In this 8-week course, students will learn how to create a Google account & will access, organize, utilize & create using Google Email, Calendar, Maps, and Google Drive; including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, & Forms.
Here is our Class Layout Week-by-Week:
Week 1: 
Class 1: Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Log in & Create a google account
2.	Explore Google & Overview of the different applications available
3.	Set up, access, & open Google Email Account
4.	Send & open emails through Google email account
5.	Set up folders within their Google email account

Class 2:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Compose an email in Google
2.	Header Lines: To (difference between Cc & Bcc), Subject, Body of email
3.	Setting the Signature line
4.	Modifying fonts & text formatting in Google email
5.	Project Introduction

Week 2: 
Class 3:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Calendar Introduction
2.	Create an Event & a Reminder in Calendar: set date, times, location, description, add notifications, Set up a repeating event-Our Class times/dates
3.	Link Calendar
4.	From Google Email, go into an email & ‘Add task’ to your calendar
5.	Project Proposal Reminder-due next class


Class 4:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Drive Introduction & Overview of Applications available
2.	Google Docs Intro & Overview
3.	Searching & Using Templates in Google Docs
4.	Toolbar tools, Page Setup & fonts
5.	In-Class Assignment-Creating with Google Docs
6.	Project Proposals Due

Week 3: 
Class 5:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Drive Organization-Create New Folders
2.	Upload & Download Documents, pictures, videos, & more
3.	Google Docs-Searching & Using Templates
4.	In-Class Assignment-Using a template to Create in Google Docs
5.	1st Project-based Google Doc Assignment assigned

Class 6:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Docs-Insert: Graphics, Links, Tables, Headers & Footers
2.	Sharing & Editing Google Docs
3.	Voice-Overs
4.	In-Class Assignment-Create, Share & Edit a Google Doc with classmates
5.	1st Project-based Google Doc Assignment Completed

Week 4:
Class 7:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Sheets Introduction & Overview (reasons/ways to use it)
2.	Using templates & Creating New
3.	Review Toolbar & learn new tools for Sheets
4.	Format: Text, Columns, Rows
5.	In-Class Assignment: Create a simple Sheet
6.	Remaining time will be used for project-based assignments

Class 8:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Sheets-Insert: Columns, Rows, Cells, Charts, 
2.	Functions (for easy math calculations & more)
3.	Add a New Sheet, Rename, Change Color, & Duplicate
4.	2nd Project-based, in-class Assignment


Week 5: 
Class 9:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Slides Introduction & Overview
2.	Using templates in Slides & Creating New
3.	Toolbar tools
4.	Formatting Options
5.	In-Class Assignment Using Template
6.	Remaining time will be used for project-based assignments
 

Class 10:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Arranging Options: size & rotation, position, reflection, etc.
2.	Backgrounds & Layout Options
3.	Themes & Transitions
4.	Inserting Text, Graphics, & Links
5.	3rd Project-based, in-class Assignment


Week 6:
Class 11:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Forms Introduction & Overview
2.	Title Form
3.	Create Questions: multiple-choice, short answer, paragraph
4.	Adding checkboxes or dropdown menus & additional sections
5.	Add & Import Questions
6.	In-class Assignment using Template
7.	Remaining time will be used for project-based assignments


Class 12:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Forms-Setting a Theme, color, background, font & other tools
2.	Uploading an Image
3.	Importing Video or Photographs
4.	4th Project-based, in-class Assignment


Week 7:
Class 13:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Forms Settings: collect email addresses, limit responses, giving permissions for edit & summary charts
2.	Showing progress bar, shuffling questions
3.	Adding Collaborators
4.	Setting up Quiz using Forms
5.	In-class Assignment-Create a Google Drive Quiz with 5 questions
6.	Additional in-class time given to complete Project-based activities

Class 14:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Google Maps Introduction & Overview
2.	Different Views: street, satellite & terrain
3.	Set Notifications
4.	Location Sharing Options
5.	Places you have visited
6.	Timeline
7.	Globe
8.	Explore on Maps as a class
9.	In-class Assignment-Enter Home Address into Maps
10.	5th Project-based, in-class Assignment



Week 8:
Class 15:  Learning Goals: The students will learn:
1.	Zoom Features
2.	Traffic, buses, bicycles, etc.
3.	Share or Embed a map
4.	Add a Missing Place (with business hours, business info and such)
5.	Contributions to Map: Review, Photos, Edits
6.	Enter something missing on maps (your home, friend’s home, business, etc.)
7.	6th Project-based, in-class Assignment


Class 16:  Learning Goal: The students will learn:
1.	Project Presentations
2.	Class Questionnaire & Share-Out: Your favorite part of Google, Your favorite part of the classroom, and what do you want to learn next?


We will begin with an introduction to Google and then dive into the applications Google offers. Students will gain the ability to utilize Google and feel comfortable with how to create within Google Drive, whether for school, business, or personal purposes.
Each class we will be covering Google tools and applications, including: Email, Calendar, Maps, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms & more. Students will learn all the basics for these apps, including the tools and how to utilize them when creating. During each class, the student will have time and opportunity given to use what we learned to create documents, emails, games, flyers, and so much more!
For this course, I will use a combination of teaching styles including demonstration and hands-on practice, centered around the learner, their needs, and abilities. There will also be time for asking and answering questions, in which, students will be encouraged to try and answer questions for their classmates (if they are able), which will further engage them in the learning process.

No prior knowledge is needed, however, students will be typing several things into the various Google applications, so a basic ability to type is helpful.