Unit 4

Why is creating a Google Group a more effective means of communication than creating a contacts group inside Gmail?

A Google Group has one custom email address, allowing you to bypass Gmail's five hundred email send limit.

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 group in Chat so that students can help other students even when they are not in the classroom.

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.

Which of the following features can you customize in your Google Site?

Header type. URL address. Footers. Themes.

Your Gmail account for work can be accessed on which of the following devices?

Home computer. Tablet. Smart phone.

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's parents. Psychologist.

You can search Gmail using which of the following criteria?

Sender. Content. Subject. Attachment.

Which title below is one of the default section titles given in a "priority inbox"?

Starred.

What are the benefits to using Google Chat with your students?

Students are able to find answers from other students before relying on the teacher for an answer. You can monitor the conversations of many groups from one device. Students receive real-time feedback even when they are away from the classroom. You can share announcements and important information with your students even after they have left the classroom.

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.

Maintaining a Google Site as a class site is valuable because you can communicate easily with a large audience.

True.

One way to share your group and increase participation is by inviting members directly through email.

True.

The mobile Chat app gives you the opportunity to mute conversations so that you are not constantly receiving notifications.

True.

Users cannot set unique page-level permissions for different pages within a site.

True.

When creating a filter on Gmail, one action you can apply to incoming messages it to attach a label.

True.

When using the mobile Gmail app, users are able to attach documents directly onto any email.

True.

When you delete a conversation in your Google Chat list, the conversation is still visible for any other person involved in the conversation until they also delete the conversation from their Chat list.

True.

A benefit to using labels in Gmail is...

You can apply more than one to any message. You can search messages by label. You can color code labels to find messages more efficiently.

One benefit to using the translate feature in Gmail is...

It opens up trusted lines of communication with families and community members who would otherwise be left out of the school conversation.

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.

What are the three levels of Basic Permission settings in a Group?

Anyone can ask. Only invited users. Public.

You are expecting an important email from a guest speaker who is considering doing an instant messaging "Ask Me Anything" Chat 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.

When creating a Google Group, selecting the "Email list" group type allows users to interact with the group in which of the following ways?

Email.

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

Embedded YouTube videos. Page Navigation. Image uploads.

The translate feature only allows users to translate messages that are sent directly to them.

False.

Where can you find any Google Sites you are either an owner or editor of?

Google Drive. Sites.google.com/new

Google Chat can be accessed in all of the following ways EXCEPT...

Google Groups.