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Training & Support
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Basics: Search, Chrome
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Every time you search, there are thousands, sometimes millions, of webpages with helpful information. How Google figures out which results to show starts long before you even type, and is guided by a commitment to you to provide the best information.
Google Search FeaturesLearn more search tips & tricks at http://www.google.com/insidesearch
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How Search Workshttps://www.google.com/search/howsear... | The life span of a Google query is less then 1/2 second, and involves quite a few steps before you see the most relevant results. Here's how it all works.
EDU in 90: Google Search Tricks for the ClassroomWho says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Join Tim and A.T. on this episode of EDU in 90 to check out some useful classroom tricks with the product that started it all: Google Search.
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Other Google 'Search' resources:
Google Search for Education
Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners.
With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training. |
Google Search EducationWeb search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners. Visit http://www.google.com/insidesearch/se... for lesson plans, classroom activities, and more.
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Help your students become better searchers
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A Google a Day Challenges
Put your students' search skills to the test with these trivia challenges. Browse challenges |
Live Trainings
Join us for live search trainings or watch past trainings from search experts here at Google. Start training |
Google Scholar
Stand on the shoulders of giants.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. |
Using Google Scholar and other Google resources for education |
Search - Citations - Inclusion - Metrics - Publishers - Libraries
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Features of Google Scholar
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How are documents ranked?
Google Scholar aims to rank documents the way researchers do, weighing the full text of each document, where it was published, who it was written by, as well as how often and how recently it has been cited in other scholarly literature. |
Chrome
Chrome is a fast, secure and free browser for all your devices. Type less with Autofill. Custom theme & extensions. Designed to keep you safe. One browser, all devices.
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Get more done with the new ChromeNow more simple, secure, and faster than ever - with Google’s smarts built-in.
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YouTube
YouTube's mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world.
YouTube Resource:
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Getting started | Video viewing basicsWe know most of you are YouTube pros, but for those of you that might be new to YouTube, here's a video for you. Let us show you the basics of watching YouTube videos, like watching in full screen, changing video quality, and turning captions on or off. Learn more: https://support.google.com/youtube/an...
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G Suite for Education
A free suite of communication and collaboration tools for learning anywhere, anytime, on any device.
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Introduction to G Suite
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Gmail
www.gmail.com
Set up a school-wide or university-wide email system. Or use Gmail to exchange secure emails with your classes.
Use Gmail to Communicate With Your Classroom Community |
5 ways Gmail makes life easier: voice & video chat |
Calendar
Share calendars or create a joint calendar with members of your class or institution to easily keep track of schedules.
Google Apps - Calendar
48 videos How-to videos about Google Calendar for Google Apps users. |
Create a Calendar Event in Gmail - The Suite Life |
G Suite for Education
G Suite for Education also includes a number of Google products that promote collaboration among students and with their teachers. Students can work together, in class or at home, to complete assignments and group projects. All of their work is auto-saved, and they can even edit without WiFi.
- Google Docs: documents come to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs. Choose from thousands of fonts, add links, images, drawings, and tables
- Google Sheets: spreadsheets for analyzing, visualizing, and charting data
- Google Slides: a presentation tool that makes it easy to tell stories
- Google Forms: quick & easy surveys to gather information
- Google Drawings: Graphics and flowchart creation with shapes, text, and images
Docs, Sheets and Slides
Collaborate, share feedback, and work together with your students in real time on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
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Why Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides? How G Suite Transforms your Company's Workflow |
Forms
Create Forms, Quizzes, and surveys to collect and analyze responses with the help of machine learning.
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EDU in 90: Quizzes in Google Forms |
Drawings
Create shapes and diagrams
Add some color to your documents, presentations, and websites with easy to create charts and diagrams. Get it done together Build charts, layout diagrams, create flow charts, and then easily add them to other documents or embed them on a website. |
EDU in 90: Google Drawings in the Classroom In the same way that students can collaborate using Google Docs, they can also work collaboratively to create Google Drawings, which can be downloaded as a PNG or JPEG and inserted into other Google files (Docs or Slides).
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Drive
Store and organize assignments, documents, or class curriculum securely and access them from any device.
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Meet the new Google Drive |
Classroom
A tool within G Suite for Education for educators to create, review, and organize assignments.
#WithClassroomEDU in 90: The Latest,
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Classroom 101EDU in 90: Better Feedback with Google Classroom |
Chromebooks
A range of fast, affordable, shareable devices that update automatically and are easy to set up and manage.
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What are Chromebooks?Chromebooks for Education: For every student |
Chrome Web Store
What is the Chrome Web Store? You can find apps, extensions, and browser themes for the Google Chrome browser in the Chrome Web Store. With these additions, you can do more with Chrome. You can use apps to create documents, edit photos, play games, listen to music, and more
support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/1047776?hl=en YouTube Resource:
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How to discover apps in the Chrome Web StoreDiscovering apps in the Chrome Web Store is easy: you can browse the apps featured on the homepage, navigate categories and collections, or use Search to find what you're looking for. Have fun exploring! http://chrome.google.com/webstore
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Apps
Chrome Web Store
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You can add and open apps from the Chrome Web Store.
●You can use apps to create documents, edit photos, play games, listen to music, and more.
●There are two types of apps: ●Apps that work like regular websites (For example, Gmail or Google Calendar). ●Apps that work like software programs on your desktop, relying on certain features of Chrome (For example, Google Keep). ●Here are some benefits of using apps: ●Apps install quickly, without restarting your computer or browser. ●Your apps are always available when you sync apps across multiple computers. ●Apps are always up-to-date because they are hosted on the web. ●Apps won’t crash your computer. If you have trouble with an app, close its tab. ●You can easily find and open the app using app launcher. |
EDU in 90: Apps that work with Google ClassroomTip: Some apps in the Chrome Web Store are only supported on Chromebooks, and won't work on Windows, Mac, or Linux.
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Extensions
Chrome Web Store
Small programs that add new features to your browser and personalize your browsing experience
EDU in 90: Chrome Extensions to Increase CollaborationCollaboration is a 21st century skill that takes shape in many ways, and there are a bevy of Chrome Extensions that can help! On this episode of EDU in 90, join Morgan and A.T. as they break down a few top recommendations from educators like you.
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EDU in 90: Chrome Extensions to Stay OrganizedEducators, school leaders, and administrators keep track of heaps of information throughout a given school day. This is no easy feat, and Chrome Extensions can help. Join Tim and Morgan on this episode of EDU in 90 to take a closer look.
Chrome Extensions featured: Wakelet, One Tab, Google Keep, Extensity, Bitly, Save to Drive, TabCloud |
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Translate
Google's free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages.
translate.google.com
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Inside Google TranslateHave you ever wondered how Google Translate creates your translations?
EDU in 90: Innovate with Google TranslateGoogle Translate is a free, flexible tool that’s available on the web, Android, and iOS. Join Pryscilla and Morgan as they uncover some creative ways that it’s being used by educators in the classroom.
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Books
Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books.
It's time to set your reading free. Google eBooks is all about choice, so you can use any device you own to read any book, anywhere.
Search
Book Search works just like web search. Try a search on Google Books or on Google.com. When we find a book with content that contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. Visit Google Books Browse books online If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given us permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy. Learn more about the different views Buy books or borrow from the library If you find a book you like, click on the "Buy this book" and "Borrow this book" links to see where you can buy or borrow the print book. You can now also buy the ebook from the Google Play Store. Shop for books Learn more fast We've created reference pages for every book so you can quickly find all kinds of relevant information: book reviews, web references, maps and more. See an example |
Introducing Google eBooks |
Google Images
Google Images is a search service owned by Google that allows users to search the World Wide Web for image content. It was introduced on July 12, 2001 due to a demand for pictures of Jennifer Lopez's green Versace dress that the regular Google search couldn't handle Wikipedia
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Search by ImageYou most likely think of searching on Google with words, but did you know that you can search via picture on Google Images? Since we know that the images you want to search with come from different places on the web and your computer, there are four ways to Search by Image:
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Google's 20 THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT BROWSERS & THE WEB
