It's right in Google Drive and so easy to integrate and use in Google Classroom.
You can insert videos or images from YouTube right into a Form and then follow them with questions. Another trick I've used for videos or other resources that aren't as easy to add is to insert a Title--in the description, I drop in the URL for the video (or reading, website, simulation, etc). The live version of the Form displays it as a clickable link and students can easily open it.
Did you know you can import questions from one Google Form into another now? Very helpful if you want to make some formative practice quizzes and then recycle some questions for a more summative assessment at the end of a unit.
If you check it out, you will find that while you can make and upload your own lectures, you can also search for other videos in Edpuzzle and adapt them in your own way
This is an example of a video made by Howard Hughes Medical Institute that I already use in a lesson - I uploaded the video and then used Edpuzzle's tools to add questions and instructions for my students
This is an example of a video I made myself - If you think you may want to use this tool, before you start recording yourself, think about where to pause--it's easier to insert questions if you pause for a second or two every once in a while.
There are some basic editing tools in Edpuzzle that you may find helpful
Trim longer videos - if there is a 2 minute clip you want students to see in the middle of a 20 minute video, you can trim the long video from either end. It looks like they have also added the ability to trim out sections in the middle; this is a pretty new feature and one I haven't tried.
As far as I know, you can't cut and paste together lots of little clips from different sources all together into one video. I have had success in naming several short clips Part I, Part II, Part III, etc and assigning them all at once and just instructing students to watch them in order.
Add voiceover - you can remove the audio and record your own audio instead
Add questions - you can insert questions throughout the video to help students check their understanding.
Multiple choice and open-ended questions are possible, as are "notes," which are just instructions you can insert, too.
You can add feedback to your questions so students know immediately if they got it right or not.
Edpuzzle has hands-down the best interface for grading open-ended questions I have seen on any website, so don't be afraid to ask some open-ended questions.
When I assign video lessons, my favorite tool in all of Edpuzzle is the little checkbox that says "prevent skipping." This keeps kids from writing things down and then skipping ahead without listening.
Edpuzzle is very cool because students can rewatch sections as much as they want and once they have watched, they are able to skip ahead to where they left off. Early finishers often start an Edpuzzle in class and can then skip ahead to where they left off and quickly finish once they get home. I can see this working well if students have to share a computer with a sibling and have to stop in the middle.
I also ask some questions students can only answer if they are listening in order to keep kids honestly listening to me.
This is very easy to do and will allow you to import your rosters from Classroom and assign specific lessons to specific sets of students.
If you assign an Edpuzzle video through Classroom, even if you do not add any questions, you can tell which students watch your videos
If you add questions, you can also see how well they understand concepts based on their answers to your questions.
The photo below shows what information I can see about my students' completion and understanding on Edpuzzle
If you connect to Classroom and start assigning things, Edpuzzle can add the assignment to Classroom for you. If you don't want it to go live right away for students, make sure to pick a start date/time that is in the future. It will add the Edpuzzle assignment to Classroom as a draft and then you can edit it in Classroom before it gets assigned. I do this a lot because I like to add instructions and often links to other resources to the Edpuzzle post
If you open up a Google Slides presentation in Drive, you should have the Pear Deck Add-on installed. You can set up a Pear Deck to run in Student-Paced mode so that students can walk themselves through your presentation and respond to questions.
Click on this video to watch how to set this up from start to finish.
If you do not have the Pear Deck Add-on, I show where to go to get it in the video, too.
Kahoot website: all premium features are free right now for teachers affected by COVID-19.
Kahoot is known for game-style quizzes, but you can insert content slides and polls, too. I used a Kahoot with some questions and some content slides in class with my students recently and it worked well. Absent students did the Challenge version of it to get the content (see next), so I know it will work remotely.
To let students participate in Kahoot at home, click the Play button once you've made the Kahoot and choose "Create challenge." This will generate a Kahoot Challenge link that you can share with students.
You will probably need to give students some instruction regarding names they choose for the challenges--if you want to know who has participated, they will need to use their real names. Right now they can choose any old name they want.
I have a lot less personal knowledge about these tools, but our fellow educators find them very handy. Where possible (ie. someone agreed to be a point of contact), I have listed a name and email of a colleague who is comfortable sharing their expertise with the resource.
Quizlet allows you to make flashcards for studying, but it also can use those flashcards to create a bunch of different types of learning games for students
I know this is used widely by students to study and I think it is used extensively by our World Language Department
I used it in my Medical Terminology enrichment a few years ago if you want to see how it can be used and embedded in a Google Site
This is an assessment tool to help check for understanding. I have not used this tool in quite a while, but I used to use it a little bit. It's kind of like Kahoot
They are offering premium features to districts affected by COVID-19 that would make it easier to deploy remote quizzes, I think.
There are video lectures and resources for a huge number of subjects and grade levels on Khan.
I think our English Department and Math Department probably use this the most, although all of us have likely been on Khan or have at least seen it in action with our advising classes.
Loom is a really cool way to record your screen in order to make instructional videos for students.
Drew Jorgensen in our Social Studies department initially shared this with our staff, but from what I can see, many teachers in many departments used it last year so we have lots of institutional knowledge on hand to help support new users.
Simple English Grammar and Spell Checker
This links to simple English grammar and spelling checker that would be perfect for language learners.