Google+Docs

**Link to Bennington's Google Domain:** http://www.google.com/a/benningtonschools.org media type="youtube" key="muVUA-sKcc4" height="266" width="317" align="right"
 * Handout on Using** [[file:esu3web20workshop/Google Docs.doc|Google Docs.doc]]

Google Docs is an easy-to-use, online word processor, presentation creator & spreadsheet editor where you can create, share, collaborate and store documents. If you know how to use any word processor, presentation creator or spreadsheet program, you will quickly learn Google Docs. You can even import existing documents.
 * What is it? **

@http://www.google.com/educators/weeklyreader.html
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 * Opening Survey **

**Creating a New Google Document File**

** Step #1: ** Sign in with your **Bennington Google Account ** **Step #2:** Click the **"New Document"** link, located on the upper left-hand side of the screen. **Step #3:** From the drop down menu, **make a choice:** Document, Spreadsheet, Form, Presentation, etc.

**Starring Documents**
 * Click the **star** next to a document name in the folder view to highlight that document as important.
 * **Stars** help prioritize documents when you have a lot of projects going
 * **Click on the star** at the top of the column to bring “starred’ documents to the top of the column