Going Google (Part 7): Docs and Drive

Google Docs and Google Drive have been around for a while now and are quite popular in K-12: you can easily create, share, and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, and drawings. Here are a few features, add-ons, and uses of Docs and Drive that you may find useful:

1. Suggested Edits in Google Docs. That's the Google Docs version of the MS Word track changes tool. Here's a quick tutorial from PC World.
2. Add-ons for Docs and Sheets. As the name suggests, these are add-ons to add functionality to your Docs and Sheets.
3. Flubaroo is a grading tool that connects a simple test created in Google Forms to a Google Sheets response spreadsheet. My sources tell me this is popular in K-12.
4. Lucidpress and Lucidchart are like Google Docs, Sheets, and Draw only better. Read more at NCS EdTech News.
5. VideoNot.es runs on Google Drive, and allows you to takes notes that are synchronized with the online lecture video you are watching. Great for MOOCs or online classes.
6. Google Drive as a very simple web server. You can publish Google Docs to the web using the <iframe> tag and as you update your file the associated web code is automatically-updated. This is much simpler than it sounds - have a look at Using Google Docs to Publish Your CV to the Web or Use Google Drive to Keep Your Online Class Schedule Up-to-Date for easy-to-follow instructions.