About Google Docs
Google Docs is a free Web-based application in which documents can be created, edited and stored online. Files can be accessed from any computer or mobile device that has internet access. Google Docs is a part of a comprehensive package of online applications offered with your SD61 GSuite account.
Users of Google Docs can import, create, edit and update documents and spreadsheets in various fonts and file formats, combining text with formulas, lists, tables and images. Google Docs is compatible with most presentation software and word processor applications (i.e. PowerPoint, Word) Work can be published in multiple formats such as PDF files, Word files, or even websites. Users can control who sees their work. Google Docs is ideal for publishing within an enterprise, maintaining blogs or composing work for viewing by the general public.
Google Docs lends itself to collaborative projects in which multiple authors work together in real time. All participants can see who made specific document changes and when those alterations were done. Because documents are stored online and can also be stored on users’ computers, there is no risk of total data loss as a result of a hardware malfunction or forgetting to save work.
Use the resources below to become more familiar with using Google Drive:
Click on any title to read the tutorial:
- Add titles, headings and customize the style of your document
- Create, name or delete a Google document
- Edit and format a Google document
- Save your Google Docs
- Copy and paste in Google Docs
- Change the font in a document
- Using bookmarks in a document
- Table of contents in documents
- Right-to-left text editing
- Paint format tool
- Using Google Docs with a screen reader
- Copy a Google document
- Creating a Tri-Fold Brochure in Google Docs (and how to print it properly in Windows)
Additional Resources:
34 interesting ways to incorporate Google Docs into the classroom
Google Docs Cheat Sheet (via ShakeUpLearning.com)