Google Certification Test

Why would you want to hyperlink objects into your own Google Slides presentation?

So students can use Slides for review and can go to additional resources. To make the presentation graphically more appealing. For extending the learning experience for students.

How are google groups different from contact groups?

Google groups create a single email address to message groups of people. Contact groups only work through your email address' contact list. Google groups can be used to share Google documents with groups of people

Rather than just reading about a location in a textbook, a great tool to help visualize a location and consider its impact on history would be:

Google maps

Which of the following online resources could you use when you want to search for how to do something with a Google tool?

Google search, Google Help Center, and Google for Education Help Forums

What are some of the benefits of leveraging Google Groups to communicate?

Groups is built for large group communication. A unique email address unifies all members of the group. Interact via web or email. Member permissions can be adjusted.

Dave reviews the agenda for the meeting which is provided as a shared Google Doc linked in the Calendar invitation. As he scans through the list of agenda items he notices that one of his current projects has not been included. He feels it needs to be discussed at the meeting. What should he do to get it included on the agenda?

He should add it to the agenda himself.

Why is p@s5uu3Rd a better password than 53psuurd?

It has upper case letters. It has symbols. It is longer. Numbers and letters are interspersed.

Which YouTube filters help narrow searches?

Length, Playlists, and Channel

Your student, Mary H., is working on overcoming behavior issues in order to be more successful in your classroom. You consistently receive emails from your school's intervention specialist, from the student's parents, from the student's other teachers, and from the school's Psychologist about upcoming meetings and action steps needed to help Mary H. meet your learning goals. What label titles can you make and apply to the Gmail filter you created for incoming messages about this student so that you can remain organized and find important messages quickly?

Mary H. Mary H. Parents. Psychologist.

Parents are looking for guidance on what to tell their children about being safe online. If you could give two simple tips that underlie everything, what would they be?

Respect yourself and others. Do everything you can to protect yourself.

What tool would help a student search more efficiently?

Search Filters

What can help improve the success of a collaborative learning experience?

Setting clear expectations. Aligning to the learning goals. Ensuring everyone the opportunity to participate. Choosing the best digital tool for the job.

Which Google tool allows you to create a spreadsheet?

Sheets

Users can check their Google Calendars on which device?

Smart Phone, Tablet, Laptop

T/F Parents of students in your class don't need to be a Google Calendar or Gmail user to receive and respond to Google Calendar invitations/

True

T/F When scheduling a meeting to discuss a document, one can add an attachment to that event

True

What are some benefits of using online resources in curriculum?

Updated content, content can be engaged with to extend learning, and it can be linked to content.

The best use of Google Slides is to create a _________?

presentation

Which formula would be used to calculate the average scores in column D?

=AVERAGE

Of the following, which primarily refers to individuals?

Google for Education Certified Trainers and Google for Education Certified Innovators

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

Which function would provide Mrs. Michaud a compressed list of the standards she has assessed?

=unique(E:E)

What is an example of an asynchronous discussion?

A Google Group web forum where students participate at various times throughout the day.

In Gmail what icon is used to signify an attachment to an email?

A paper clip

What is a canned response?

A pre-written message you can create and save.

Who can make websites using Google Sites?

Administrators, Beginners, Teachers and Students

What do filters do?

All you to manage the flow of incoming messages.

Thursday at 5:35 PM, Marcia D. sent you an attached Agenda for tomorrow's upcoming "Technology Integration Meeting," and you want to view it before the meeting so that you have ideas and questions ready for the group. To effectively search and find Marcia's original email, you can search by using which of the following identifiers?

Attachment, Sender, Time

Why is resilience important to develop in your students?

Because they will eventually have a negative experience.

By signing into Chrome, which of the following can be synced to the browser?

Bookmarks, recent browsing history, and apps and extensions

Comparing the line graph and pie chart feature set, which of the following is accurate for both?

Both can be shared publicly, both can pull data from multiple sources, both can be customized.

A student comes to you because she's worried she just replied to an email and signed into a site that didn't seem legitimate. How would you advise her?

Change her password, clear her browsing history, and delete the email.

Google Forms are most helpful in which types of tasks?

Classroom quick checks. Measure student progress over time.

What is the best way to convert Microsoft Office files to Google Drive files?

Click the upload button on Google Drive

Mrs. Jones is a seventh-grade teacher who is focused on making sure her students are doing everything they can to be safe and secure online. They go to the computer lab each week and do a lot of web browsing on sites that she's gathered links for on a shared Google Doc. Students add their own notes and comments below each link as they do their research. They can also add new resources as they find them on the Internet. Which of the following contemporary skills is Mrs. Jones developing in her students?

Communication and Collaboration

When evaluating the validity of a website beyond its URL, you can practice the "Rule of 3" which means:

Compare 3 sources of information about the topic.

How might you use Google Hangouts to improve your classroom experience for all involved in student learning?

Connect with other teachers to collaborate. Conduct parent/teacher conferences. Coach a student when they are home sick. Interview a professional in the field students are studying.

An essential skill today is knowing how to cite sources properly. Creative Commons has a system of licenses and tools for creators to retain copyright while allowing others to:

Copy, distribute, and remix work

You have not seen the bottom of your email in weeks because students are constantly reaching out to you for help on projects they are working on outside of the classroom. While you are excited the students are engaged, and you don't mind answering students' questions, you also have other work that requires your attention. In order to share the responsibility of supporting students in their success within your classroom, which of the following actions would you take to increase effective communication?

Create a student instant messaging group in Hangouts so that students can help other students even when they are not in the classroom.

Compare how cyberbullying is the same as more traditional bullying in schools.

Cyberbully hearts students just as much. Cyberbullying takes advantage of anonymity of the internet. Students can be given skills to cope with cyberbullies as well as traditional bullies.

In the new version of Google Calendar, which ways are there to view a calendar?

Day view, Week view, Month view

Play for Schools offers which benefits to educators?

Domain admin can install apps. Android apps available on select chrome books. App permissions reviewed by domain admin for student safety.

If you want to contribute your expertise to a community of educators doing similar tasks as you, which of the following would you use?

Google for Education Help Forums and Google Educator Groups

You are expecting an important email from a guest speaker who is considering doing an instant messaging 'Ask Me Anything' Hangout with your students tomorrow, but you have to leave your classroom to fulfill your extracurricular duties on the tennis courts. What is the most efficient action you can take in order to receive the email and confirm the guest speaker's participation in the next day's event, despite being away from your desk?

Download and/or activate the Gmail mobile app on your smartphone.

You've been asking students to watch short videos for homework instead of reading the textbook. Students seem to be prepared for class, but you're wondering how many of your students are actually watching the videos. Which one of the sharing options below might help you to best gauge the compliance of your class by allowing you to include some comprehension questions?

Embed the video in a Google Form

You're working on your sub plans for tomorrow and you've got the perfect video to kick off the class. Your second period students can be a bit juvenile, and you really don't want to risk the fallout of the students reacting to a comment, or related video displayed alongside the lesson opener. How do you share the video to your substitute teacher?

Embed the video in a Google slide deck

What are some features available in Google Sites (New) to help customize the site?

Embedded YouTube videos, Page Navigation, and Image Uploads

What can you do in omnibus?

Enter a web address. Search Google. Check the weather. Find the time in a country on the other side of the planet.

How can you invite someone else to an event on Calendar?

Enter email address in the Add Guests field

T/F Once access is granted to a Google Doc it cannot be revoked or removed.

False

T/F Only one person can edit a single sit in Google Sites.

False

T/F When signing into chrome on a new computer, users must reconfigure all of the custom browser settings.

False

T/F You need to click save to save your work using Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

False

T/F: Since Google, and Google Drive, is an internet enabled app, there is no way to access your Google Drive files when your computer does not have access to the internet.

False

Google Tasks integrate well with which other apps?

Google Calendar and Gmail

Throughout the school year Mrs. Michaud has her students create many science projects and would like to track the progress of her students. She creates a Google Sheet that contains her students' names with each assignment, date, score, and standard addressed. The columns are: A: Name B: Assignment C: Date D: Score E: Standard Addressed What tool can Mrs. Michaud use to add data to her Google Sheet more easily?

Google Forms

Although you can add dates and reminders to both Google Tasks and Google Keep notes, why would you choose to use Google Keep?

Google Keep allows you to add photos. Google Keep can set location-based reminders.

A digitally literate person must be able to find, evaluate, use, and communicate information digitally. Which of the following tools help facilitate and enhance digital literacy?

Google Search and Scholar

Which online group or location would be the best place to post a question so that other educators who already use Google for Education tools can help answer?

Google for Education Help Forums

You are the educational technology coach at a small elementary school where each classroom has one computer, in addition to the principal and office staff's devices. The school has just made the move to G Suite for Education but there is some hesitation about moving to a fully-online environment. Classroom teachers have a lot of files saved on their own computer 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.

Y/N All images found in a google image search are available for re-use.

No

Are youtube and google chrome part of the G suite for education?

No.

Collaboration digitally can be difficult, what steps can you take to help students be more successful during collaborative activities?

Organize and plan ahead. Set expectations ahead of time. Align the purpose of the task to the learning goal.

Normally the internet is quite speedy at your school, but it has been slow for a week, and other teachers are starting to complain about the technology resources not being reliable. You know how engaged students are when you use video in your class, and you don't want other teachers to give up on YouTube. You decide to send out a quick email to your colleagues with a couple tips on _______________.

Pre-loading videos and changing the resolution.

PLN definition

Professional learning network

Mrs. Michaud wants to share the results with another teacher, but not allow the teacher to alter the data. Which of these choices allow this?

Protected Range and Protected Sheet

What are features of Google Calendar that can help improve organization as an educator?

Public setting for improved communication, email notifications of events, shared calendars, and invite colleagues to events

What are good uses of Google Forms in the classroom?

Quizzes, gather research data, and surveys

What two stand-out collaborative features of Google Docs help facilitate group work?

Real-time editing and commenting

Student panel discussions are one way to raise awareness about cyberbullying and how to cope with it. What makes these types of events so powerful?

Students get to tell the stories in their own voice.

Mr. Garcia found a channel with content continually relevant to his curriculum. What YouTube feature should he use to be notified when new content is uploaded to that channel?

Subscriptions and Notifications

Which settings and controls within YouTube are built to help optimize viewing experiences?

Subtitles/CC, Restricted Mode, Quality settings, and View Modes

Which of the following Teacher Tips would NOT be helpful when trying to select content from the Google Play for Education store?

The app is not available in the Google Play store.

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 files > "share"

When trying to select the right tool to integrate into your class, you should always start with

The learning goal

If you have a student who is a second language learner - whose parents only speak their primary language at home - and needs special interventions because they are struggling in your class, you will want to use ________ in ________ to communicate the necessary intervention steps with their parents.

The translation feature; Gmail

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. You can use the "responses" section to get a breakdown of all the responses. All Form responses are saved in a Google Sheet and the results are easier to see.

Which of the following are reasons you might join a Google Educator Group?

To connect with other educators using Google tools with students, to plan social events for people to share how they use Google tools for learning, to get new ideas from other educators in your area, and to share the amazing things happening in your classroom.

Extensions are best defined as:

Tools for viewing an interacting with webpages.

What are ways students can ensure that their information is not saved in their Chrome browser when they are done in the computer lab each day?

Use incognito window and clear the browser window.

What feature allows you to view all of the changes made by editors on a Google Doc?

Version history

Mrs. Raney, a high school teacher, has assigned her English II students a collaborative research project on American authors. Her students are very active in extracurricular activities and struggle with finding time to work together after school. Which tool would help her students collaborate outside of class?

Video Hangouts, Google Docs comments, and Google Groups web forum

Why would you choose to use Word Art rather than a colored font when creating a Google Slides presentation?

Word Art lets you customize the look more.

Y/N By default, the guest list on a calendar is set to be visible.

Yes

A colleague of yours has been collecting video links in a Google Doc to share with her students. You explain to her that she could use the playlist feature in YouTube instead. Which of the following are advantages to using Playlists over a list of links in a Google Doc.

You can quickly add a video to a playlist directly from within YouTube without having to also open a Google Doc. Playlists continually play all of the videos in a row. Students can save your playlist to their YouTube channel.

How is Google Play for Education store different from the regular Play store?

You see teacher reviewed content.

Your learning objective is to get students to understand the concept of projection when speaking. Where can you find video resources from professional speakers who record and share their own public performances?

Youtube