Educational Technology Unit 3 Study Guide

Classroom teachers have a lot of files saved on their own computers and are unsure about Google Drive. Which features of Drive do you think are most important to help ease their nerves?

Microsoft Office files can be uploaded and edited in Drive Resource documents saved as PDFs can be saved in Drive Images and video files can be stored and shared in Drive

What can I upload to Google Drive?

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel documents Most movie files Most photo files PDFs

Options for questions in Google Forms include:

Objective Questions Subjective Questions Images YouTube Videos

What are the destination options for storing and viewing responses to Google Forms?

Store in a new spreadsheet Store in an existing spreadsheet

You are preparing for an after-school session with teachers to train them on Google Docs. You've created a great 'Getting Going Guide' that you want them to have and keep for reference. What sharing setting should you set for the doc?

Anyone with the link can view

When you click Send Form on a Google Form, what are the options for sharing?

Auto-generated public URL Posting directly to social media channels Embed HTML Inviting only specific people to view your form

Since Google, and Google Drive, are internet enabled apps, there is no way to access your Google Drive files when your computer does not have access to the internet. (True or False)

False

The Responses option allows you to create custom charts from the collected forms data. (True or False)

False

Students are going to be working on a project together. How can they add collaborators to their Google Doc?

The blue "Share" button Under the File menu > "Share" (From Drive) Select the file(s) > "Share

What are the key benefits of using the Google Docs suite?

There's only ever one version of a document, meaning you never have to compile different revisions from group members You can easily share documents using a URL instead of attaching a document to an email

Why would you want to have people fill out a Google Form rather than simply sharing a Google Doc with them to collect their responses?

There's the option to use a number of different question formats (like multiple choice, true/false, scales, etc.) with Google Forms You can use the "Responses" section in the Form to see a graphic breakdown of all responses All Form responses are saved in a Google Sheet and the results are easier to see

Google Drive is accessible anywhere in the world. Even if you lose an internet connection, all you need is a Google account to access your information from the cloud. (True or False)

True

Microsoft Office documents are compatible with Google Drive.(True or False?)

True

You can add content to Google Drive by dragging and dropping files from your computer directly into your Google Drive. (True or False)

True

You can share and/or color code folders in your Google Drive.

True

If you have a file saved on your desktop, what are the steps you would take to be able to edit it using Google Docs?

Upload the document from your desktop to Google Drive and use the built-in feature to automatically convert it to a Google Doc

What are ways when sharing a Google document?

edit, view, comment

What are good uses of Google Forms in the classroom?

Quizzes/assessments Gather research data Surveys