What is ? ●It is a Halton District School Board term ●It is HDSB use of Google Apps for education. It includes: ■ Google Docs ■ Google Drive ■ Google Applications ●You need Google Chrome to run the Halton Cloud
Traditional Content Life Cycle Cloud Content Life CycleCloud Content Life Cycle Creating, Authoring & Revising ●Install & update ●Buy MS Office ●Version issues ●Some devices ●App in cloud ●Free ●Latest version ●Any device Storage & Access ●G: drive / server ●USB stick ●CHATT files to self ●Files in cloud ●Access on browser ●Get stuff anywhere Collaborati on & Feedback ● back/forth ●One author at a time ●Copy/paste/combine ●Collaborate in cloud ●Multiple authors ●Always one copy Publishing ● to users ●Upload somewhere ●Publish to web ●Share in cloud
First Time Sign-in ● ● network user name and password ● Click
Documents ●Try creating a text document now text document now o name it o format it o try a table o insert an image o play with font colour, size ●If you need more help: Basic Text DocsIf you need more help: Basic Text Docs ●Notice how it saves...
Let’s Work Together ●Go to Grade 10 Business-Class folder (in your drive) ●Open: Getting to Know You File ○ answer question ○ any issues?
Sharing
Advanced Fun... ●Comment on something they wrote (Use right click on what you want to comment) ●Attempt to talk to your friend on doc ●Use Research function (under tools) ■ Find some information on trip ●Insert link ●Cite ■ Find an image (adding in footnote to image)
Easy Bib ●Click on Add-ons ●Click on Get Add-ons ●Search Easy Bib and add
Easy Bib ●Easy Bib allows you to generate a bibliography automatically!!! ●Open the add-on ●Pick your resource and put the info in ●Find the right one you want and click Select ●If it is correct, click on Chicago, then Add Bibliography to Doc ●Make sure it goes on the very last page (Insert Page Break)
Footnotes ●Insert Footnote (easy right?) ●Manually add in the info! ●Numbers will automatically update for you if you need to insert something earlier
● Watch writing process from first to final drafts ● Revert to previous versions (backup) File > See Revision History
Upload / Download ● Upload Settings ●Upload and Convert o Microsoft Office o Open Office o PDF ● File > Download As...
Drive ●My Drive is: o stuff you create o stuff you drag here from others ●Shared With Me o stuff others share with you
Folders 1.Organizing into folders 1.Finding & Filtering
Spreadsheets ● Gathering class data (lab) ● Formulas, worksheets ● Brainstorming
Surveys (Forms) ●Survey ●Quiz
Presentations ●Create your own presentation o insert video o insert images (stock photos) ●Group slides (no more "pass the powerpoint")
Google Sites ●One of the six 'core' apps ● ●Suggest avoiding custom templates on first attempt ●Project, Club, Team
Video Sharing / Editing ●YouTube is also a google cloud app! ●Upload videos ●Three Sharing Settings o Private (for you or specific users only) o Unlisted (for anyone, but not findable on YouTube) o Public (findable publicly) ● o rearrange, trim clips o add transitions, titles o use stock video, audio, stills
DON’T FORGET!!! You need to log out of the cloud just like or Facebook…..
Assignment Time Go to: Grade 10 Business Class Folder Open Google Docs Practice Assignment Complete with your partner, due on Thursday! No more class time after today!!