Google Slides

 You can access Google Slides from:

• Slides homepage
• Google Drive
• Google Apps Launcher (waffle)
  

Resources:

• Get started with Google Slides, from the Google Teacher Center

• Google Slides Help Center

• Google Slides cheat sheet

• Creative interactive ideas for Slides

• 1x1 activities in Slides (1 slide per student in a shared deck)

• Use Google Slides to create HyperDocs

• Use Google Slides to create editable worksheets from PDFs

• Tips from Google

  • Beginner

  • Intermediate

  • Advanced

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• The ULTIMATE Google Slides teacher resource, from Ditch That Textbook (2020)

• 12 Google Slides resources that will make your day, from Kasey Bell (2018)

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• Distance learning with Google Slides, from Alice Keeler (2020)

• Slide into science: Demonstrating learning with Google Slides, from Ditch That Textbook (2019)

• The Google Slides app is magical, from Alice Keeler (2018)

• Google Slides icon boards for low-prep, visual thinking, from Ditch That Textbook (2018)

All staff and students in SFUSD have access to create, edit, & share Google Slides.

If you have any questions, please submit a Help Desk ticket.

Explore tool

Working on the same file

Collaboration is all about learning to work together as a team, where each person contributes in a way that the group couldn't be successful without. We often try to have students take specific tasks, like "Scribe" who does the typing and "Timekeeper" who watches the clock. But when learners divide up the work such that each member specializes in a task, such as one person does all the research and the other does all the writing, learners often don't develop new skills.

Because Google Docs can allow up to 100 people to work on the same file at the same time and with more Chromebooks/devices now available in SFUSD classrooms, multiple students can be working in the same file. Different group members can take different sections to draft, for example, and then everyone can review each others' section to give feedback. Version history makes it easy to see who contributed what to the document, and the file can even be restored to an earlier version, like if someone accidentally deletes something important. 

• How to share a Google file, from Google's Help Center
• Using version history, from Google's Help Center

Comments & assigning tasks

Google Docs have robust collaboration features that make group work much easier. One of these features is the ability to add comments and even assign tasks within the document. Comments are great for feedback or asking questions, and anyone with edit access can see and respond to comments. You can also use the @ sign followed by a person's email address to "tag" them in the comment. This sends them an email notification and lets group members know to whom the comment or question is directed. You can tag as many people you like in a comment. When you tag someone in a comment, you also have the option to assign it to them as a task (called an action item). This can be a great way to signal to a teammate that they need to take action on the comment. Assigned tasks/comments can be seen and marked as complete by any editors in the document.

• How to use comments and action items in Google Slides, from Google's Help Center

Whole-class decks

https://charmedbychallenge.com/2020/04/17/google-slides-for-collaborative-work/

Choice boards

Portfolios
Digital Notebooks
1:1 activities for formative assessment