Happy Cold and Snowy Friday Everyone!!
By now I’m fairly certain that almost everyone has become at least a somewhat familiar with the creating of Google Docs, so today I’d like to share how you can use templates to enhance your writing experience.
Begin by logging onto your UGCloud account and clicking on the drive icon. From here, click on the red ‘create’ box and choose the type of document you would like to create (form, spreadsheet, document, presentation, etc). Once your new document has been created, click on ‘file’ in the toolbar and select ‘new’ from the dropdown menu. Here another menu will open to the right of the current menu and you can select ‘From Template’.
Another window will open which will display the various types of templates available (i.e. resume, newspaper, storyboard, etc.) In the search box you can type a keyword to search all templates or you can use any of the more specific selections on the left hand side of the webpage (‘narrow by type’ or by ‘category’).
The templates default to searching the ones created by the UGDSB Staff as indicated by the highlighted tab at the top of the page. To change to ‘Public Templates’ or ‘Templates I Have Used’ simply click on the hyperlinked words and the search category will change as well.
Once you have found a template which you feel may be suitable for your task, simply click on the thumbnail image of the template. A preview of the template will open in a new window so you can take a closer look and determine if it is what will work with your assignment. If you feel that this is not what you were looking for, click on ‘close this window’ in the upper right hand corner or ‘browse template gallery’ and you will be taken back to your previous search. If however, this template is suitable, simply click on the ‘Use this Template’ button in the upper left hand corner and a copy of it will be downloaded and added to your Google Drive where you can begin typing.
Templates for resumes, newspapers, lesson planners, daily schedules, brochures, storyboards and more, can all be found in the template gallery. Have a look and see if there’s something you might be able to use for yourself or your students’ next project.
Cheers,
Stace
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