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Friday, May 31, 2019

DFI Session 1

Digital Fluency Intensive

Goals of DFI - Acquire digital fluency and learn the basics of Google

From observing and reading the blogs of others DFI session 1 gives a us a brief history of Manaiakalani "hook from heaven' and its mission to empower its tamaraki by making teachers digitally fluent.  

DFI session in 1- Google Groups - an excellent way to communicate and hang out with others, share and receive documents.   

Some basics to remember and check off.  

Google Drive


  • Create Folders
  • Access Folders
  • Organise files within Folders
  • Manage Folder permissions
  • Work with Office files 
  • Work with Apple files
  • Work with other non-Google files eg pdfs
  • Upload Files
  • Convert Files
  • Share Files
  • Share non-Google files
  • Add Folders to your Google Drive
  • Share a Resource Folder in Drive
  • Add Files in Drive, without moving them from their ‘home’

Google Documents

  • Create a Google Document
  • Share a Google Document
  • Share a Google Document with copy restrictions
  • Format (word process) a document
  • Layout a Document
  • Use headers and bookmarks effectively
  • Collaborate using Google Docs
  • Provide Feedback with Comments in Docs 
  • Provide Feedback with Suggested Edits in Docs
  • Direct Comments to specific users
  • Add links to comments
  • Access and Review Revision History in Google Docs
  • Review Comments in Google Docs for Contributions
  • Revert to Earlier Versions of Google Docs
  • Use Explore Tool effectively
  • Citation tools to avoid plagiarism including footnotes
  • Master Voice Typing
  • Paste without formatting, clear formatting
  • Find and replace
  • Create Tables and manage properties 
  • Get Add-ons
  • Manage Add-ons
  • Script Editor