Technology Tips: Create a Google Document Online

Google Documents is an amazing free service from Google which lets you create documents or spreadsheets online. You can access your files from any computer. You can publish your document as a webpage, you can selectively invite others to view your files, and you can also give permission to others to edit the file, so that you can do a group project together, collaborate on a spreadsheet, etc. There are also great import and export features, too.

To complete this Technology Tip, you need to have a Google (Gmail) account. If you do not already have a Gmail account, there is a Technology Tip for creating a Gmail account. You MUST do that Gmail tip before you do this one.

STEP ONE: Practice using GoogleDocs. Follow these instructions for creating and saving a documents with GoogleDocs. Make sure you understand how to use the spellcheck and word count features, which are described step by step in those instructions. Create and save a couple of documents just for fun so that you can make sure you understand how it works.

STEP TWO: Publish at least one GoogleDocument publicly. Here is how to make a Google Document public: in the upper right-hand corner, click on the Share tab, and then choose Publish as webpage.

Then, click on the Publish button. That will then publish the document and give you the address of the document that you can share with others:

STEP THREE: When you have the address for your Google Document, copy that address and send it to me in an email. Make sure you use this subject line for the email: TechTip GoogleDoc.

When you have sent in the email, you can do the Gradebook Declaration for Extra Credit. Here is the text of the Gradebook Declaration you will complete: