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SPPS Student Apps
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1.  What is it?


Google Docs in Plain English from Teacher Tube

2. Why should you use it?
  • Provides students with a way to save and access their work
  • Offers equity for students without home access to programs like as PPT
  • Eliminates the excuses for incomplete assignments
  • Provides a means for collaborating
  • Easy email, for communicating
3.  Creating your teacher account

    Go to http://connect.spps.org and click on "Teacher Activities" and "SPPS
    Apps." Log in using your Campus username and password, then click on  
    "Create my teacher SPPS Apps account."

4.  Creating contact lists for your classes and setting up forwarding to   
     SPPS Lotus Notes mail


    Click on "Class Rosters" on the Teacher Activities page, log in using your
    Campus user name and password,  and follow the directions.  If you want 
    to create a custom group in Apps and the group members are not students,
    please click on this link to view directions for creating a custom CSV file to
    import.  
   

5.  Using the Docs
    
Go to http://start.stpaul.k12.mn.us
  • Your home page
  • Email
  • The Docs
    • Documents
      • New footnote feature
      • Insert Comments
      • Use the block quote feature
    • Presentations
    • Spreadsheets
    • Forms
      • Use to create surveys
      • Automatically creates a spreadsheet with survey responses
    • Folders
    • Check out the templates
    • Printing - creates a pdf on your desktop
  • Uploading and downloading documents
    • Download file as
  • Sharing
    • Collaborating
    • Viewing
  • Comment feature
  • Revision history
  • Show as web page feature
  • Docs Basics handout
6. Possible issues
  • Browser needs to be current
  • Ensure that students know their UN and PW before beginning a project
  • Formatting - avoid complex formats  as they can be lost 
7.  How is it being used?
  • English - Letters to the president
  • Business - Paperless classroom
  • ELL - Quality and quantity of student writing has increased



   






 SPPS Apps Presentation  
Get Acrobat Reader  Intro_to_SPPS_Apps.pdf   Apps Basics
Get Acrobat Reader  studentAppsEmailList-teache.pdf   Creating eMail Groups for Teachers
Get Acrobat Reader  StudentEmail_2.pdf  
 SPPS_Student_Apps_intro_for_students.zip   Keynote file to Introduce your students to Student Apps