Creativity and Accessibility With Google Docs

Hello, I'm Matthew Winters!

Matthew Winters

UEN Instructor

Google Educator Group Utah Leader

Email - mwinters@uen.org

Twitter - @TeacherWinters

Hello, I'm Kelli Cannon!

Kelli Cannon

Upper Grade Elementary Teacher

Google Educator Group Utah Leader

Email - kelli.cannon@jordandistrict.org

Twitter - @MsKelCan

Join Utah Education Network as we explore how to become a Google Certified Educator Level One & Two with our free, self-paced courses. Each course following the Google Teacher Center training materials. The course comes with an option to get a free voucher for the exam!

Google Docs Nearpod Training

Kelli's UCET Google Demo Slam Video

Open Dyslexic Font

Google Docs Open Training Video

Google Certified Educator Level 1

Essential Tasks

  • Title your Doc

  • Add text to your document

  • Use the comment feature

  • Turn text into a link (Ctrl+K)

  • Use @ to call attention to a specific colleague

  • Change the share settings

  • Use @ (better known as smart chips) to add a person, a file, and a calendar event

Google Certified Educator Level 2

Essential Tasks

  • Link different items to a Doc: a website, a YouTube video, and an image (Ctrl+K)

  • Insert an image directly to your document

  • Change the image's layout to in line, wrap text, break text, behind text, or in front of text

  • Add a table

  • Add text to a table

  • Use the explore button to find material for your Doc

  • Use Google Translate to translate your document to another language

Helpful Tips

  • Using the Camera under insert image

  • Ctrl+Shift+9 = Starting a checklist in your document

  • Ctrl+\ = Remove all formatting from selected text

  • Force Copy for all Docs, Slides, Forms, and Sheets

  • Voice Typing in Tools

  • Recommended Add-Ons

    • Scrible Writer

    • Word Cloud Generator

    • Doc to Forms

Hyperdocs

Basic HyperDoc Lesson Plan Template with Resources and Links
HyperDoc Creation
PTCs HyperDoc Lesson Plan