Google Doc - Basics

Google Docs - The Basics

If you have used any word processing program before you should find a transition to google docs to be fairly painless. 


GOOGLE  DOC UNIQUE FEATURES


Saving
Incredible feature #1.   Google Docs saves automatically.   No more typing for 30 minutes and losing your information because you forgot to save.   Google Docs saves automatically into your Google Drive (we will talk about Drive in a future post).  The Document can be accessed anywhere you have internet service.

Sharing
Incredible feature #2.   Google Docs is a Collaborative tool.   A google doc is different from word processing programs of the past in that multiple individuals can have access to work on the same document at the same time.   Students can work with each other from across the classroom, across town, or across the world.   The collaborative nature of the Docs allows Students to prepare digital collaboration skills that they will need in the future workforce.




The Menu


The Menu in Google Docs is an interactive menu that changes based on what you have selected.   The above menu is representative of the menu available when you only have Text selected.  This menu will provide additional options if you select another item like a table or an image.


Here is a quick tutorial from  Teacher Trotter