Technology Resources
March Newsletter
Goals
This month's newsletter is going to keep it short and sweet since I know everyone is already working on implementing their ideas from our in-service Innovation Hour. The focus for this month is the "how to better use the technology we already have" goal, specifically, two key ways to improve your Google Docs experience.
1. Place a document in multiple folders
This feature is very helpful if you teach multiple levels of the same subject, want to have share documents from your personal folder to a collab folder, or want to place a document in one folder where you teach it and then, a second folder where you want to review it in a later unit.
To place a document in multiple folders:
- Open the document in Google Drive
- Click on the folder icon located to the right of the document name (see image)
- Using the arrows in the drop-down menu, navigate to the additional folder that you would like to add the document to
- Hold down the "Ctrl" button and select the additional folder. Your Blue "move to" icon will turn green and say "add to" when you hold the "Ctrl" button.
- After you have selected the additional folder, just click on the "add to" button. ALL DONE!
2. Viewing your View History
If you post a document for your students, say a study guide or your notes, and you would like to see who actually viewed your document and when, you can see that with the simple click of an icon! This works across the Google apps so, you can check your Slides presentations as well.
- Open the document you would like to see the view history for
- Click on the "arrow" icon located to the left of the blue share icon in the top right of your screen.
- The initial screen will show you who all has share permissions.
- On menu options, choose "All Viewers" to see a list of who has viewed your document and when
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