Scheduling Options

This time of year things get so busy and schedules are constantly changing.  Field trips, guest speakers, meetings, and rehearsals lead to unexpected changes in your schedules.  Here's a quick tip:  Create and share your schedule on a Google Sheet.  Recipients of the spreadsheet (ie: Instructional Assistants) can set a notification to receive an email update whenever changes are made to the spreadsheet.  This will save time and confusion as in the moment changes are made to your daily schedules. (Tools/Notifications rule/send an email when changes are made)

You can even add comments, such as questions or clarifications to your spreadsheets.

Commenting on PDFs

Do you use the commenting feature on Google Docs?  Now you have the ability to add comments to
PDFs on your Google Drive.  Take notes or share comments with a colleague or student! Each time
you preview the document, you and anyone shared on the document can access your comments.

If you wish, you can take a photo of student work with your iPhone, send it to your Drive,
make comments and share it back for student access to your feedback.  Less papers for you to lug home!

In your Drive, right click (two finger click) on the PDF you wish to comment on.  Select Preview. In the top right corner of the preview, you will see the comment box.  Highlight the text you want to comment on and insert comment!