How to Create a Google Doc

Instructional Strategy for Pre-instructional, Assessment, and Follow-Through Activities

Pre-instructional Activities:

Motivation: Learners will view a video tutorial that will guide newly hired teachers in
creating Google docs, formatting text, inserting images within their Google docs, and in-
serting hyperlinks into their Google docs as well. Teachers need to acquire these skills as
a part of their responsibility for being teachers. Teachers will also need to learn these
skills to teach students and collaborate with fellow co-workers.

Objectives: The objectives of the video tutorial will be presented in a PowerPoint prior to
playing the video tutorial for “How to create a Google doc, format text, insert an image in
a Google doc and insert a hyperlink into a Google doc.” Once the objectives are reviewed,
the instructors will play the video tutorial.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: This tutorial is designed for individual or
partner learning. Learners will work independently on their own laptop computers. All
learners will use Google Chrome software on an Internet-connected laptop with speakers.

Assessment:
Pretest: There is no pretest.

Practice tests: The learners will continually monitor their own learning by their ability to
perform the same task shown in the video tutorial. They will have an assessment instru-
ment where they can practice and apply their newfound knowledge.

Posttest: Upon completion of the tutorial, learners in the classroom with laptops will cre-
ate a Google doc, format text, insert an image and insert a hyperlink into a Google doc.
Learners will have the opportunity to perform the skills they have practiced and acquired
from the video tutorial.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: Newly hired teachers within training may
work on this tutorial collaboratively with a partner. Learners will work independently on
their own laptop computers. All learners will use Google Chrome software on an Internet-
connected laptop with speakers.

Follow-Through Activities:

Memory Aid: While working on the tutorial, learners can refer to the checklist of steps
provided through the assessment instrument or video tutorial. Also, learners will be better
able to recall the steps because they are immediately applying their knowledge as the tuto-
rial directs them in performing each step.

Transfer: Upon completion of the tutorials, the instructor will direct the learners to create
a Google Doc with formatted text, an image inserted, and an inserted hyperlink. After this
tutorial, learners will be able to perform the necessary task as teachers in their school dis-
trict.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: Learners can be grouped into partners within
their class and collaboratively guide one another to create Google docs together. Most
learners, will be assessed on an individual basis. All learners need an Internet-connected
laptop with speakers.
Writing Instructional Content Presentation and Student Participation

Objectives #1 Create a Google doc

Content Presentation:

Content: Access a Google doc by logging into a Google account.

Examples: Learners will follow the step-by-step tutorial. Firstly, go to doc.google.com.

Then log in Google account. Click New, Locate and select untitled document in the up-
per-left corner, then Type a name for your file, then click OK.

1) the creation of a Google doc by clicking on the Google doc icon.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: In a classroom or library, learners will have
the option to work with partners, therefore, one laptop for every student will be required.
Newly hired teacher learners will take the course prior to the school in early August; each
learner will require a laptop. All laptops must have Windows OS and Google Chrome
browsers.

Student Participation:

Practice Items and Activities: Learners will be able to go to doc.google.com. Then log
in Google account. Click New, Locate and select untitled document in the upper-left cor-
ner, then Type a name for your file, then click OK.

Feedback: Feedback is immediate. Learners will be able to see newly created Google
doc and name it as well. The high school instructor will provide feedback while students
work.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: In a classroom or library, learners will have
the option to work with partners, therefore, one laptop for every student will be required.
Newly hired teacher learners will take the course prior to the school in early August; each
learner will require a laptop. All laptops must have Windows OS and Google Chrome
browsers.
Objectives #2 Type and format text in Google doc

Content Presentation:

Content: Type and format text in a Google doc.

Examples: Learners will type and format text by typing and selecting the text using the
format toolbar follow the step-by-step tutorial provided with a video tutorial instruction
and assessment instrument showing:

1) the selection of formatted text by typing and selecting the text using the
format toolbar.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: In a classroom or library, learners will have
the option to work with partners, therefore, one laptop for every student will be required.
Newly hired teacher learners will take the course prior to the school in early August; each
learner will require a laptop. All laptops must have Windows OS and Google Chrome
browsers.

Student Participation:

Practice Items and Activities: With the Google doc opened and titled, learners will be
able to choose a text format for their Google document by selecting “Format” on the
toolbar, selecting “align and indent” and clicking on the format of their choice
correctly.

Feedback: Feedback is immediate. Learners will be able to see formatted text on their
Google Doc. The high school instructor will provide feedback while students work.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: In a classroom or library, learners will have
the option to work with partners, therefore, one laptop for every student will be required.
Newly hired teacher learners will take the course prior to the school in early August; each
learner will require a laptop. All laptops must have Windows OS and Google Chrome
browsers.
Objectives #3 Insert an image in Google docs

Content Presentation:

Content: insert an image into a Google doc,

Examples: Learners will follow the step-by-step tutorial provided with a video tutorial in-
struction and assessment instrument showing:

1) the insertion of an image into the Google doc by selecting an image through the
search bar within the Insert toolbar.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: In a classroom or library, learners will have
the option to work with partners, therefore, one laptop for every student will be required.
Newly hired teacher learners will take the course prior to the school in early August; each
learner will require a laptop. All laptops must have Windows OS and Google Chrome
browsers.

Student Participation:

Practice Items and Activities: With the Google doc opened and titled and given a selec-
tion of desired images in the Google “search pane”, learners will be able to select the de-
sired image with the mouse pointer, click and insert the desired image into the Google doc
successfully.

Feedback: Feedback is immediate. Learners will be able to see the desired image on
their Google Doc. The high school instructor will provide feedback while students work.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: In a classroom or library, learners will have
the option to work with partners, therefore, one laptop for every student will be required.
Newly hired teacher learners will take the course prior to the school in early August; each
learner will require a laptop. All laptops must have Windows OS and Google Chrome
browsers.
Objectives #4 Insert a hyperlink in a Google doc

Content Presentation:

Content: Insert a hyperlink into the Google doc as well.

Examples: Learners will follow the step-by-step tutorial provided with a video tutorial in-
struction and assessment instrument showing:

1) The insertion of a hyperlink by selecting a link within the Insert toolbar, copy and past-
ing a link from the web, and using the edit link dialog box, to insert the text in the hyper-
link correctly.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: In a classroom or library, learners will have
the option to work with partners, therefore, one laptop for every student will be required.
Newly hired teacher learners will take the course prior to the school in early August; each
learner will require a laptop. All laptops must have Windows OS and Google Chrome
browsers.

Student Participation:
Practice Items and Activities: After pasting the address link, learners will click apply
to create the address into a hyperlink in their Google doc correctly.

Feedback: Feedback is immediate. Learners will be able to insert a hyperlink on their

Google Doc. The high school instructor will provide feedback while students work.

Student Groupings and Media Selections: In a classroom or library, learners will have
the option to work with partners, therefore, one laptop for every student will be required.
Newly hired teacher learners will take the course prior to the school in early August; each
learner will require a laptop. All laptops must have Windows OS and Google Chrome
browsers.