Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Open your browser, navigate to www.gmail.com and log in to your Gmail account. (If you did not create a
Gmail account as directed in Lesson 5 of Computing Fundamentals, do so now if you want to proceed with
this exercise.)
2. At the upper-right corner of the browser window, click the Google apps icon to open the menu, then in the
menu, click the Drive icon to access Google Drive. If necessary, close the welcome message.
3. Click New, then click Google Docs to open a new word processing document. (If you are prompted to try
out voice typing, click No Thanks.)
9. Near the top of the My Drive – Google Drive window, click the arrow for My Drive, then in the menu, click
Google Slides to open a new blank presentation.
10. In the menu bar, click File, then click Rename to select the text Untitled presentation at the top of the
window. Type: Digital Lit, then press ENTER to rename the presentation.
11. Drag the scroll bar in the Themes panel at the right side of the window, then click the Plum theme to apply
it to the presentation.
12. In the slide, click the place holder called Click to add title, then type: Digital Literacy to enter a title.
13. In the slide, click the place holder called Click to add subtitle, then type: Skills for Today and
Tomorrow.
Notice that as you add text to the slide in the middle pane of the window, the text also appears in the slide thumbnail
at the left pane. This pane is the navigation pane; you can use it to navigate among your slides.
14. At the left edge of the toolbar is the (New Slide) button. Click the arrow for the New Slide button to
display a gallery of slide layouts, then click Title and body to add a new slide with the selected layout.
15. In the new slide, click the placeholder called Click to add title, then type: Word Processors.
16. In the browser window, click the Close button for the Digital Lit – Google Slides tab to close your
presentation, then click the Untitled document – Google Docs tab to view your document again.
17. Above the menu bar, click in the box that reads Untitled document so that you can rename the document.
Google Docs may suggest the first line of text in the document as a file name.
18. Type: About Me, then press ENTER to rename the document.
19. Close the About Me – Google Docs tab
20. Close the Drive tab, sign out of Gmail, then close your browser.
Note: This exercise assumes that you have a mobile device and sufficient rights to install free apps.
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4. Find and tap a button that will allow you to view apps by category.
- There’s only one dictionary in my device which is the Merriam-Webster Dictionary which I usually
used.
5. At the top of the screen, click in the Search box and type: dictionary, then tap the Search button.
- None
6. Tap one of the free apps to view its detail page.
How many times has the app been downloaded?
- It downloaded once
Is it easy to use?
- Yes
Is it useful?