Forward Learning Shared Resources: September 2016

How it works

This site is a place for LVUSD teachers to share resources related to our Forward Learning initiative. To share a lesson plan you can use the lesson plan template by clicking on this link. The document will open in your Google Drive. This is a view only template so you will need to make a copy by going to File - Make a Copy. Rename your copy the name of your lesson and include your name as well. Once you have completed your lesson you can copy and paste it onto our blog! Make sure you use labels/tags when you post so that your lesson is searchable. Some examples of labels that should be used are: the grade level, content area and topic.

If you have a lesson using one of the other templates that we have worked with you can share directly to the blog by either copying and pasting your lesson into the blog or by giving a brief description of your lesson and attaching a link to your lesson. If you are attaching a link to a Google Doc make sure you have shared your document with anyone in LVUSD to View Only. Here is a video tutorial that shows how to share a doc with LVUSD view only.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Attachments on new Google Sites

The new Google Sites are much easier to use than the old version, although they are still in a bare bones stage. One issue we have run into occurs when teachers want to add a file, usually a Word document, to their website. Here's what typically happens. The teacher uploads the file from their computer to the site.
Word Doc Uploaded

They check in Preview mode and everything looks great.

Doc in preview

They publish their site and someone complains because they can't see the document. Where is doc?

This happens because, by default, uploaded documents are shared only with the editors of the site. They are not viewable by the general public. The file needs to be shared, just like something you add from Drive, but this isn't immediately obvious. Here's the fix. Click on the document to select it. You will see the editing box appear; click the pop-out icon.

Pop out

Click the 3 dots (which always give you more options in the Googleverse) and choose Share.
3 Dots

Share the document either with Anyone with the link OR make it Public on the web. (You may have to click Advanced to see these options). Be sure to save your choice.

The document is now viewable by anyone with access to view the site.
Doc is viewable

Based on a post on coffeenancy.com.