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Google Docs

Teachers must be logged into their BCPS Google account when accessing Google Workspace tools for use with students and for any BCPS related work.

Please reference Setting Up Users in Google Chrome for support in logging into your BCPS Google Account.

Overview

Grade levels: Primary, Intermediate, Middle, High

Google Docs is an online word processing tool included as part of Google Workspace that is available for all BCPS teachers and students. With Google Docs users can edit documents right in an internet browser without an additional software required. Docs allows multiple users to work simultaneously on the same document, and changes are saved automatically. Additional features include the ability to comment, chat, and edit in real-time. Google Docs also provides a version history feature that allows users to track changes made to a document.

⭐Click here to see a list of translation, accessibility, and modification features available for Multilingual Learners and students with special education needs.⭐

Learning How

Getting Started with Google Docs

The Google Docs Editor Help Center is full of user-friendly resource pages with step-by-step directions on getting started with Google Docs and other tools. Some helpful Google Docs start-up resources include:

ISTE Standards for Students

- Empowered Learner. 1c - Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
- Creative Communicator. 6a - Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.
- Global Collaborator. 7b - Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.

Ideas for Use

Basic Word Processing
Note Taking
Voice Typing
Curate hyperlinks to additional resources
Have students collaborate in a document to edit in real-time
Track/view student participation using version history
Have students share documents to peer-review and use comments to provide feedback
Collaborative Brainstorming
Use with the Schoology Google Drive Assignments App to easily assign a document to students to edit and submit to demonstrate understanding

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