Google apps and extensions
Google Slides
Google Slides can provide much more than just presentations. Virtual classrooms, calendars, interactive lessons integrated with PearDeck, and templates for activities can all be created and shared from Google Slides.
Templates can be fully customizable after you make a copy and save to your drive. Templates can be used in conjunction with your virtual classrooms or as stand alone templates. They can be shared with students via Seesaw, Google Classroom, or presented to students during a Google Meet.
Google Slides Lesson 1- Using the Slides Template
Google Slides Lesson 2 - Creating a New Presentation
Google Slides Lesson 3 - Adding and Formatting Text in Google Slides
Google Slides Lesson 4 - Using the Formatting Toolbar
Google Slides Lesson 5 - Inserting and Formatting Images
Google Slides Lesson 6 - Adding a Slide and Changing the Slide Layout
Google Slides Lesson 7 - Adding and Formatting a Table
Google Slides Lesson 8 - Cropping and Masking Images
Google Slides Lesson 9 - Inserting Links to Images and Text
Google Slides Lesson 10 - Adding a Bulleted List
Google Slides Lesson 11 - Moving Objects Front to Back
Google Slides Lesson 12 - Speaker Notes, Grid Lines, and Sharing
Google Slides templates
Welcome to Class (includes a slide for breakout room groups)
Creating a virtual classroom with Slides
Learn how to create a virtual classroom with clickable links and embedded videos in Google Slides. This is an ideal platform for sharing interactive resources with students and their families during remote learning.
How might we leverage Google Slides to act as a digital workspace for students that combines instructional content (images, audio, video) with a student workspace? The model explored in this video leverages a few key tools to create the digital experience.
Here is the template (view only copy) of the model outlined in the video. Feel free to make a copy as a starting point for this type of build. https://docs.google.com/presentation/...
You've finished creating your presentation in Google Slides. How do you send it out? Publish it? Share it? Let's talk about the difference.
Custom Chrome Font
In this tutorial you will learn how to customize the font size and style in Google Chrome settings. This is a great tip for anyone who would prefer a larger font size in Chrome. This video will also show you how to open a specific page each time you open Chrome. Finally, you'll learn where you can verify that Chrome is your default browser.
bookmarks and tabs in chrome
In this tutorial you will learn how you can manage your bookmarks in Chrome as well as how you can pin a tab so it is always accessible. You will be shown how to create bookmark folders and how to delete groups of bookmarks at once. Transitioning from your Chromebook to your MacBook Air is a great opportunity to reorganize your bookmarks and it's also the perfect time to add the BPS Digital Learning staff resources page from the district website to your Bookmarks bar. The link to that page can be found here: https://sites.google.com/bpsk12.org/b... For additional help with Bookmarks and all things Google Chrome, please reach out to any member of the BPS EdTech team!
Many videos on how to integrate Google Apps into the classroom and for remote learning.
Screencastify is a great option for flipped Remote Learning and can be used to record whatever is on your computer screen as a video while simultaneously recording your audio narration. You can create a recording of the entire screen or just the tab you are using. It allows you to develop narrations with your computer’s microphone, and you can use your computer’s webcam to capture video of you talking to your students about whatever is on the screen.
Go to Screencastify and click on Add to Chrome. Once installed in your Chrome browser, it will show up as a small icon up at the top of your screen near the web address bar. This works on Chromebooks, MacBooks, and PCs.
Screencastify for Remote Instruction
Screencastify allows you to create a video of your desktop computer. So why would you want to do that? Over the past few months we have been teaching remotely and have had to get creative with our teaching methods. Screencastify allows you to record your desktop to show your students what you need to teach them. Many people like to push out a video of their lesson as opposed to presenting it live and this is the perfect extension to use to do this. It allows you to show your image and record your work at the same time. It is also a great video editing tool for you to crop your videos, add text etc. I have made videos for different aspects of the program so that you can learn at your own pace, have time to practice and then move on to another aspect of the program when you are ready to learn more.
record to google drive
Need to share a video? Record directly to Google Drive on an iPad or iPhone.
Install the Google Drive app on your iPad or iPhone
Open the Google Drive app
Tap the + sign on the bottom right of the screen
Tap Use Camera
Allow Camera and Microphone
Switch to Video and tap to record
You can record up to 10 minutes
Video saves directly to your Google Drive
Share video from Drive or add to Google Classroom
Make a copy
Making a copy of a Google Doc can be helpful for completing assignments and activities or saving to your Google Drive to use later.
Open or Navigate to a document
In the menu, click File > Make a copy
Type a name and choose where to save the doc
Click OK
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