Teacher Technology Support

Getting Started Using Google Tools For Education

DDSD Distance Learning Staff Support Portal

We compiled a Distance Learning with Google FAQ based on your questions.

Google Teach from Home Supports 

Google updated its Teach from Home support website for educators and families.  This site provides distance learning tips, training, and tools designed for teachers and families. 

Website:Teach from Home PDF: https://storage.googleapis.com/teachfromhome.appspot.com/en-toolkit.pdf

Getting Started Using Google Classroom with Students

Google Classroom is available to all staff and students in David Douglas through our Dashboard. Google Classroom is a free web service, developed by Google for schools, that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments in a paperless way. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students.

David Douglas has G Suite Enterprise for Education. This gives us enhanced security, more control, and robust video meetings. Rest assured that Google Classroom is secure, observing required data privacy and retention requirements.

What do I need?

  • A PC/Mac/Chromebook
  • An iphone or Android phone
  • A tablet (ipad or Android)
  • To be signed into your David Douglas District e-mail account – Dashboard

These video and print tutorials will show you how to set up a Google Classroom:

Setting Up a Google Classroom:

Basics of Google Classroom

How to add students: Class Code | Inputting Students | Video

How to Create:

Archiving your Google Class: Step by Step | Video

Google Classroom Cheat Sheet for Teachers

Google Classroom Tips to Share with STUDENTS and PARENTS

Would you be willing to share your Google Classroom resources with David Douglas staff?

Getting Started Using Google Drive with Students

Google Drive houses Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, and many more online tools. Google Docs is a part of a comprehensive package of online applications offered by and associated with Google. Sharing Google Docs, Sheets and Slides files from G Drive is an easy and effective way to collaborate with your students.’

David Douglas has G Suite Enterprise for Education. This gives us enhanced security, more control, and robust video meetings. Rest assured that Meet is secure, observing required data privacy and retention requirements.

What do I need?

  • A PC/Mac/Chromebook
  • An iphone or Android phone
  • A tablet (ipad or Android)
  • To be signed into your David Douglas District e-mail account – Dashboard

Sharing Google Drive Resources (Docs/Videos/PDF)

Sharing your Google Drive resources with your families: Step by Step

Using Google Docs:

Google Docs is a free, web-based word processing tool that allows you to create and edit documents online and collaborate in real-time.

Using Google Sheets:

Google Sheets is a free, web-based spreadsheet tool that allows you to create and edit spreadsheets online and collaborate in real-time.

Using Google Slides:

Google Slides is a free, web-based presentation tool that allows you to create and edit presentations online.

Make a File in Google Drive Viewable with a Link:

Would you be willing to share your Google Drive (Docs/Sheets/Slides) resources with David Douglas staff?

Getting Started Using Google Meet with Students

Google Meet is a video conferencing application available to all staff and students in David Douglas through our Dashboard. Google Meet allows teachers and students to connect through face-to-face web conferences.

Google Meet is incredibly user-friendly, loads inside your web browser and requires no additional software. It is compatible with most computers that have a web camera, including Mac/iOS, PC, Chromebook, and smartphones.

David Douglas has G Suite Enterprise for Education. This gives us enhanced security, more control, and robust video meetings. Rest assured that Meet is secure, observing required data privacy and retention requirements.

What do I need?

  • A PC/Mac Computer with a webcam
  • An iphone or Android phone with a webcam
  • A tablet (ipad or Android) with a webcam
  • To be signed into your David Douglas District e-mail account – Dashboard

Using Google Meet Video with Students

Do not use the calendar invite feature in Google Calendars to schedule a Meet (Video Conference) with your students. The link generated using the Calendar invite method will remain active even after you as the presenter close the session. The following tutorials show the step by step process for using Google Meet with your students.

Setting Up Virtual Classroom Norms

As with a brick and mortar classroom, setting up virtual classroom norms are key to a successful classroom.

How to Record a Google Meet Lesson

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Getting Started Using Google Translate with Students

Google Translate is a free service that instantly translates words, phrases, and documents between English and over 100 other languages.

David Douglas has G Suite Enterprise for Education. This gives us enhanced security, more control, and robust video meetings. Rest assured that Meet is secure, observing required data privacy and retention requirements.

What do I need?

  • A PC/Mac Computer
  • An iphone or Android phone
  • A tablet (ipad or Android)

Using Google Translate:

Would you be willing to share your Google Translate resources with David Douglas staff?

Beyond Basics

  • Ready to move beyond the basics? Use this page to learn about different ways to leverage technology for instruction.

Kami

This is a tool that enables students to annotate text and edit documents. More specifically, students can annotate on ebooks, publisher-supplied PDFs, worksheets, use text to speech, and more. Teachers can markup, discuss and provide feedback using Kami’s text, audio, and video annotation tools. It also integrates with Google Classroom. Kami is already installed on the student accounts.

Jamboard

Jamboard is G Suite’s digital whiteboard that offers a rich collaborative experience for teams and classrooms. Watch your creativity unfold: you can create a Jam, edit it from your device, and share it with others. Everybody can collaborate on the Jam anytime, anywhere. Use Jamboard as you would any whiteboard app. Teachers can demonstrate on the Jamboard whiteboards and share them with students for collaborative whole-class discussions. Students can work in groups using Jamboard, collaborating in real time with drawings, images, and text. Students can use Jamboard as a presentation tool, too. The flexibility of the app and the integration with Google Drive make Jamboard a tool that groups can use throughout a project — from brainstorming and planning to presentation.

Padlet

Padlet is a great place for gathering ideas, sharing them and modifying them later. It’s like a living, breathing webpage. Users can add links, YouTube videos, files and images to Padlet notes. They can move and arrange them.

Recording Lessons

*Please note that it takes 24 hours to verify your account when using YouTube Live for the first time*

iMovie

iMovie is a video clip editing tool for iOS and macOS. It turns photos and videos into storytelling movies complete with a studio logo and credits roll. With iMovie, iOS and macOS you can create videos to for lessons, tutorials, or messages to students.

Ideas Submitted by David Douglas Teachers

  • Google Meets Expectations by Laura Martinez, Kindergarten Teacher at Cherry Park: Google Slide
  • Recording on Photo Booth by Greg Lind, DDHS Teacher: Video
  • Add a Voice Recording on Google Slides by Hannah Snyder, Counselor at Lincoln Park: Video

Would you like additional Google training and resources added to this site?

Make a request for additional information about implementing Google for Education.

Would you be willing to share your Google resources with David Douglas staff?

Additional Resources

Teacher collaboration occurs when members of a learning community work together to increase knowledge, skills, expertise, and pedagogy.

Our goal is to continually improve and expand our Google training and support. This section allows the David Douglas learning community to:

  • Share online teaching resources, tips, strategies, etc with the David Douglas Community.
  • Make requests for Google training and support.

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Supporting Families and Students

Approving YouTube Content for Students

Google Contacts

Basics

Would you like additional Google training and resources added to this site?

Make a request for additional information about implementing Google for Education.

Would you be willing to share your Google resources with David Douglas staff?