Creating a Google slide deck is fairly standard for student presentations. Students can insert images by uploading from computers, searching the web, inserting from Drive, Photos, or by URL. Videos can be inserted from Drive, by URL, or search YouTube. Audio .mp3 & .wav files stored in Drive can be played automatically or on click (Use Online Voice Recorder to record audio narrations for Slides) Many of the premade templates in Slides are overused. Let’s teach our students to streamline their work with a consistent design by using the Theme builder to create template slides that are unique ..read more

A great way to check for understanding is to give your students a simple quiz using a Google Form — then review the missed questions and base instruction on the results.  Tip: The quickest way to create a quiz is to go to g.co/createaquiz . Open a form in Google Forms. At the top of the form, click Settings. Turn on Make this a quiz. Optional: To collect email addresses, next to “Responses,” click the Down arrow and turn on Collect email addresses. Types of Questions You can make an answer key on certain question types: Short answer, Multiple choice, Checkboxes, Dropdown, Multiple ch ..read more

Why do we ask our students to cite or document the sources used in research: It gives proper credit to the authors of the words or ideas that are incorporated into the writing. It allows those who are reading the work to locate the sources, in order to learn more about the ideas that are included in the writing. Citing your sources consistently and accurately helps students avoid committing plagiarism in their writing. Purdue OWL Research and Citation Resources https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/resources.html  Purdue OWL is the gold standard student guide for conducting ..read more

Google Arts & Culture is a rich, interactive digital resource that invites users to explore the arts, science, history, technology, and the many ways those disciplines intersect with each other.  Here are a few examples of what you’ll find on Google Arts & Culture:  Access to over 2,000 of the world’s great museums, galleries, and historic sites  Google Street View tours of over 1,000 historical and cultural sites Thousands of zoomable works of art  Cross-disciplinary and interactive experiments exploring topics like music, art, biology, ecology, literature, and so ..read more

Did you know you can send your students or colleagues to a specific spot on a website when using the Google Chrome browser? Simply highlight the text, right-click, and select ‘Copy Link to Highlight’. It’s as easy as that!  Navigate your next Google Doc with ease by adding a table of contents at the top of your page. Then get your style on by setting a default style in Google Docs ?.  Learn how ? https://goo.gle/3ej3KZH Want Emojis in Google Docs – Go to Insert / Special Characters / Emojis COOL GOOGLE DOCS FEATURES: Do your students have a hard time staying organized or know which ..read more

Memes have taken over the internet as a fun way of expressing one’s thoughts with a touch of wit and sarcasm. Humor (well, appropriate humor!) in the classroom is always a great idea. That’s why memes are such a fun and engaging tool to promote learning. They’re a fun and easy way to capture students’ attention and can be used for assignments as an alternative outlet for creative expression. There are several free meme generators and meme maker apps that help you discover how simple it is to create a meme with any image! IMGFlip – Meme Generator Imgur Make a Meme Kapwing Meme Generator Livem ..read more

Your comments as a teacher are more effective when they are shared on a DRAFT of a Speedgrader submission than the final assignment. Formative feedback can provide teacher insight and redirection. You can add annotation directly on the DRAFT submission in DocViewer or write comments in the assignment details section of the sidebar then require the student to re-submit the final version. (Note: Annotations are not available for text entry assignments.) If you use the Google Chrome web browser to access Canvas, you can use Chrome’s speech recognition feature to leave text comments on student as ..read more

Discussion Forums are very common in higher education classes. Let’s give our students plenty of exposure to high quality forums, explicitly teach them how to write effectively and give evidence of learning, and learn how to give feedback to their peers.  Canvas Discussion Forums are a simple way to get students talking to each other and you. Discussion forums can: Builds class community by promoting discussion on course topics  Allows time for in-depth reflection – students have more time to reflect, research & compose their thoughts before participating in the discussion  ..read more

Creating a Google slide deck is fairly standard for student presentations. Students can insert images by uploading from computers, searching the web, inserting from Drive, Photos, or by URL. Videos can be inserted from Drive, by URL, or search YouTube. Audio .mp3 & .wav files stored in Drive can be played automatically or on click (Use Online Voice Recorder to record audio narrations for Slides) Many of the premade templates in Slides are overused. Let’s teach our students to streamline their work with a consistent design by using the Theme builder to create template slides that are unique ..read more

Creating a screencast to teach a concept, review a lesson, or record a presentation is not only a great way to deliver subject area content but also can serve as an archive lesson for absent students when the videos are posted to Canvas. Screencasting is basically recording what is on your screen while you talk, teach, or narrate.  You can choose whether to include a small video of yourself in the corner of the screen, screencast just one tab, or your entire desktop.   https://sites.google.com/beaverton.k12.or.us/video-tutorials/screencasting Some great Screencasting tools are ..read more