Overview - Welcome to Flubaroo The grades created by Flubaroo will be located in an adjacent worksheet called "Grades", as shown: For each submission, Flubaroo will show which questions were answered correctly ("1" point"), which incorrectly ("0" points), and which were not graded. If less than 60% of students got a question correct, the question will be highlighted in orange to alert you. Additionally, students who scored less than 70% on the assignment will be highlighted in red. The Flubaroo menu will now offer you the ability to email each student their grades, view a summary report, or regrade the assignment. If you choose to email each student their grade, you'll be given the option to include an answer key in the email. Choosing "View Report" shows you a summary report of the grading. Want to try it out?
Cardboard Google Commerce How to Make Flashcards With Google Doc and gFlashcards: 9 Steps Edit Article Edited by Jollibee, Dave Crosby, Jack Herrick, Roberta and 5 others Flashcards remain one of the best tools for memorizing information. Anyone who has learned a foreign language knows just how useful flashcards can be. This article has information and tips on creating flashcards with Google Doc. Ad Steps 1To start, head to and create a new spreadsheet. 9Well Done, we got the cards. Tips Markdown is a way to format your text to add bold and italic text, headings and a few other things. coolcatteacher Google Drive has enabled Google Add Ons and there are some that you and your students will want to enable right away. Others may appeal more to professional developers or those who work remotely . I have updated this post and also held a free webinar talking about my favorite Google Drive Add Ons. I’ve updated this post originally written in 2014 to reflect current information. Want a video tutorial? Here’s a tutorial on enabling add ons. Add-On #1: Extensity The biggest issue that teachers and students often have is having too many extensions and add ons enabled. Ok, it isn’t really an add on, but it can be accessed through an add on. Then, if you want to use Google Voice typing everywhere, all you need is the Read Write Toolbar for teachers (see below.) This handy toolbar will make Google voice typing available throughout the web. Add On #3: Read and Write for Google Chrome Predictive typing in Read and Write for Google Chrome. Add On #4 Grammarly Grammarly is a fantastic tool.
Google for Nonprofits Blog 50 Google Charts Tricks for Your Next Classroom Presentation By Britney Wilkins Chartophiles and students, have you heard that Google has made it incredibly easy to generate your own slick-looking charts? It's true, and all it takes to make one is the ability to read and edit a URL. This has made it possible to get creative with charts and wow the audience for your next classroom presentation. Fun These are a few examples of people having fun with charts. Create Pac-man Charts: Google's own Matt Cutts describes how you can make a pie chart that looks like Pac-man. Mapping The API allows you to make creative maps-and you'll see a few different ways to use this ability here. Making maps with Google Chart API: With the Google Charts API, you can make maps and even place charts on top of maps. Handy The charts made in these examples are just all-around useful. Creating a GUI for the Google Charts API: Check out this tutorial to learn how you can create a nice looking interface to use with Google Charts. Pure Data Tracking Twitter Statistics with Yahoo! Other
The Comprehensive Google Drive Guide for Teachers and Students January 26, 2014 Google Drive is one of the fundamental tools in our digital toolkits as teachers and educators. Whether you want to compose a document, create a presentation, design a sheet, or share a beautiful drawing you made, Google Drive provides you with the tools to do that on any device and anywhere you are with an internet connection . Given this huge importance of Google Drive for teachers, I have created an entire section here packed full of tips, tricks, ideas, and third party tools to enable you to better tap into the full educational potential of this platform. Today, I am sharing with you a treasure trove of practical guides on how to use each tool in Google Drive. Google Forms Google DocsGoogle DrawingGoogle SlidesGoogle SheetsWork on Google Drive Offline
Google Maps Grade Student Papers Using Google Forms | Andrew Cullison If you can break down what you’re looking for in a good paper into a set of categories and assign a numerical value to each category, then you should definitely consider using Google Forms to help you grade. I just developed a quick and easy way to do this. Here’s what I do. My students submit their papers electronically, and I download their papers (all at once) into a single folder. I create a Google form to use as my grading tool. With all of the above complete, I’m ready to start grading. Here’s a screenshot. What To Do Enter Their Last Name/First Name in the Form on the RightGrade the Paper I read through the paper and type detailed comments in the margins, bold & underline awkward words, phrases etc. Odds and Ends Transfering to Gradebook When you’re finished. The Form is Reusable Once you’re done grading a set of papers and have copied them over into your main gradebook, delete all of the rows that were submitted by the form. Why Do This?
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Three Powerful Google Drive tools for Teachers February 11, 2014 One of the best things I like about Google Drive is the ability to integrate third party applications to enhance the performance of your Drive and increase your productivity. I have already featured some important apps to install on your Google Drive in a previous post entitled "6 Must Have Google Drive Extensions for Teachers". However, today I am adding another three wonderful tools that you should definitely try out. 1- Kaizena This is a great application that allows you to add audio comments to the content of your Google documents. This could be a good way to deliver feedback to your students. To use Kaizena , you need to be logged in to your Google account and just like any other third party application, to integrate Kaizena into your Google Docs you will have to grant it access to your Drive. Watch the video below to learn how to use Kaizena to add audio comments to your Drive documents. 2- Cacoo Watch Lucidchart in action