Group items tagged

40 2min videos describing how to use Google Docs, spreadsheets and presentations. From 2008 so shows an older Google interface.

Access to a script and tutorial to let you use mail merge in Google docs. Can use Gmail and other web based email as the contacts source.

New version of OffiSync that now supports real-time collaboration! (And thankfully you now download the entire installer.)

Latex editor for Google Docs. Not sure how useful it will be at the mo'

Several videos on different parts of Google Apps.

"Now there are quite a few tools that let you integrate Microsoft Office with Google Docs... Here are some tools worth a try:"

How to transpose spreadsheet data so stuff entered in forms can be easier to read.

"...a 13-minute YouTube video not only explains the process of bringing a new beer to life, it also shows how several Google products were used to do so, including Google Sites, Moderator, Hangouts, Docs, and Apps."

"But here are the best new educational features, in my opinion: Google Hangouts now offer screen-sharing, a sketchpad, and integration with Google Docs. That means that as you collaborate with others, you can view each other's desktops, you can view and edit documents together, you can scribble and share notes."

Good slides on using g-docs 1/2 way down page.

Adding a Google form to Moodle

A wiki page on using Google Docs - still need to read!

How to mass download Google docs using Greasemonkey scripts

'This Web page offers a variety of resources to help explain and evaluate the educational potential of tools designed for online collaborative work on documents. We focus, in particular, on college and university use of "Google Docs & Spreadsheets." '

What follows is a draft of a document that I prepared that outlines a proposed architecture for Learning Management Systems. Because of it's length, I have separated it into four posts, Executive Summary, The Emerging Meme, LMS in the Enterprise Architecture, and Key Online Application Integration.

"To link to any specific slide in a Google Docs presentation, click the "Start Presentation" button and copy the URL of the presentation view. Now replace the value of "start" parameter with the slide number (minus one)..."<--handy Google docs tip!