Download All your Google Drive Data with One Click. Google Takeout is a service that allows you to create an archive of all your Google Drive data and store it on your computer for offline access. if you do not trust the cloud and you want your data saved in a physical memory storage device, Google Takeout is definitely the answer. Google Takeout works only with products and services owned by Google such as Google Drive, YouTube, Contacts, Voice, Hangouts, Blogger, Location History...etc. Besides being able to access your data whenever you want it and wherever you want it, Google Takeout is also a good tool to import and move your data from one Google service to the other or even out of Google like for instance blogger posts. Here are some screenshots I created to walk you through the process of how to download all your Google Drive data into one zip file. 1- Make sure you are Logged in to your Google account then head over to Google Takeout and select Google Drive from the products featured in the list then click on " create archive".
How to Research with Google Docs. Posted 05/17/2012 at 10:46am | by Cory Bohon Conducting research online has changed the way we peruse information, but it's not exactly conducive to multitasking when you're flipping between windows. Between the word processor and the page you're citing, sometimes things can get a little convoluted. Fortunately, the folks at Google Docs have come up with a nifty way to do all of your research in the same window that you're typing in. Opening the Research Tool There are two ways that you can open the research tool pane. Searching the Web You can do a web search by typing in a search term in the text box, and then selecting the “Everything” option from the drop-down menu in the search text box.
You will be presented with quotes, followed by quick facts, followed by a “Web results” section. Back in the research tool, you can copy and paste directly from the search results, but Google doesn’t want you to get into trouble for not citing your sources. There’s also a built-in citation tool. 80+ Google Forms for the Classroom.
Google Forms: how to create a quiz or a test that automatically grades itself in Google Docs--Internet--Tools & Tips for Multimedia Designers--Planet of the Web. Using forms in Google docs lets anyone create forms quickly and share those forms via email, embed them into a webpage or blog. If you are a teacher, you can create formulas that allow you to have these forms graded in minutes. The formula part is a bit challenging, so I wrote this article to talk about how I recently created a final for one of my classes. Create a new Form in Google Docs To Create a form, go to the Create New menu and choose form.
Google will open up a new window with the form. Type in your questions, help text and question types There are different types of questions you can choose from. Make some quiz questions required You can also make some questions required. Choose a test quiz type I'm going ask 5 questions of different types on this quiz. Finished quiz example Here's what my final test looks like. Here's what my test looks like when it's done. Choose how viewers will take the quiz Take the test yourself to create a KEY of answers Check out the test results. 71 Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms in the Classroom. EduTecher.net. Google Docs for Educators. Welcome to my final project for YouTube for Educators, EDTECH597! My project is about Google applications administrators, teachers, and students can apply to the classroom, and schools in general.
Google has created a number of major applications like Google Sites, Google Docs, Google Knol, Google Calendar, and many other Web-based applications that have great potential for improving education. This Web site features discussions about each of the Google applications I've included in this site, plus educational tutorials captured from YouTube or Google Video, and finally, different ways to apply the featured Google application (for each page) in the classroom or schools. To give Google justice for what they have accomplished with their software tools (as they apply to business, families, and education) is simply impossible in a 10 or 11 page Web site with 30 - 40 video tutorials.
But...... why is most of Google's software free? Google Apps for Educators (PIP)- By Mark Next: Google Docs. Better control in Google Sites with page-level permissions - Docs Blog. Today we’re introducing page-level permissions, a new feature that will allow you to control who can view and edit your Google Site on a page by page basis. Using page-level permissions, you can make some pages private for certain users while keeping other pages public for everyone to see. For instance, let’s say you have a Google Site that you’ve shared with your team and your manager. You can allow your team to see one set of pages, let your manager edit another set of pages, and keep yet another set of pages private for only you.
Only site owners have the ability to enable this feature, which is turned off by default for new and existing sites. To turn on page-level permissions, go to More Actions > Sharing and Permissions. From there, click Enable page-level permissions. Once page-level permissions is enabled, you’ll have three options to choose from: Using page-level permissions should give you greater control over who can edit and access your Google site.