Edmonds Digital Learning

Using Hapara to View Student Work Are you tired of getting shared document emails from students? Do you want to know an easier way to access student work without having your students share it with you? Well, I have some good news for you! There are a couple ways for teachers to see the work a student has done on their Chromebooks using G Suite tools (Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Slides). In the next two posts I’ll explain how you can view student work to edit or comment on it without getting 30+ daily sharing emails from students. As a classroom teacher you have access to student files through Hapara in grades 2-8, or Google Classroom which is recommended for use in grades K-6, without any extra sharing. Accessing Hapara All student documents are available for teachers to view through Hapara. This means students never have to share a document, slide, form, or spreadsheet with a classroom teacher to give access. To view student work in Hapara follow these steps: Navigate to www...

Using Google Classroom View Student Work In part 1  of this post I explained how to access all student work through Hapara. If you would like a more direct way to see work that you assign to students, using Google Classroom to view student assignments might work well for you. You can see any assignment that your students create to turn in to you. The disadvantage compared to access through Hapara in part 1  is that you can’t necessarily see all of the other documents your students are creating, only the ones shared via Google Classroom. Access to Student Documents Through Google Classroom  Google Classroom allows you to access student work that you have assigned in that class.  To get to Google Classroom, you can use the Edmonds Bookmarks on your bookmarks bar, or go to classroom.google.com . Then select the class you want to view. After you navigate to the class you can choose a previously assigned assignment to view. If you have selected the option ...

Don't get me wrong, I love Google Apps for Education.  Seriously, this is me and Google Apps: However, sometimes they don't quite go far enough and lack features that modern, connected educators demand. Coggle Note-taking on a Google Doc is just fine, but does not go very far beyond writing notes with paper and pen.  Some students find it easier to organise their notes in a more non-linear form, which is where mind-mapping comes in. Students can sign-up to Coggle using their Edmonds Google account and get started with a more engaging form of note-taking and planning.  Some may struggle with the concept initially, which is where a lesson on how (and why) to mind map may come in handy.   There is a great guide here from Tony Buzan. Classroom Example:  English students can plan essays using a mind map to connect their ideas about different concepts (theme, character, imagery, etc.), and organise textual evidence.  Science students can use a min...

In a previous post I wrote about Synergyse , the fabulous training tool embedded in Google Drive/GAfE. I use the short audio/visual lessons as my first go to when I have a question about any of the Google apps.  The Synergyse peeps have released an updated version of and some of the new features you will see are: Improved search The search feature has been enhanced to provide more accurate results for training content, additional Google Apps training & tips from the Synergyse Blog are also returned when relevant. Japanese support Synergyse is now available in Japanese for all clients, you can access the interactive training content by switching your Google Apps interface languages to Japanese. Video portal link for unsupported languages When using an unsupported language, a link to the video portal will be provided in the training menu as an alternative option. Related links lists open automatically When watching a custom video with relat...

Now that we all have Google Drive on our computers, and it comes with unlimited storage , chances are that you're finding it increasingly difficult to actually find what you're looking for. Sure, you can use the Windows search feature to find all your files with the word "test" in them, but if you have 5+ years' worth of tests on your computer, how handy is that really? By visiting Google Drive on the web , you can use their search bar to find files more accurately by using the following search operators: title: – search by the file’s title (group phrases in quotation marks) owner: – search according to who owns the item (works best with owner:email address) type: – search by the file type (this covers: document, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, image, video, image_or_video, pdf, and textdoc) is:starred – search items that you’ve marked with a star For example, if I wanted to find a Google Doc that was called "test" that a colleague h...