Google Docs

What is Google Docs ?

Google Docs is a free, web-based word processing, presentation, forms and spreadsheets program. This is one of the best alternative to the Office Suites, for you do not need any software download and you can access your files wherever you are with an Internet connection.

Some Features of Google Docs

Here is a list of some of the best features of Google Docs that teachers need to know about :

- It is free and very easy to use
- It has a user-friendly interface
- It lets you create Google documents, spreadsheets, and other file types and collections
- It lets you upload, manage and store files and folders
- It allows you to share Google Docs, files and collections
- You can preview your docs and files before you open or share them
- You can also view images and videos that you have uploaded to your document list
- It lets you search for items by name, type and visibility setting
- It allows users to collaborate on documents in real time
- It also offers a chat functionality for collaborators to use while working on docs.

Google Docs Templates for teachers

Many Google Docs users are unaware of the fact that they can breathe life into their documents with templates. Google's new templates for Google Docs make it fast and easy to create all kinds of documents. Check out this gallery to find more than 300 templates available for text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. All the templates are free and with one click you can download any one that you want. Just to help you sort out the good ones from the rest, I already listedsome of the best templates teachers can use in their presentations and docs, check them out.

Google Docs easy tutorials for teachers

Below are some of the tutorials I assembled for you to walk you through the different processes on how to create and manage the different Google Docs services. Click on any title to access its corresponding tutorial :

I- Documents :

Click on any title to read the tutorial