Google Docs Dropdowns

 Under the Insert menu in Google Docs, you will now find the option to add dropdown fields into your doc and customize them. You can use this feature for multiple-choice questions, rubrics, student self-assessments, or project trackers. Check out these Google Docs Dropdown examples!

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Method to change the ‘default’ of Google Docs to ‘Anyone with the link’

The default share settings in Google Docs are automatically restricted. The rationale for this restriction is for privacy reasons, especially if Google Drive replaces your hard drive. This can become time consuming when you’re constantly changing every public-facing document for parents, colleagues, or administrators to ‘Anyone with the link’ or to anyone in the network (Parkway Schools).

To alleviate changing public-facing Google Doc every time, consider creating a folder and setting that folder share settings to ‘Anyone with the link.’ Then, any doc you put in that folder automatically has those permissions. For example, you can create a Parent folder with a share setting to ‘Anyone with the link’ to view or a student folder with a share setting to ‘Anyone in Parkway Schools’ to view. Or create a folder within your PLC and share the folder with members in your PLC.

Schoology Notifications

Schoology sends an email for each new notification. However, if one receives too many notifications and emails, one may ignore or mute the emails. Limit the notifications by controlling which types of Schoology notifications to receive and how (email vs. text). Check out these directions here:

Schoology Notifications