Google Level 1 Fundamental Training Unit 4

What are some of the benefits of leveraging Google Groups to communicate?

(This one is a bit tricky)

• Groups is built for large group communication

• Member permissions can be adjusted

• Interact via web or email

• A unique email address unifies all members of the group

If you have a student who is a second language learner - whose parents only speak their primary language at home - and needs special interventions because they are struggling in your class, you will want to use ________ in ________ to communicate the necessary intervention steps with their parents. 

• the Translation feature; Chat

• the Translation feature; Gmail

• the Translation feature; Google Groups

• the Translation feature; Google Sites

You are expecting an important email from a guest speaker who is considering doing an instant messaging ‘Ask Me Anything’ Chat with your students tomorrow, but you have to leave your classroom to fulfill your extracurricular duties on the tennis courts. What is the most efficient action you can take in order to receive the email and confirm the guest speaker’s participation in the next day’s event, despite being away from your desk?

• Set an “away message” to notify your guest speaker you are away

• Download and/or activate the Gmail mobile app on your smartphone

• Bring your laptop onto the courts with you

• Have someone else cover your tennis practice

Your student, Mary H., is working on overcoming behavior issues in order to be more successful in your classroom. You consistently receive emails from your school’s intervention specialist, from the student’s parents, from the student’s other teachers, and from the school’s Psychologist about upcoming meetings and action steps needed to help Mary H. meet your learning goals. What label titles can you make and apply to the Gmail filter you created for incoming messages about this student so that you can remain organized and find important messages quickly? (Select the 3 that apply.) 

• Psychologist

• Fundraising

• Mary H. Parents

• Mary H.

Thursday at 5:35 PM, Marcia D. sent you an attached Agenda for tomorrow’s upcoming “Technology Integration Meeting,” and you want to view it before the meeting so that you have ideas and questions ready for the group. To effectively search and find Marcia’s original email, you can search by using which of the following identifiers? (Select the 3 that apply.)

• Filter

• Time

• Sender

• Attachment

You have not seen the bottom of your email in weeks because students are constantly reaching out to you for help on projects they are working on outside of the classroom. While you are excited the students are engaged, and you don’t mind answering students’ questions, you also have other work that requires your attention. In order to share the responsibility of supporting students in their success within your classroom, which of the following actions would you take to increase effective communication?

• Create a student group in Chat so that students can help other students even when they are not in the classroom

• Have each student create a Google Site that share their tips for success

• Put four students in a “study group” and have them share phone numbers

• Collect students’ email addresses and share them with other students

What are some features available in Google Sites (New) to help customize the site? (select the 3 that apply)

• Widgets

• Embedded YouTube videos

• Page Navigation

• Image uploads