Google Docs Workshop

http://docs.google.com

The presentation will be done entirely within the Google Docs application, and I would like to be able to invite the audience to share my presentation slides during the introductory talk.

This is a hands-on workshop designed to give participants all they need to know to start using Google Docs, in the classroom, in their research, and for their publications.

It will start with a brief presentation that outlines the basics of how to create, edit, and share Google Docs, and then take the participants through several short exercises where they will be given an opportunity to use this tool, both individually, and collectively.

They will

• help the presenter modify the introductory presentation.

They will create

• a text document
• a spreadsheet
• a form
• a template

Participants should bring their laptops/netbooks if possible.

Participants are encouraged to send me their email addresses ahead of time so I can share the presentation with them before the talk begins.

Items that need to be prepared in advance. Logistical details to make sure are prepared/

• Presenter should check all links prior to start of workshop to make sure that they are working correctly and that the content of the pages has not changed - such as to make them inappropriate for the workshop.
• We should have local copies, where possible

Use this space to insert any special notes that the workshop presenter might find useful.

• (10 min) Part 1: Welcome & Introductions
• (20 min) Part 2: What is GoogleDocs?
• (10 min) Part 3: Get a Google account (not necessarily gmail)
• (20 min) Part 4: Collaborative Editing Exercise

• (20 min) Part 5: Let's go back and look at those examples again
• (20 min) Part 6: Make a Presentation and share it.
• (20 min) Part 7: Make a Form

• (20 min) Part 8: Ideas & Questions
• (10 min) Part 9: Wrap-up and Evaluation

• (10 min) Part 1: Welcome & Introductions
  • Who am I?
  • Brief overview of the workshop.
  • Who are you?
    • What do you hope to come away with?
• (20 min) Part 2: What is GoogleDocs?
  • Presentation, made with GoogleDocs, of course
• (10 min) Part 3: Get a Google account (not necessarily gmail)
• (20 min) Part 4: Collaborative Editing Exercise
  • Open the following document: Exercise 1 and follow the instructions inside.
• (20 min) Part 5: Let's go back and look at those examples again
• (20 min) Part 6: Make a Presentation and share it.
  • Make a presentation of no more than 4-6 slides that describes or illustrates your main area of professional interest.
  • It should include at least one image or video.
  • You can create your own backgrounds, import a presentation from your computer, or use an existing template or theme.
• (20 min) Part 7: Make a Form

• (20 min) Part 8: Ideas & Questions
• (10 min) Part 9: Wrap-up and Evaluation
  • Provide short conclusion to the workshop
  • Leave at least 5 minutes for participants to fill out an online evaluation of workshop.