Go to the Destiny home page, http://destiny.melissaisd.org
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Click the link “Sign In”.
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Enter the username and password you use to login to a computer. Click the sign
in button. Your student email address is your ID number @melissaisd.info.
Note: Dot INFO! For example, [email protected]
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Your iGoogle will look something like
this. You need to add gadgets for
Google Docs and Gmail. Click the
“Add Stuff” link.
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Type Google in the search box and click
the “Search Homepage Content” button
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« Back to homepage
Click the “Add it
now” button .
Google Calendar and
Google Reader are
also useful. Click
“Back to Homepage”
(top left) when you
are done.
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You can drag your new gadgets around the page to rearrange them however you like. Click on the blue bar
and hold to grab it, drag it where you want it, then let
go.
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Here, I’ve changed my theme to “Beach”. Also, notice that on the bar for each
gadget, clicking the down arrow give you a settings menu. You can delete the
gadget or minimize it so it takes up less space on your iGoogle home page.
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Above, I’ve minimized the Google Docs Gadget. Use the dropdown menu
to expand the Gadget back to normal size. Double-click on the words
Google Docs to open the Gadget up.
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Here’s where you upload files
Here’s where
you click to
create
documents
Google Docs allows you to do two main things: create documents (similar
to MS Office) and upload/store documents online, in the cloud.
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These are all the documents that I’ve created and/or saved to Google Docs. You can
save photos, videos, and sound files, too.
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Click here, then find your file
Uploading files is as easy as doing an email attachment. Click the
upload button, then click on Files….
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Double-click the file you want to upload. Easy! There’s just one
thing to think about before your document goes up to the cloud…
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You will see this screen asking you if you want to convert your document
to the Google Docs format. If you want to convert, leave the box checked
then hit the Start Upload button. If you do not wish to convert, uncheck
the box, then hit the Start Upload button. Don’t know if you want to
convert? Well……
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Convert if:
• You are going to need to work on this document later on a computer that
doesn’t have the same version of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• You are going to need to work on this document on a computer that
doesn’t have MS Office on it at all.
• You are going to share this document with a partner who might not have
MS Office on his/her computer.
No need to convert if:
• You will only work on this document on a computer with the exact same
version of MS Office (like, only here at school and not at home).
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Now my document is saved in the cloud. Google Docs will show you that
your upload is complete and you will see the document in your file list.
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Share
When you click the box next to your file, you will see a menu of all the
things you can do with that file: share it, organize it in a file, delete it,
preview it, and more.
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Share with
people here
by typing
their email
addresses.
Use the down
arrow to change
permissions. Edit
means they can
make changes.
Comment and
view mean they
can look but not
change.
Here’s what you get when you click Share. If you are working in a
group, you can add your group members so everybody can work on
the document, even at the same time! Click Done.
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You can organize your docs in folders. Click the Create button and then click
Collection in the drop down menu. Name the folder (for example, “Science”.
Then, you can drag and drop your science documents into this folder….
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…like this. Use the down arrow next to the folder to see a menu that lets
you change its color, rename it, share it, or trash it.
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To work on a document that you’ve uploaded, double-click it. If it is in Google
Docs format, you can edit it right in Google Docs. If it isn’t (for example, it’s a
Word document and you didn’t convert it), you can download it to your computer
for editing.
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Here, I’ve opened a Google Document from my list. Notice that the menu
bar is very similar to MS Word’s. One cool thing you can do is Insert
Comment. This is handy when you are working on a shared document.
Click where you want the comment to appear. Go Insert to Comment. The
comment pops out to the right.
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If you open a file you didn’t convert, like the Word document above, you will
have the choice to edit it online (it will convert) or download it to edit it in MS
Word.
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You will notice that Google Docs saves your work automatically. There is no
Save under the file menu! You can email it, print it, or download it from file.
You can even save it back into Word if needed.
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