In the video embedded above I highlight the following five features and why they're helpful in classroom settings.
- Revision history.
- This is great for keeping track of which students made changes to documents. This is handy for reverting back to a previous version of a document if a student accidentally deletes something that shouldn't have been removed.
- Page Set-up.
- This is where you can change the page orientation, set custom margins, change the page background color, and even create a "pageless" document.
- View full screen.
- Like the name says, you can use this to view your document without any of the editing tools being displayed. This is helpful for showing a distraction-free version of your document in your classroom.
- Download as...
- This lets you save your Google Document as a PDF, a Word document, a RTF, an ePub, and a few other common document formats.
- Publish to the Web.
- Use this option to publish your document as a simple stand-alone web page.