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Teaching with Google Classroom

By : Michael Zhang
Book Image

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

Inserting math equations in Google Docs


Mathematics is a greater challenge for integration than other subjects. With equations, charts, and graphs, creating or having students create math-related content in Google Docs can be a challenge. Google Docs has a built-in equation editor, but to plot graphs in Google Docs, the add-on g(Math) is required.

To create equations in Google Docs, follow these instructions:

  1. In a Google Docs document, select Equation from the Insert menu:

  2. A blue rectangle around the insertion point indicates that the equation editor is active. Furthermore, an equation toolbar appears below the default toolbar:

    • A: Greek letters such as α

    • B: Miscellaneous operations such as ±

    • C: Relations such as ≥

    • D: Math operations such as fractions and square root

    • E: Arrows

  3. Insert special formatting and symbols from the equation toolbar to complete the equations. An example of the equation for the slope of a line is shown in the following screenshot:

When using the equation editor, it...