Welcome - Google Docs for Posting Handouts Online

Welcome LCMS staff!  This blog is for us to learn about ways we can use technology to help us in our work, with students, and for fun.  We'll post regularly to provide new information plus this blog format will provide a way to go back and check on something you read about before and are ready to use.  Let us know if you've got something you'd like to post - this is our blog for our use.  Let's get started!


Use Google Docs to Post Your Handouts Online
USE:  We need to provide students with so much paper work at the beginning of school and throughout the year.  Sometimes they must have a hard (printed paper) copy, but often they do not.  When we post documents in Google Docs we can skip the paper copy altogether or, if a student loses the first copy, it may be printed at home without having to use more school materials or wait an extra day.  Click here to see Ms. C's webpage for some examples. 

HOW: 
1.  Create a google docs account either by creating a gmail account or using school email address.  Link to create a gmail account.   Link to use your school account. We recommend that you create a gmail account specifically for school use and keep it separate from your personal email. 
2.  Once you're in gmail, click on the tab in the upper left hand corner that says 'Documents'.  
3.  If you already have written the document and have it saved digitally, find the "Upload" tab in the upper left hand corner and choose the document you wish to upload.  If you are composing the document online, choose the 'Create New' tab and select 'Document'.
4.  Be sure to write the title in the box at the top left of the page.
5.  When you are finished with the document and are ready to make it available, choose the 'Share' tab in the upper right hand.  Click on the word 'Change' and choose 'Anyone with the link'. 
6.  Copy the link and paste in on your school web page with the title of the document.  This will allow anyone who clicks the link to view and print the page, but they will not be able to modify it.

ADDITIONAL USES:  In future posts we'll talk about how you and your students can use Google Docs to post powerpoint presentations and spreadsheets, create surveys, administer tests and quizzes, allow students to collaborate on documents and presentations at school or from home, but you may want to explore on your own, too.