Google Docs is a free online office productivity suite that includes Google Spreadsheets. You will need a Google account to sign into Google Docs. To access Google Docs, you will need to visit http://docs.google.com. Once you are logged in to Google Docs, select Create new | Spreadsheet from the main menu. A new window is opened containing a new, unsaved spreadsheet:
I surveyed my class to see what type of music they like. I've entered this data into the spreadsheet:
In the next section, we'll create a pie chart and include it in our Moodle course.
Follow these steps to create a pie chart in Google spreadsheets:
1. Select the two columns of data. Choose Insert | Chart from the main menu:
2. In the Create chart dialog, select Pie. You can also specify a pie chart with a 3D effect:
3. Click on the Save chart button. Click on a sector, and the details of that sector (number of students and the size of the slice as a percentage) are displayed...