To collaborate with others, choose the “public on the web” option.
Select “Share” in the top right corner.
You can choose to bold, italicize, and underline your text, just like Microsoft Word.
Choose your text type and font (Choosing cool fonts is my favorite!).
You will see many of the same options as you see in Microsoft Word (File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Tools, etc).
Both Google Docs and Pages Tool will allow the instructor to see the group interaction as well as the relative contributions of each individual group member.
In the top left corner of the screen, you will see Untitled Document. After assigning a case to each group, they can create a Google Doc or use the Pages Tool to write their final report.
The Document option creates a view very similar to Microsoft Word.
Another great advantage of Google Drive is that Google automatically saves the documents as you work. As previously mentioned, you can use the services within Google Drive to add other users to documents, which allows for collaboration. I actually have a personal Google account and a work Google account…which means two Google Drives for me! To use it, students just need to make a Google account.
Creators can collaborate with anyone with a Google account using Google Docs…and, you guessed it.
Google Docs can be easily shared with anyone with a Google account…not so much with Microsoft Word.
Google Docs automatically saves any document, and any changes to documents, in Google Drive…Microsoft Word does not.
I never really gave Google Docs a second chance until this school year. It seemed so much easier to use Microsoft Word…because that’s what I was accustomed to using. I was first introduced to Google Docs in my undergraduate educational technology class waaaaay back in 2007 □ At that time, I was thoroughly unimpressed with Google Docs. If you’re interested in a brief tutorial about using Google Docs, you’ve come to the right place!