This week, Richard Byrne introduces a tool that I cannot wait to try out. It's called Kaizena and it is a feature that allows for voice commenting on Google documents. Kaizena is a free add-on that allows you to record voice comments on Google docs that students have shared with you. Another feature offered by this resource is the capability for a teacher to link a comment to a lesson (the lesson has to be stored in your Kaizena account). I plan to use this resource while grading lab reports. My students complete about 10 lab reports throughout the year and they share these with me through Google docs. Having the option to record voice comments versus typing out the comment would make this process more efficient. There are 120 to grade... 120 x 10= 1,200 lab reports by the end of the year! I'm always looking for ways to work smarter and not harder :)
Byrne also has a recent post titled, "Ten Overlooked Google Slides Features". A couple of the features he mentions that I was not familiar with include:
Byrne also has a recent post titled, "Ten Overlooked Google Slides Features". A couple of the features he mentions that I was not familiar with include:
- Live Q&A- From the Presenter View menu, the presenter can launch a live Q&A forum to the audience. With this feature, the audience can submit questions that will be automatically displayed across the slides. I could see this tool being beneficial when students are working on Cornell notes during direct instruction.
- Voice Typing Speaker Notes- This feature can be found in the tools menu of Google Slides. It only works for the speaker notes but could be beneficial for my class when a student is absent and I upload the presentation to Google Classroom for their reference. It would also be useful for any student who needs to review the lesson.
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