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Welcome to Docs (An introductory workshop for beginners like us ) What do you know about Docs? Complete the K-W-L-R chart What do you K now? What do you W ant to know? After the workshop, hopefully you will be able to complete

  1. Welcome to Docs (An introductory workshop for beginners like us  )

  2. What do you know about Docs? Complete the K-W-L-R chart • What do you K now? • What do you W ant to know? • After the workshop, hopefully you will be able to complete the L column? • R esearching other Google apps

  3. Google Docs Overview: Google Docs is a free Web-based application in which documents and spreadsheets can be created, edited and stored online. Files can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection and a full-featured Web browser . • Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are productivity apps that let you create different kinds of online documents, work on them in real time with other people, and store them in your Google Drive online. • You can access the documents, spreadsheets, and presentations you create from any computer, anywhere in the world. (There's even some work you can do without an Internet connection!) • This work shop will give you a quick overview of the many things that you can do with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA

  4. Getting Started • First you MUST have a Google account. • If you have one, log into it now. • If not, follow the steps to get a Google account. • Go to google.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doHnLiAzQ 5M

  5. Drive – The Basics • Organizing files • Creating folders • Creating and deleting files • Sharing • There is a Google Drive app you can use on your phone, tablet, etc. to access all these files too!

  6. Docs: An overview • Google Docs is an online word processor that lets you create and format text documents and collaborate with other people in real time. Here's what you can do with Google Docs: • Upload a Word document and convert it to a Google document • Add flair and formatting to your documents by adjusting margins, spacing, fonts, and colors — all that fun stuff • Invite other people to collaborate on a document with you, giving them edit, comment or view access • Collaborate online in real time and chat with other collaborators — right from inside the document • View your document's revision history and roll back to any previous version • Download a Google document to your desktop • Translate a document to a different language • Email your documents to other people as attachments

  7. Getting Started with Docs • Creating a document • Edit and format a document • Insert images, links, and comments • Publish and print • Different fonts • How to insert pics • Insert, special characters • Insert, Image [can search images directly from docs] • Tools, Research (for footnotes) • Add-ons (easy bib for Works Cited, have them browse for others) • Tools, Translate

  8. Google Sheets and Slides

  9. 32 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_6fh7 wXkugHQbbA2ILrjsFqysvclJCbul2I3Oc912D8/pre sent?slide=id.i7

  10. Some More Advanced Features… • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X5CKq9 -gH4

  11. Reflection: How can you use this in your classroom? What Apps and Add Ons have you found useful? Remaining time: Search and share!

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