in detail.
- Insert and edit images
- Use video and audio files
- Make things faster with clipart
- Set up placeholders
- Browse the web
Drag and drop files to your project
For full flexibility in managing files, you can add them to your project directly from other apps and sources via the drag and drop gesture.
- With Explain Everything opened, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the Dock.
- On the Dock, touch and hold the second app that you want to open, then drag it to the screen.
- Touch and hold the file (or files) that you'd like to add to your project.
- Drop them into Explain Everything.
Note Multitasking is only available on iPads running iOS 11 or higher.
Note While you can insert multiple files at once, only one document file will be added at a time. For the supported list of document file types, see the Supported documents section in the File types that Explain Everything imports chapter of this article.
Tip You can use all sorts of apps that provide access to files. You can even use a web browser, navigate to an image file on a page, and drag and drop it the exact same way.
- With Explain Everything opened, open Files.
- Navigate to your file (or files).
- Drag and drop it into Explain Everything.
Note Drag and drop is currently available only on Chromebook devices.
Note While you can insert multiple files at once, only one document file will be added at a time. For the supported list of document file types, see the Supported documents section in the File types that Explain Everything imports chapter of this article.
- With an Explain Everything project opened in your web browser, open your file manager (Finder, Windows Explorer etc.).
- Navigate to your file (or files) location.
- Drag and drop them into your Explain Everything project.
File types that Explain Everything imports
Here, you can find the types of files you can add to Explain Everything projects. Check back occasionally as this is updated each time we add support for a new file type.
Note Files added to Explain Everything convert to a universal format. This way, projects can be shared cross-platform regardless of whether they support a certain file type or not.
Supported images
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.png |
.jpg |
.jpeg |
.bmp |
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.gif |
.tiff |
.tif |
.svg |
Note .gif files will import as static images.
Supported documents
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.pages |
.key |
.txt |
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.xls |
.xlsx |
.htm |
.html |
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.csv |
.pptx |
.ppt |
.pps |
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.numbers |
.doc |
.docx |
.rtf |
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.iwb |
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Supported videos
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.mp4 |
.mov |
.m4v |
Supported audio
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.mp3 |
.aac |
.m4a |
.wav |
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.aiff |
.aif |
.aifc |
Additionally, on iOS Explain Everything supports project formats based on its legacy engine.
Supported projects
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.xpl |
.ipt |
.vpt |
.far |
Here you can find the types of files you can add to Explain Everything projects. Check back occasionally as this gets updated each time we add support for a new file type.
Note Files added to Explain Everything convert to a universal format. This way, projects can be shared cross-platform regardless of whether they support a certain file type or not.
Supported images
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.png |
.jpg |
.jpeg |
.bmp |
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.svg |
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Supported documents
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.ppt |
.pptx |
.doc |
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.docx |
.csv |
.rtf |
.txt |
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.xls |
.xlsx |
.odp |
.ods |
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.odt |
Supported videos
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.mp4 |
.mov |
.m4v |
Supported audio
|
.mp3 |
.aac |
.m4a |
.wav |
Here you can find the types of files you can add to Explain Everything projects. Check back occasionally as this gets updated each time we add support for a new file type.
Note Files added to Explain Everything convert to a universal format. This way projects can be shared cross-platform regardless of whether they support a certain file type or not.
Supported images
|
.png |
.jpg |
.jpeg |
.gif |
.bmp |
Supported documents
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|
Supported videos
|
.mp4 |
.m4v |
Supported audio
|
.mp3 |
.aac |
.m4a |
.wav |