Communicate, Create, and Collaborate

Doc Wizard

Perform a little magic and make Docs more than a word processor.

Adventure Resources

Develop your Google Docs super powers. Open Google Docs, use the video tutorials, and practice as you learn.

Communicate, Create, and Collaborate in Google Docs

Mission Tasks

Create an interactive Google Doc that includes images, links to outside information and spaces for someone to respond, and format it so that it is engaging and attractive.
Use collaborative tools in Google Docs - share, comment, and chat.

Extra Credit (skills needed for Level II Educator Certification) - Insert and format tables and images, mathematical equations, and citations. Translate your document into another language.

Earn the Doc Wizard Certificate and Badge

Test your Google Docs skills and submit a link to your shared Google Doc and a screen shot showing collaboration. Screenshot Directions

Note - If you want badges to show on the leaderboard, you have to complete the tasks on the main Adventures page.

A Million Words

Create videos worth a million words.

Adventure Resources

Develop your WeVideo super powers. Open WeVideo, use the video tutorials, and practice as you learn.

WeVideo

Mission Tasks

Create and edit a video using WeVideo or create and implement a WeVideo assignment with students. Save the video(s) to Google Drive. Add appropriate share privileges and share the video using the link.

Extra Credit - Create a green screen (chromakey video) and or a screencast and figure out how you could use them with students.

Earn the A Million Words Certificate and Badge

Test your WeVideo skills and submit the link to your video saved in Google Drive.

Note - If you want badges to show on the leaderboard, you have to complete the tasks on the main Adventures page.

Video Curator

Curate powerful video resources and add interactivity with YouTube and EDpuzzle.

Adventure Resources

Develop your YouTube and EDpuzzle super powers. Open YouTube and EDpuzzle, use the video tutorials, and practice as you learn.

YouTube and EDpuzzle

Mission Tasks

Activate your YouTube channel and create a playlist.
Use EDpuzzle to trim a video and add embedded questions. Assign it using Google Classroom or share the link.

Extra Credit (skills needed for Level II Educator Certification) - Upload your own video to YouTube, modify the privacy settings to suit your purpose, and add cards to your video to create some interactivity for self-directed learners.

Earn the Video Creator Certificate and Badge

Test your YouTube and EDpuzzle skills and submit a screenshot of your channel and a link to your modified video from EDpuzzle. Screenshot Directions

Note - If you want badges to show on the leaderboard, you have to complete the tasks on the main Adventures page.

Show and Tell

Show and tell others how to conquer the world through screencasts.

Adventure Resources

Develop your screencasting super powers. Install and open your screencasting tool of choice, use the video tutorials, and practice as you learn.

Screencasting

Mission Tasks

Create a screencast to teach how to do something.

Extra Credit - Have your students create a screencast to explain something.

Earn the Show and Tell Certificate and Badge

Test your screencasting skills and submit a link to your screencast.

Note - If you want badges to show on the leaderboard, you have to complete the tasks on the main Adventures page.

Communicator

Flex your collaboration and communication muscles. No bat signal required.

Adventure Resources

Develop your Google Hangouts, Groups, and Blogger super powers. Open the app, use the video tutorials, and practice as you learn.

Google Hangouts

Google Groups

Google Blogger

Mission Tasks

Instant message a colleague using a text message with Hangouts.
Collaborate with a colleague long distance using a video Hangout and share your screen.
Create a Google Group that lets a group you work with send email messages to each other using one common email address.

Extra Credit (skill needed for Level II Educator Certification) - Create a blog to share your ideas and include photos, videos, and/or documents.

Earn the Communicator Certificate and Badge

Test your Google Hangouts and Groups skills and submit screenshots of a text message in Hangouts, a video Hangout, and the All Members screen of your Google Group. Screenshot Directions

Note - If you want badges to show on the leaderboard, you have to complete the tasks on the main Adventures page.

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