GOOGLE DOCS in the classroom !!

Today Jennifer Rowan, who works for Google, taught us about three useful ways of using Google Docs to work in the classroom. I am going to do my best to  describe you the important things I got from today's lesson.
As you may already know the power of Google docs lies on the fact that they can be shared with many people who can comment, edit or simply view what we create. Therefore we, as teachers, can foster cooperative work among our students in class or even outside the school.


GOOGLE DOCS
1- We need to have a gmail account and enter our Google Drive
2- Click on NEW  and on GOOGLE DOCS
3- Once we create the document we can press the SHARE button and type the students email addresses, or even better: get a SHAREABLE LINK, which we can copy and paste for the students to access the document directly.
4- Now the students can see the document, comment on it or even edit it (if we gave them permission)

NOTES: In the "comments" column (on the right) we can identify who made the comments or edited which part, because each person is assigned a different colour by the program. Even is a person wrote something and erased it, the creator of the document (the teacher) can recover what was erased using the option SEE REVISION HISTORY.

5- You can download the final document in different formats (word, pdf, rtf, etc...)

GOOGLE SLIDES
Google slides is the Powerpoint version of Google.
1- click on NEW and on GOOGLE SLIDES and follow the same procedure as for GOOGLE DOCS above.
2- Appart from sharing, an interesting TOOL we can use while doing the presentation is EXPLORE. It allows you to browse information you may need on the google browser without leaving the page, and you can also look for pictures to include in the slides, again, without leaving the page.

CREATE A QUIZ !!
1- Go to Google drive, click on NEW, then on MORE and on GOOGLE FORMS
2- The platform asks you to write a Title and a Description.
3- Begin creating the quiz by writing a question and then as many options as you wish (multiple choice) You can add images by clicking on the "picture" link
4- Click on the  "+" button in order to add another question
5- Once you finished it's time to select the right option for each question. To do so you must go to SETTINGS and to QUIZZES, then . MAKE A QUIZ and finally press the SAVE button. After doing this the ANSWER QUIZ option will be displayed below each question you created, allowing you to select which option is the right one and to assign points to each question !!.
You also have the option of typing an explanation, which will appear for the students after they finish the quiz :)
6- Once you finish designing the quiz, click on SEND and choose the HYPERLINK option.
7- Copy and paste the hyperlink displayed and send it to your students.
8- Once your students do the quiz, their results will appear in your GOOGLE DRIVE with detailed information on how they did in each question and the % of students who did it wrong and right. Hence, the teacher doesn't need to do one-by-one correction.