Hidden Features of Google Docs
Don't miss out any longer!
Oh Google Docs... What a wonderful tool you are
But did you know you can beef up these nifty apps to make them even more efficient for you and your students?
Take a look at a couple tools and add-ons available for Google Docs.
#1: The Research Tool
Click "Research" under Tools
Narrow down your search
Type in a Keyword
More on the Research tool
To really knock your socks off, by using the research tool, it will automatically cite the website it came from!!! See below.
Find a picture or site
Footnote
Website at the bottom
#2: Highlighter Add-on
Highlight tool add-on
This add-on provides a great way for students to annotate text digitally, or it can also be used as a study tool.
Select Add-ons in Google Docs
Search highlighter
Add highlight tool
Go back to Add-ons
Create your Highlighters
Highlighting text
For those of you using Google Classroom or Apps for student assignments, look into the docAssist Rubric add-on for an quicker way to grade student work within docs.
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