The company behind the Voice Comments tool for Google Docs has updated their tool to include more features and to improve others. The tool has been greatly improved and should be a lot easier to use. The video below shows exactly how to use the new tool but you can also go to this site…
If you want students to be able to view each other’s work during a class, there is a good number of ways to do this. Which way works best for you will depend on your background in using the tools and what tools you already use. One easy way is to use a Google Form…
Ames High School is starting our 1 to 1 initiative with a major change, no more Microsoft Office products. Instead of Word, our students will be using Google Docs or LibreOffice. This is going to be a big change for some but for many this should not be a big difference because the tools are…
You can access your Google Drive files while offline if you follow the steps below. The steps were posted by Google at (https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375012?hl=en&ref_topic=2375002). Set up offline access Follow these steps to enable offline access on your computer. Keep in mind that offline access is available only when you’re using Chrome or a Chrome OS device. If you…
1. Make sure you are logged into your google account. 2. Go to maps.google.com 3. Click on “my places” 4. Click on “create map” 5. Give your map a title and a description. 6. Select “public” or “unlisted”, if you are using this for a class and do not want everyone else…
There is a key feature to Google Drive that not many people take advantage of. Similar to Dropbox.com you can have a folder on your computer that contains all of your files in your Google Drive that is updated when the files are updated online. Your files will be stored and be accessible in the…
If you are not comfortable using spreadsheets and running scripts to create shared folders with your students, there is another simpler way. It helps if you do this at the beginning of a class or at least all together as a class so you can help people who get stuck. Once they share a folder…
Google Apps can make use of different scripts that can automate certain processes that can make your life as a teacher a lot easier. DOCTOPUS Doctopus is a script that can help you distribute and manage docs with students including being able to include feedback easily. You can easily distribute a file to your…
If you are having your students turn in assignments and other activities through Google Drive (Docs, Presentations and Spreadsheets) you can easily get lost when hundreds of new files appear in a short time. The best thing to do is to create folders so that you can easily manage the files. I will describe what…
One of the easiest ways to increase communication with students is to create a Google Calendar for your class and share it with your students. You can embed the calendar in a website, share it with your students so it appears in their Google Calendar or give them the link so they can add it…
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