Improve communication and stay organised with Google for Education

By learning how to make the most out of Google’s tools, you’ll find it easier to stay on top of your busy work life whilst providing an enhanced learning experience for your students.

You’ll understand how to access support for the online tools that make your role as an educator easier. From Gmail and Calendar to Tasks and Keep, you’ll explore the Google productivity tools to help keep you organised and communicate effectively with staff, students, and parents.

By understanding the tools available to you in Google Workspace, you’ll know how to promote collaborative working between you and your students.

You’ll learn how to create documents that you can edit in real-time to help you keep on top of what changes have been made.

Use digital tools to create engaging learning experiences

You’ll learn how to manage your students’ learning journey with Google Classroom as you discover the tools to safely distribute and collect work online.

You’ll also uncover the digital tools you can use to enhance your presentations, quizzes, and assignments to encourage engagement.

By the end of this ExpertTrack, you’ll have the tools to increase productivity and communication as an educator, and feel ready to take the Google Certified Educator Level 1 exam.

An Introduction to Google Workspace

Benefits of the Cloud

An Overview of Google Workspace

Aims and Goals

Google Search, Help Centre & Communities

Personal Learning Networks

Finding In-person Support

Using Keywords

Search Modifiers

Filters and Tools

Bookmarks

Extensions

Sync Your Settings

Checkpoint

Getting Ready to use Google for Education

Composing Email

Finding Email

Organising Email

Setting up a Group

Managing a Group

Creating, Organising and Finding Emails in Gmail

Creating Events

Inviting Others to Events

Adding Separate Calendars

Sharing Calendars

Manage Events for Yourself and Others with Calendar

Creating Tasks and Lists

Scheduling Tasks

Creating Tasks from Email

Making Notes

Adding Images

Sharing Notes

Be Reminded of Key Information with Tasks and Keep

Course Introduction

Storing Files in Drive

Creating Folders & Organising Files

Creating Files

Sharing Files

Moving into the Cloud with Google Drive

Real-time Collaboration

Commenting & Assigning Tasks

Viewing the History of a Document

Viewing Active and Resolved Comments

Support Group Collaboration

Create a Jam

Explore the Tools

Collaborate on a Jam

Download a Jam

Inspire Ideas Collaboratively in Jamboard

Adding Text, Shapes and Lines

Adding images and Videos

Changing the Theme

Adding Links to other slides or websites

Create Engaging Presentations with Slides

An Introduction into Google Sites.

Setting up a Site

Setting the Style

Adding Pages & Content

Preview and Publish

Sharing Information with Google Sites

Using Google Forms to create self-marking quizzes

Creating Forms

Adding/Editing Questions

Assigning Correct Answers

Sending a Form

Viewing Responses

Using Forms for Self-marking Quizzes

Searching for Videos

Creating a Playlist

Subscribing to Channels

Sharing Videos with your Class

Subtitles

View modes

Restricted Mode

Dealing with Low Bandwidth

Engage Students with Video

Google Classroom

Benefits of Classroom

Creating a Class

Adding Students

Types of Posts

Adding Attachments

Planning Ahead

Giving Feedback

Reviewing Work

Bring Student Work Online with Classroom

Exporting Classroom Marks to Sheets

Formatting Data

Sorting and Filtering

Using Formulas

Conditional Formatting

Sharing Tables

Creating Charts

Adding Charts to Docs

Measure, Understand and Share Student Growth

Course Rating (for impact) and Feedback Form

Course Feedback and Comments

Google for Education Fundamentals

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Google for Education Fundamentals

Course Overview

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