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**Creating Photo Galleries ** Module 5 Objective: Educators will add one photo gallery to their Wix.

1. In order to begin creating a photo gallery, go to **Add** and click on **Galleries**. A wide variety of photo galleries are available to choose between. Select the gallery style that you desire. A pop up selection menu will appear; this menu allow you to customize you selection. Once you make your selection, click on **Manage**.  

 ﻿ 2. After you click on **Manage**, you will want to **delete all** of the the blue photo images that are present. Just click on the blue image and then delete.

3. Now you are ready to upload photos to your gallery. You can upload your own photos or use the photos in Wix and Community. In order to upload multiple pictures at once, hold the Control key and select multiple pictures. They will automatically begin to load into the gallery. Use the up/down arrow keys to change the order that the photos appear. It is also possible to add titles, descriptions, and links directly to the photo.



4. In order to edit the gallery, refer to the menu that will appear near the right side of the page. This menu will offers opportunities to change the appearance and timing of your gallery.

Now you are prepared to design and customize your own galleries.

**Refer to the following video tutorial for assistance creating photo galleries. ** media type="youtube" key="sfMoS2-g_EY?version=3" height="390" width="480"

**Refer to the following video tutorial for assistance adding a thumbnail menu to your gallery.** media type="youtube" key="DnrqLKphTic?version=3" height="390" width="640"

__**Module 5**__ is complete when the following activities have been completed: You have created at least on photo gallery and uploaded a minimum of 10 photos (My Pics, Wix, Fotolia, or Community) You have made at least 2 editing changes to the gallery (change skins, transitions, settings, etc.) Respond to the Discussion question and to one peer.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">__**Module 6**__ prerequisite: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Before embarking on Module 6, you should feel confident creating, editing, and managing photo galleries. Remember, no matter what gallery style is selected, the steps to create, edit, and manage all always the same.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**Log out of your Wix account, __do not save__ any changes until directed to do so in Module 10**