1. Google Certification Module 6
Level 1

2. What should I know at the end of this module?
How to create & share Docs
How to insert images and other media
How to insert hyperlinks & the difference between a Hyperdoc & a document with links
What’s available in Version History
How to use Comments & Suggested Edits
The magic Explore tool

3. Hello!
I am Jana Gerard and I am a Level 1 & Level 2 Google Certified Educator as well as a Google Certified Trainer.
I am also the Learning Specialist in charge of the IDEA Studio and I am here to help you become a Google Certified Educator.
You can reach me at or find me on

4. Google Docs

5. There is more than one way to create a Doc
In Drive
Click on +New
Click on the > by Docs
Blank or Template
Click on the “waffle” (Google Apps tool)
Click on Docs
Blank, Template, or previously created

6. Inserting images and other “media”
Click on Insert
Hover over Image to see options for image sources
Can Insert Tables, Drawings, Charts, Equations, Special Characters
Table of Contents & Page Numbers

7. Hyperlinks, Docs w/links, & hyperdocs
To insert a hyperlink click on Insert then Link OR
Use Ctrl K and Ctrl V keyboard shortcuts
Docs with links & Hyperdocs
This is a Doc with links
This is a Hyperdoc
Neither is inherently better, they’re just different
Presentation on creating Hyperdocs

8. Version History Previously called Revision History
Inside Docs, click on File
Hover over Version history
Name current version
Create multiple versions of the same Doc
Think “Save As”
See version history
Allows you to see what’s been done (or undone) to a Doc, by whom, and when it was done

9. Comments & Suggested Edits
Highlight a section of text then click on the speech balloon with the + on the right side of the Doc
Use the + inside the comment box to send a Gmail directly with the comment from Docs
Can use ✓ or X to resolve comment
Track comments through Comments thread at the top right hand side of Docs (next to Share)

10. Comments & Suggested Edits
Click on Editing in the upper right hand corner (under Share)
Click on Suggesting (it will turn green)
Type in the Doc. Your suggested edits will be framed in green. A comment box will appear with your suggested edit. It can be accepted or rejected.
You can track suggested edits in the Comment thread

11. The explore tool Find in Tools or lower right corner
Use to search for related topics, images, and more information INSIDE THE DOC
Cite sources
Use the three dots to change from MLA to APA or Chicago

12. Practice Tasks
Docs Practice Tasks

13. Credits
Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free:
Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
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