Google docs

Jenny Smiley

Google docs overview

• Suite of office products that let you create different documents

• What can you create in Google docs?o basic word documentso spreadsheetso presentationso drawingso forms

• Unique featureso  can access documents and files from any computero  can collaborate and chat with other people editing the file

 Here is an overview showing the features of Google docs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_hJ3R8jEZM&feature=re

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Google docs: documents

• Create, share, and edit online in real time! • Invite other people to collaborate on a doc with you by giving

them edit, comment, or view access • Download Google docs to your desktop as a Word,

OpenOffice, RTF, PDF, HTML or zip file • Translate a document to a different language

 • Email documents as attachments

 • Review document revision history and roll back to any

version   

Google docs: spreadsheets

• Import and convert .xls, .csv, .txt and .ods formated data • Export xls, .csv, .txt and .ods formated data and PDF and

HTML files • Formating and formula editing for easy calculations and

presentation • Chat in real time with others reviewing the spreadsheet

 • Create charts and gadgets

  

Google docs: presentations

• Upload and convert existing presentations to Google docs • Download presentations to PDF of PPT, or .txt file

 • Insert images and videos and format your slides

 • Publish and embed in a website allowing access to a wide

audience   http://jensmileyhealthykids.wikispaces.com/Googledocs+Presentation

 • Draw organizational charts and diagrams within the

presentation • Add slide annimation and themes to create attention and

interest

Google docs: drawings

• Invite others to view drawings, edit, and chat  • Drawings editor

 • Publish drawings online to the world as images or download

in standard formats • Insert drawings into Google documents and presentations

        Let's see how students can collaborate on a drawing      project.... Go to documents / drawing now 

Google docs: forms

• Plan events, give students a quiz, and collect information  • Google form is connected to a spreadsheet with the same title

 • Responses from the form will automatically be collected in the

spreadsheet•   http://docs.google.com/support/bin/static.py?

page=guide.cs&guide=27248&topic=27252          

Google docs: Clouds

• Google Cloud Connect is a plug-in for Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010

• Google Cloud Connect lets you share and edit Microsoft Word, PowerPoint,and Excel documents simultaneously with others in your organizationo Each document that you sync gets a unique URL or web

address that you can share with collaborators via email or IM

o When an editor makes changes, all changes get synced and appear on your screen

 

Google docs for Educators

 • There are many ways that Google docs can help teachers!

o siteso calendarso spreadsheets for student tracking

 Lets take a look at some of them: http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html http://docs.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=23881&topic=23882&printable=1  

Lets Review !!

Go to your email and open a quiz made from Google Forms Good Luck!! How did you do? Questions?  

Credits

https://docs.google.com https://www.youtube.com