Google Suite

Your Google Drive is Google's online cloud storage space. Within your Drive you can store all of your documents that you will be sharing with your students for your chosen online learning platform.

Tutorials

• Getting Started With Drive

• Uploading To Your Drive

• Organizing your Drive Shared Drives

• Collaborating

• Viewing History

• Searching your Drive

• Additional Training For Google Drive by GCF Global

Google Docs is one of the Google Suite applications that will allow you to create a task or content you wish to share with your class. Google Docs is Googles word processing application that is similar to Microsoft Word. Before you begin, it is important to check to see which Google account you are working in if you have multiple Gmail accounts. Once you are finished creating your document, it will be stored in your Google Drive. Your Google Doc is now ready to share with your class.

Tutorials

• Getting Started with Google Docs

• Converting a Word Doc to a Google Doc

• Additional Training for Google Docs the GCF Global

Google Forms is an administrative application that allow users to create surveys and or tests and quizzes. Google Forms work very well in conjunction with Google Classroom.

Tutorials

• Getting Started With Google Forms

• Creating Quizzes With Google Forms

• Additional Training for Google Slides the GCF Global

• Timed Quizes

Try not to overwhelm yourself. Start small and use what you feel comfortable doing. Think about what it is you want to achieve in your distance learning and teaching and choose the tools you feel can help you accomplish that. Start slow and build your foundation.