Recent Google Docs Updates - Awesome Features to Enhance Student Learning With Documents

Tom Mullaney recent shared this French Revolution study guide. (To use the drop down feature, you need to make a copy.) This guide models the recent/newish Google Docs features. Today I wanted to share a bit more about some of these Google Document updates.

• 💡NotoEmoji

• ✅Checklists

• ⬇️Dropdowns

• 🔉Mote audio

• ▶️Smart Chips

• 📍Google Maps Smart Chips

Google has added some awesome features to Google Docs that enhance both design and interactivity. Here is a brief summary of our favorites. We've also created this Google Doc to model some of the features and explore additional details. 

• Insert Drive Files and YouTube Videos Using the “Tab” Key
• Automatically format links inserted in the document. 
• Transform Emojis in Editable Text Emojis with Noto Emoji Font
• Create monochrome versions in Google Docs of the Unicode emoji set. 
• Insert Editable Checklists
• Create checkboxes to mark list items as complete. 
• Insert Dropdowns 
• Create a dropdown lists anywhere in a Google Doc.
• Insert Mote Audio
• Add voice comments and audio content to documents.
• Insert Smart Chips
• Add tags and features to the document using a quick @ menu.
• Insert Google Maps Smart Chips
• Create a map chip in your document by pasting a Google Maps link.
• Use Table Templates to Create New Tables
• Table templates allow you to quickly insert new tables from a template design.
• Pageless Setting (This Doc is “Pageless”)
• Pageless format allows you to remove the boundaries of a page to create an infinite surface to work on. 
• Emoji Reactions
• Express your thoughts about document content using emojis.

Tutorial Document - Powerful Google Doc Features for Education

Additional Resources

• Google Documents - Interactive Formatting Features
• Google Docs Training
• Amplify Student Voice With These Two Google Docs Features

What is your favorite Google Doc feature (new or old)? Please share in the comments below. #HappyLearning