Google Fu
Enter, young Padawan, into the dojo, and learn the ancient art of Google Fu.
Reaching 21st-century students requires 21st-century skills, and one critical skill is using online collaboration tools. Google Drive allows users to share folders, documents, spreadsheets, and more for collaborative viewing, commenting, or editing. For teachers, Google Drive is not only a great way to facilitate collaboration among students, it's also a convenient way to create and share learning materials.
This page contains several tutorials on the most important aspects of using Google Drive. Work through them, learn the basics, and then explore the deep waters of Drive on your own. You'll soon find yourself a master of the ancient art of Google Fu.
This page contains several tutorials on the most important aspects of using Google Drive. Work through them, learn the basics, and then explore the deep waters of Drive on your own. You'll soon find yourself a master of the ancient art of Google Fu.
Getting Started with Google Drive
This 5-minute video by David Lee EdTech shows you everything you need to get started with Google Drive. Among other skills, you'll learn the following:
David goes over a lot pretty quickly, but the beauty of a video tutorial is that you can rewind and re-watch as much as you need! |
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Copying Files from Google Drive
A common need in Google Drive is to make a fresh copy of another user's file in your own drive. For example, many of the games found on this website are played using Google docs, which you'll need your own copies of to use.
Follow these steps to copy another user's file into your Google Drive:
Follow these steps to copy another user's file into your Google Drive:
- Open up the file in Google Drive
- Click "File"
- Select "Make a copy..."
- Give the file a name if prompted
- Complete! The file should now appear in your Google Drive.
Google Docs
Imagine a Microsoft Word document that can be shared with others simply by sending them a link. Any changes made by anyone are updated immediately. That's right, no more email attachments, no more updating changes to multiple courses in your LMS, no more "which version are we using" headaches.
Potential classroom uses include...
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Google Forms
Have you ever wanted a quick, anonymous way to know what your students thought about an activity? Or maybe you want to gather their questions about an upcoming assignment? Or maybe you just want to create an online suggestion box that students can submit to at any time.
Google Forms can do all that and more. Forms lets you create online surveys that can be shared with students simply by giving them the link. |
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