Google

Google Docs in theClassroom

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Comment

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• Click “insert” - select “comment” from drop down menu• Command + option + M

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• Type in your comment and click “comment” when finished

• Click on the comment to “edit” “delete” or “resolve”

• Click on “comments” (beside the blue “share” button) to reply, delete, re-open or link to this comment

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How to install the voice comments app ...

• Click on “create” - select “connect more apps” from menu

• In the search bar, type in “voice” to search for the app• Return key (enter) on keyboard

• The app should have a blue connect box beside it. Click to install - mine doesn’t as I have already installed it

How to use the voice comments app ...

• Hover over link with mouse, right click (control + click)• Select “open with” then “voice comments”

Click “allow access”

• Click the red record button and leave a voice comment on work• Click “share with collaborators” for comment to appear on doc

• Student clicks on comment stream to open comments• Click on link to listen to the comment

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• Embedding a doc in a wiki or blog ...http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1149/877839966_fb48f79e3c.jpg

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• Click “File” and select “Publish to the web” from the menu

• Select “Start publishing”

• Copy the embed code (command + C)

• In edit mode of wikipage, select “Widget” then “Other HTML”

• Paste the code into the box (command + V)

• Add the highlighted code snippet into the existing embed code• Select “Save” to complete the action

• The end result should be google doc that stretches nicely across the width of the page of the wiki or blog

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• Using the table tool to create templates / rubrics ...http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Google.png

• Select “table” then “insert table” from the drop down menu• Range from 1 x 1 - 20 x 20

• Copy the mbed code (command + C)

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• Use the “table properties” function to format the table

• Insert and delete rows and columns at anytime

• Copy the embed code (command + C)

• Create templates to share with others

• Create assessment rubrics to mark student work

• Use colour palette to assess work against the set criteria

• Before sharing with students, change visibility setting of doc (sharing setting) to “can view” It is set to “can edit” by default

• Student embeds assessment rubric into their eportfolio

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• Using the equation editor ...

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• Click on “insert” - select “equation” from the drop down menu

• Click on “new equation” to get started. Then select from one of the 5 palettes of symbols to obtain whatever notation you require

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• A typical task created using the editor

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• Finding creative commons images ...

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• Click on “insert” then select “image” from drop down menu

• Click on “search”

• Enter your search term - select return key on keyboard to search• Results shown are labelled for commercial reuse with modification

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• Using the research tool ...

• Click on “tools” - select “research”

• Select “Images” from drop down menu

• Select “free to use, share or modify, even commercially”

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Using the google drive mobile app ...

• Access the contents of your drive on your mobile device

• Create a new doc, spreadsheet or folder• Upload photos or videos to your drive

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• Using google spreadsheet to create graphs ... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Google.png

• How to create a simple graph to record students weekly test results ...

• In drive, click on “create” then select spreadsheet from menu

• Use the top row of the spreadsheet for titles (Week & Score)• Enter data & highlight selection

• Click the “insert chart” button

• Select the column chart option• Ensure the “row” & “column” boxes are ticked

• Click on “customise” tab• Give graph a title

• Scroll down and label axis (horizontal first) Label - “Week”

• Change axis to left vertical• Give the axis a name. Label - “Score”• Select the minimum and maximum values• Click “insert”

• Now it can be embedded into the student’s eportfolio

• Clicking on the chart will revel a drop down menu• From drop down menu - click on “publish chart”

• Select a publish format• Select “image”

• Copy the code (highlight the code then command + C)• Paste code (command + v) into HTML page of site (eportfolio)

• Student example of embedded basic facts graph in eportfolio

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• Using google forms with a script to mark tests ... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Google.png

• Flubaroo is a script that does the marking for you. It’s awesome!

• Five content areas - over 200 questions - 20 tests (forms)

• Students study the resource material then take the test

• All the tests were created using google forms• Flubaroo marks tests and emails students their results

• How to install and use fulbaroo

• Form creates a spreadsheet to document responses

• Input answer key to test questions

• Click insert - select “script” from drop down menu

• Type “flubaroo” into search - then enter

• Click “install” on flubaroo script

• Click “authorize” to allow the script to access your spreadsheets

• To mark a student’s test, select “grade assignment” from flubaroo drop down menu

• Check to make sure grading option corresponds with questions• Select “continue”

• Select which submission should be used as the answer key• Select “continue” and the script will mark the student responses

• Student’s responses which are incorrect are highlighted

• Select “email grades” from flubaroo drop down menu

• Email students their results (DON’T include the answer key)• Include a message if you like

• Click “OK” to complete action