Transformation

Student Responsibilities

Please review the linked resources below, complete the tasks, and share your thoughts on Google Classroom.

• View: Google Docs Overview--Upload, Convert, and Edit a Word Document
• View: Google Docs Overview--Create, Share, and Comment
• View: Google Docs Overview--File, Explore, Tools, and Add-ons
• Read: Google Docs Support (reference as needed)
• Read: Google Docs Resources from Eric Curts

Tasks

• Create a Google Doc from scratch or upload a Word document and convert it to a Google document
• Experiment with Google's editing tools by adjusting margins, spacing, fonts, colors, etc.
• Invite your classmates and the instructor to collaborate on a document with you, giving them editing privileges (Note: In the previous Task, you were asked to share your Gmail address)
• View your document's revision history and roll back to any previous version
• Download a Google document to your desktop as a Word, OpenOffice, RTF, PDF, HTML or zip file
• Translate a document to a different language
• Experiment with various Google Docs Add-ons
• Experiment with the Explore tool to research and add footnotes to a document
• Transform a lesson plan by integrating Google Docs into a student-centered task.

Discuss

Complete the following on Google Classroom:

• Share the link to your Google Doc (Make sure your privacy settings allow anyone with the link to view your document).
• Evaluate Google Forms as a teaching, learning, and assessment tool.
• Share your thoughts on how you might use this with students or colleagues.
• Feel free to comment on at least one other student's note.

Link to Google Classroom