Google+Apps.+for+Educators

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July 10, 2013 Workshop Agenda ======

Google Apps.
 **Description:** Google Apps is a service from Google for using custom domain names with several Google products. It features several Web applications with similar functionality to traditional office suites, including: Gmail, Google Calendar, Talk, Docs and Sites.

1. School Google Accounts 2. [|Gmail] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #000000; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. [|Calendar] 4. [|GoogleDocs] 5. [|Google Forms/Survey]
 *  Keys to the Google Castle! Whether or not they use it.
 * Folders
 * Labels
 * Practice Send/Receive
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Contacts!!! Automatically shares documents, calendars.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Mail Features (Mail Forwarding, etc.)]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Settings (Signature file)]
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px; padding-right: 10px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Archiving vs Deleting Mail]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Playground Time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"> Enter Event
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Private/Public
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Share Calendar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Layout of screen: Google Menu, Search Box, Filters & Options, Document List, Various Icons Represent the Various Types of Docs, Sort Options, Organization Tools, Docs Help
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Create: Doc, Presentation, Spreadsheet, Form, Drawing, Collection, Form Template
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Each Template has standard text that you can replace
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Collections (Folders) and Tagging
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Docs opens all files in a new tab or window.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Which can lead to numerous windows being open.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">You can change this in your settings. (Gear at the top right.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">1 person create document - share with neighbor (editing)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">File - See Revision History
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Spreadsheets-Magic Fill
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Enter 2 items, highlight them, hold control and drag corner handle down to fill.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Actions Pull Down
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 18px;">Upload a file-will have to make some formatting decisions
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Share: Can make public on the web to anyone, share within your domain, share only with those with a link, or make private.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Save & Download Options
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Show form example
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Step through creating a form
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">[|Flubaroo] for grading

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">6. Benefits of Google Docs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">24X7 access
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Accessible from any Internet connected computer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Version Control
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Allows for multiple users to access the same document at the SAME TIME
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Control who sees and who has access to editing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">No more juggling multiple versions of a document, removable flash drives
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">FREE

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">7. Google Chrome- <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">8. Picasa <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">9. Google Translate <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">10. Google Sites