Help those who are struggling before they get too far into the quiz so that they can do it correctly and see progress.
(I use this when I need to quickly draft a blog post.) Several tools unleash voice typing: Mac's built-in Dictation, Google Docs' Voice Typing tool that you can find inside the Chrome browser, or software like Dragon Naturally Speaking. This one capability will empower and engage more students in writing than anything else we can teach. Many who struggle with writing by hand or keyboard have incredible verbal expression skills.
Students should learn how to type onto the computer with their voice. Teach students how to use extensions and find good ones.
PowerPoint is a longstanding presentation tool. Teach students to copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V) between tools.For a powerful, engaging way to teach, watch students and give comments as they work.Alice Keeler, author of 50+ Things You Can Do With Google Classroom gave me this power tip: She doesn't have students turn in work before they're done (it will stop their editing on the document).I want my students to quickly collaborate and share, and Google Classroom is a powerful new management tool that makes sharing and management of student work on Drive much easier. Google Drive includes Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings, and Forms. Teachers can also screencast to add their voice while evaluating student work.Have students record audio to explain their work or share their thinking about a project.
Students can download short film and easily upload it to your LMS to document work.While I use ScreenFlow to record tutorials (mostly because it lets me capture my iPad or iPhone screen as well as my computer screen), for my students I have only one choice for quick screencasting: Screencast-O-Matic.
When giving an assignment, ask students to use these so that formatting and details are ready to go. My class wiki is the platform where my students publish to the world. Wikispaces has been my indispensible wiki tool since 2005.