Utilizing Google Drive to Distribute and Receive Assignments

1. View this presentation by going to: steinman.me/ugddra
Utilizing Google Drive to
Distribute and Receive
Assignments
Andrew Steinman
Educational Technology Consultant at Kent ISD

2. About Andrew Steinman
‣ Educational Technology Consultant at Kent ISD
‣ MSU Graduate (x2) and MAET Instructor
‣ Amateur Cat Trainer
andrewsteinman@kentisd.org
@steinman

3. Google Drive Overview
‣ Access anytime, anywhere, with
any device
‣ Create a variety of documents and
projects
‣ Easily share documents and files
‣ Collaborate in real-time
‣ Immediate feedback
10 Reasons to Trash Word for Google Docs

4. Common Classroom Issues with Drive
‣ Sharing assignments with students
‣ Submitting assignments to the teacher
‣ Managing due dates and times
‣ Organizing and finding student work
40 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom

5. Simplify Your Google Drive Workflow
‣ In this session, we will explore:
‣ Setting up class folders
Student
‣ Distributing Assignments
Teacher
‣ Accepting Student Work
Parent
‣
Providing feedback on assignments
‣
Sharing Assignments with Parents
Alternative Workflow for Students and Teachers

6. Setting Up Class Folders
‣ Teacher manually creates folders
‣ Students create their own folders
‣ Creating a shared class folder in Google Drive
‣ Teacher utilizes gClassFolders script to
automagically create student folders
‣ Setting up gClassFolders
Getting Organized with gClass Folders

7. Distributing Assignments
‣ Students create new documents from scratch
‣ Teacher makes assignment templates “view only”
‣ Students make a copies of teacher’s template
‣ Teacher utilizes Doctopus script to automagically
distribute individual copies of assignments
‣ Doctopus + Goobric making google apps for
education more awesome
How to make a copy of a Google Doc using the iPad

8. Accepting Student Work
‣ Students share assignments individually
‣ Students place assignments to class folder
‣ Students submit assignments to your Gmail+
‣ Filters Gmail to Streamline Incoming Emails
‣ Teacher creates assignment submission form that
students complete with each assignment
‣ Assignment Submission Form
Multiple Email addresses with One gmail account!!

9. Providing Feedback on Assignments
‣ In-line text editing to leave feedback
‣ Use a different color font for feedback
‣ Utilize the built-in comment feature
‣ Do “advanced” commenting with Kaizena
‣ http://kaizena.com
Kaizena- Voice Comments and More!

10. Sharing Assignments with Parents
‣ Students share class folder with parents with
view only privileges
‣ Alternatively, teacher could share the folder
with parents
‣ Teacher utilizes FormEmailer script to
automagically distribute assignments to parents
‣ Requires student work be shared with parents
AutoCrat: The Greatest Google Mail Merge Script of All Time

11. Time for Practice
‣ Utilizing the content in this presentation, create a
document or plan that you could use with
Google Drive to distribute and/or receive
assignments
“Learn today, use tomorrow”

12. So Now What?
‣ What will you take back to your district after
this session and how will it be used to improve
the education of all students in your district?
‣ Share it out on Twitter using #SNOWW
How To Get More Out Of Your PLN Using Twitter

13. Questions?

14. Andrew Steinman
Educational Technology Consultant
at the Kent ISD
andrewsteinman@kentisd.org
!
@steinman

15. Attributions
‣ Mail from The Noun Project
‣ Angry Man Yelling at Computer
‣ Google Document Icon
‣ Google Form Icon
‣ Kaizena Logo
‣ Teen Yelling at Parent
‣ Stopwatch Image
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