GoogleDocs

toc =Google Docs= == To co-create, edit and access documents from anywhere

What is Google Docs
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In order to use Google Docs you need to have a Google Account. Go to [|http://docs.google.com]

If you already have an account, sign in. If you have a GMAIL account, you are automatically a Google Member and you can just sign in. If you don't, click on Get Started. Then fill in the form. You can use your usual email address to register.

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When you log in, you access your Documents home page.

Google docs allows you to create Word Processing documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations on line.

Select the type of document you want to start. Click on New and select.

Interesting Features
> Google Docs is interesting, of course, to create documents that you can access from anywhere, anytime, and any computer. But it is even more interesting because more than one person can work on the same document. In this way, two or more people can build something together, whether it is the agenda of a meeting or a story. > Sharing your document is the way to invite people to collaborate with you on that document. Collaborators also need to have a Google account in order to log in and access the document. > > Once you have chosen to "Share with others", you can invite them as "Collaborators" who can edit the document with you, or as "Viewers" who can see but not modify. > > Sharing can also be done in the form of publishing your document as a static web page which can be viewed by all, but no longer modified. > Two or more people can work on the same document at the same time (synchronously) or not (asynchronously). The document is automatically saved every minute. You can see whether someone else is editing the document at the same time as you. > Google Docs keeps a history of the changes made on a document so you can see who added or changed something and when it was done. You can compare versions. You can view previous versions and revert back to them. > > To access these features, click on File and select Revision history. > Use a [|template] to make your document / spreadsheet / form / presentation look professional
 * **More than one author: a tool for collaboration**
 * **[[image:learnconnect:GD-Share.jpg align="right" caption="GD-Share.jpg"]]Sharing**
 * **Any time**
 * **Tracking changes**
 * **Templates**

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How can I use this for myself?

 * Create a survey about needs etc
 * Co-create lessons with others
 * Create practice tests with forms
 * Keep school info documents updated
 * Virtual meeting space for colleagues to discuss larger issues to comment, edit and revise

How can I use this with my students?

 * Co-create stories
 * Give students options to write
 * Co-create and plan anything
 * Create surveys for math in class or with other classes.