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Teaching with Google Classroom

By : Michael Zhang
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Teaching with Google Classroom

By: Michael Zhang

Overview of this book

Google Classroom helps teachers bring their work online. According to Google Trends, it’s already bigger than Moodle after barely a year in the wild. This book is a complete start-to-finish guide for teachers using Google Classroom for the first time. It explains what Google Classroom is, what it can do, how to set it up, and how to use it to enhance student learning while making your life as a teacher easier. It shows you how to place resources and activities online, gather assignments, and develop group and individual activities. It’s not just a manual, you’ll also discover inspiring, easy ways to put Google Classroom to work for you and your class.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Teaching with Google Classroom
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Plotting graphs in Google Docs


An add-on that can also create equations is g(Math). It uses the LaTex language to create images of equations, which can be pasted into a Google Docs document. g(Math) can also plot graphs in Google Docs. It needs to be installed as an add-on using the same instructions found in the Creating citations with EasyBib section at the start of this chapter. Once g(Math) is installed, use these steps to plot a graph:

  1. Select Create a graph from g(Math)'s submenu:

  2. Enter the graph equation in the Functions field:

  3. For additional mathematical constants, scroll down and click on the constants to insert them into a function. An screenshot of the list of constants and functions is shown as follows:

  4. Scrolling to the bottom of the sidebar provides additional options such as plotting individual points on the graph, displaying the y-axis, and displaying grid lines:

  5. In the middle of the sidebar, there are Graph Zoom Region settings, which determine the domain and range of the...