Tips and Tricks for using Google Docs

Below are suggestions and recommendations for using Google Docs with your students:

  • Organize documents into separate collections for each class (See the Using Collections page)

 

  • Share class documents using collections
  1. Select document (check box)
  2. Click Share icon  
  3. Enter email address
  4. Click Share and Save

 

  • Instruct students to make a new copy of each shared document they receive in the collection (unless you want all your students accessing/editing the same document and being able to see what every other student is doing)
  1. Click title of document to open
  2. Choose File
  3. Choose Make a copy… (do not check the box for Also copy document collaborators – default)
  4. Click title of new open document (should say Copy of [title])
  5. Rename the document with student’s name and title of document