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You want to customize your class site and make it more visually interesting.

You want to customize your class site and make it more visually interesting.



  • Further customize your homepage by adding content to your welcome message.
  • Insert an image from Drive to the right of your text box.

Hint: Please use New Google Sites to complete this question. If you find yourself on the old Google Sites homepage, please click through to "New Google Sites" from the menu on your left. You've decided to create a website for your history class so you can consolidate teaching resources, distribute letters for parents, and share extraordinary pieces of coursework.

Hint: Please use New Google Sites to complete this question. If you find yourself on the old Google Sites homepage, please click through to "New Google Sites" from the menu on your left.
You've decided to create a website for your history class so you can consolidate teaching resources, distribute letters for parents, and share extraordinary pieces of coursework.



  • In Google Sites select a blank template and create a site called History with 2xxxxxx-1. On the homepage include the following text:
  • Welcome to the History with North Falls Grade 8 site. Here you will find all the resources you need to enhance your journey through the amazing decades of the recent and distant past.
  • Create a new page called Letters under the homepage, and include the text:
  • You'll be able to find links to reading material, assignment information, and consent forms for field trips, and any other information you may need throughout your history studies this year.
  • Add the document North Falls Consent Form from Drive to the Letters page.
  • Create a page called Coursework under the homepage and add the following text:
  • Happy time-travelling!
  • When the site is complete share it with your colleague Mr. Schneider and give him edit access.

You want your students to do a presentation on a book of their choice by a contemporary American author. Before they start the project, you want to get a list of the books selected by each student.

You want your students to do a presentation on a book of their choice by a contemporary American author. Before they start the project, you want to get a list of the books selected by each student.



  • In the Lesson Plans folder in Google Drive create a new spreadsheet titled Book List.
  • Share it with class@myeducert.org so they can edit the file.

You want to create a new lesson plan for your English class on the topic of American novelists.

You want to create a new lesson plan for your English class on the topic of American novelists.


  • Using Google Docs, create a new document in the Lesson Plans folder in Google Drive.
  • Name the document American Novelists.
  • Add the following content as the start of a possible lesson plan.
American Literature
Grade: 10
Duration: 1 class period  
Lesson title: American Novelists

Lesson summary: Students will be introduced to some of the key authors, texts and themes in American literature from the 20th- and 21st-century.

Students will discuss their favourite genres, authors and books, and at the end of the lesson, will be asked to think of a suitable novel by a contemporary American author on which they will do a book report.

You want to allow your colleague, Mrs. Brady, to access and edit your Resources folder so she can help you develop your classroom resources.

You want to allow your colleague, Mrs. Brady, to access and edit your Resources folder so she can help you develop your classroom resources.



  • Share your Resources folder with Mrs. Brady so she can edit the contents

You need to set up folders in Google Drive to help organize your classroom.

You need to set up folders in Google Drive to help organize your classroom.



  • Create a folder in Google Drive called Admin.
  • Within the Admin folder create two folders labeled Lesson Plans and Resources.

Your students keep making the same punctuation errors in their essays, so you want to remind them how to use apostrophes correctly. You have a relevant document that will be helpful for this.

Your students keep making the same punctuation errors in their essays, so you want to remind them how to use apostrophes correctly. You have a relevant document that will be helpful for this.



  • Share the Punctuation_Apostrophe_factsheet PDF in Drive with Gavin Chan, Lily Vance, Ethan Reed, and Heidi Koch, and copy the link.
  • In the Google Doc The Amazon_Group5, write a direct comment to the same students and ask them to read the Punctuation_Apostrophe_factsheet PDF, adding the PDF URL to the comment.
  • (Tip 1: Include +[student email address] in the comment to ensure each student is notified.)
  • (Tip 2: Use the "Get Link" feature in Drive to get the correct URL)

You've given some of your students an assignment to write a short essay on the Amazon river, and you want to give them some early feedback because they're doing a great job.

You've given some of your students an assignment to write a short essay on the Amazon river, and you want to give them some early feedback because they're doing a great job.



  • Open the Google Doc The Amazon_Group5 in Drive and share with Gavin Chan, Lily Vance, Ethan Reed, and Heidi Koch.
  • Highlight the last paragraph of text and add a comment.

You want to discuss the midterm results with your school's principal and your classroom assistant before you share them.

You want to discuss the midterm results with your school's principal and your classroom assistant before you share them.



  • Start a video hangout and invite Mr. Anderson from Gmail or Google+.
  • Within the same hangout window, send an invite to add Mrs. Brady.

You recently lost an email from a student that included coursework. You decide you need to organize your inbox with labels to stay on top of your emails.

You recently lost an email from a student that included coursework. You decide you need to organize your inbox with labels to stay on top of your emails.


Go to your Gmail inbox and find and label the following 5 emails with either Student, Exam, or Support:

  • from student Ella King requesting a deadline extension (Student)
  • from principal Mr. Anderson asking you for your class midterm results (Exam)
  • from classroom assistant Mrs Brady verifying your class midterm results (Exam)
  • from parent Mrs. Nolan questioning the grade you gave her son for an in-class presentation (Student)
  • from the faculty support Mr. Chang asking for your feedback on recent teacher coaching sessions (Support)

You decide to share the most compelling chart with your school's principal.

You decide to share the most compelling chart with your school's principal.



  • Copy the chart which displays the data in the most compelling way. (Hint: Use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl-C or Command-C to copy.)
  • Paste the chart into a new Doc called Physics Test Chart and share with your principal Mr. Anderson. (Hint: Use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl-V or Command-V to paste.)

You feel a visual representation would be the best way to compare the students results.

You feel a visual representation would be the best way to compare the students results.



  • Create 2 charts from the student test data and place them in the Sheet.
  • Share the Sheet with your colleague Mr. Evans.

You want to compare the top performers in your class.

You want to compare the top performers in your class.



  • Use the filter function to sort the students in descending order (largest to smallest) by average score.

You have recorded the scores your students achieved in their last 4 physics tests. You now plan to analyze the data to review the progress of your students.

You have recorded the scores your students achieved in their last 4 physics tests. You now plan to analyze the data to review the progress of your students.



  • Open the Physics Test Sheet and use the formula function to calculate the average score for each student.

One of the videos in your playlist is perfect for a class homework assignment as it covers all the topics from your biology class last week. You want to use this video and quiz your students on its contents.

One of the videos in your playlist is perfect for a class homework assignment as it covers all the topics from your biology class last week. You want to use this video and quiz your students on its contents.



  • From Google Drive create a new Google Form called Biology Homework.
  • Add a video from your YouTube playlist.
  • Add a question with paragraph text that asks your students to describe their favorite part of the video.
  • Send the Form to class@myeducert.org to distribute to your class.

You decide to create a playlist of relevant biology videos to share with your students as reference material.

You decide to create a playlist of relevant biology videos to share with your students as reference material.



  • Create a new YouTube playlist containing three suitable videos.
  • Give the playlist a description and in the settings make it "Unlisted".
  • Share the playlist with some students in your class by emailing it to class@myeducert.org.

Your student Jacob Kerr is struggling to understand why water is one of the most important substances in the universe. You find a video titled "Water- Liquid Awesome: Crash Course Biology #2" on the featured channel "Crash Course".

Your student Jacob Kerr is struggling to understand why water is one of the most important substances in the universe. You find a video titled "Water- Liquid Awesome: Crash Course Biology #2" on the featured channel "Crash Course".



  • Find the relevant video on YouTube and share it with Jacob Kerr via email.
  • Hint: Share through YouTube, don't copy and paste the URL in a new email message.

You're looking for videos to use in your biology class to help your students grasp difficult concepts. While browsing YouTube, you find some interesting, education-specific videos.

You're looking for videos to use in your biology class to help your students grasp difficult concepts. While browsing YouTube, you find some interesting, education-specific videos.



  • Subscribe to a relevant science channel so you can find these videos again.

Your students have returned from spring break and you want them to write an essay on what they did during their break. You decide you will go paperless and use Google Classroom for the first time.

Your students have returned from spring break and you want them to write an essay on what they did during their break. You decide you will go paperless and use Google Classroom for the first time.


  • Go to Google Classroom (https://classroom.google.com) and sign in as a teacher.
  • Click the Plus symbol to create your first class. Name your class English Grade 7 (2xxxxxx-1) and then go into the class.
  • Select the "Students" tab and invite Jacob Kerr, Ethan Reed and Sam Nash to your class. (Hint: Make sure you're looking in the school's Directory and not just your contacts.)
  • Go to the "Stream" and create a new assignment titled Spring Break with a due date within the next 2 weeks. Include the assignment template Essay template_Highlights of Spring break from Drive and use the option to create a new copy for all students. (Hint: Make sure that you include the assignment template before you assign to your students)

Hint: If your view of Classroom defaults to another language, use this link to change it back to English: https://classroom.google.com/h?/hl=en

You find some interesting data about the best use of classroom space and dimensions, which suggests that the optimum length for the front wall of a classroom should be a minimum of 30 feet. You want to include this data in your presentation along with the metric equivalent.

You find some interesting data about the best use of classroom space and dimensions, which suggests that the optimum length for the front wall of a classroom should be a minimum of 30 feet. You want to include this data in your presentation along with the metric equivalent.



  • Use the Chrome Omnibox to convert 30 feet in meters.
  • Add the metric measurement in the Teaching Research document.