Google Workspace Student Guide

Chromebooks are laptops with the Chromium OS operating system that you can log in to using a Google user account.

• Lenovo Cromebook, Model 300e.
• Changing the keyboard language in a Chromebook.

Below are short tutorial videos:

• Chromebook first steps - search in Chromebook.
• Chromebook first steps - menu and settings overview.
• Chromebook first steps - splitting the screen.
• Chromebook first steps - controls and settings.
• Chromebook in storage mode to save batteries during extended storage.

Google Chrome browser is the most convenient tool for using Google Workspace for Education. While other browsers can also open many Google tools, their functionality might be limited. In Windows, Internet Explorer is the default browser, meaning all the links a user receives, for instance through an email in Outlook, open there unless settings are changed.

• Google Chrome as the default browser

Google Drive is our home area within the Google school environment. It allows us to save all electronic content (documents, photos, videos, presentations, etc.) and share with other users.

All work done in Google education programs is automatically saved in Drive.

Below are links to short tutorial videos from the instructional website Internet Supported Education.

• Creating a folder
• Opening a new document
• Moving a document to a folder
• Sharing a folder with others
• Uploading files and folders from your computer
• Downloading a document to your computer
• Logging out from Google Drive on an iPad
• Google Drive, main commands - Diagram 1
• Google Drive, main commands - Diagram 2

The Digital School. The teacher creates Classrooms and grants you access.

Into the Classroom, they insert content related to your studies; links to materials, lesson plans, instructions and project descriptions, supplementary materials, educational sites, interactive pages, links to videos/episodes, and submission boxes for digital assignments.

Below are links to short tutorial videos from the instructional website Internet Supported Education.

• Student enrolls in a class
• Student reviews the assignments given
• Student submits an assignment
• Originality report - student's view

The program is essentially a traditional word processing application that also supports voice typing. You speak into the microphone, and the application transcribes what you say. It is easy to translate documents into multiple languages. It offers options for collaboration among students and with your teacher regarding text processing, allowing multiple people to work in the same document.

All changes are saved instantly. The teacher can see who wrote what and access previous versions.

Below are links to short tutorial videos from the instructional website Internet Supported Education.

• Opening a new document
• Sharing a document with others
• Inserting a picture from the internet
• Inserting a picture from a computer
• Inserting a drawing
• Main commands 1 - explanatory figure
• Main commands 2 - explanatory figure
• Originality report - student's view

The application is great for making presentations, but it's also suitable as a notebook for essays/notes/portfolios. Text, images, videos, audio files, and drawings can be added, with multiple people working on the same presentation. You can change the size of the pages to A4 or other size. Working in Slides provides a good overview as the pages are visible on the left side.

Below are links to short tutorial videos from the instructional website Internet Supported Education.

• Opening a new document in Slides
• Choosing and working with a theme
• Inserting a picture from the internet
• Inserting a picture from a computer
• Inserting a video
• General commands - explanatory figure

You can insert text, post-it notes, shapes, images, drawings, and more, with multiple people working on the same presentation. It is well suited for brainstorming and collaborative projects. It can be saved as a PDF document or image (jpg). Note that the whiteboard always opens in a new browser tab.

Below are links to short tutorial videos from the instructional website Internet Supported Education.

• Creating a new document

When students leave a Reykjavík primary school, their Google school account is closed and then deleted. Students are encouraged to select the assignments they wish to keep and take with them. Since the Google for Education Plus system is closed, it is not possible to transfer data out of the system and into a personal Google account.

• To retrieve data from the system securely.