Inviting Google Groups to calendar events

This is a heads-up on inviting CVSD Google Groups to calendar events.  To be sure you are inviting each group member separately (so each group member can reply individually), click the four-arrow icon (next to the group name in the guest list). 
Here's a 20-second video:

Choosing how you receive messages in Groups

In Google Groups, you can choose how you receive and view messages.

Here is a document (in FAQ format) that explains how Groups work and

Here are instructions for setting up Google Groups to work best for you.

Remember, if you like all your info in one place, just leave everything the way it is, and messages will be delivered to your inbox.

If you don't like receiving lots of email, you can turn off email notification and check your messages on the Group page.

It is important to remember that REPLIES GO TO THE ENTIRE GROUP. 

Moodle "choice" activity

(Originally posted 1/6/11)

Looking for an easy way to let your students vote? Try using the "Choice" module (under "Add an Activity") in Moodle. It only takes a minute to set up. Of course, you can also use Google forms and other online tools to take a vote, but one nice feature of the Moodle choice is that you know who has and hasn't yet participated.

The results look like this (whether students see the results and whether there is a limit for each choice are optional settings):



Here's a video on how to set it up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Ynqdv6MHc
I would love to help anyone get started with this- just let me know.

How to create random student groups

Here are three tech tools you can use to place students in randomly assigned groups:

1. Team Maker http://chir.ag/projects/team-maker/ - paste in your class list*, choose the number of teams desired.
   
   
   
2. Round Robin Tournament Generator http://www.teamopolis.com/tools/round-robin-generator.aspx - designed for sports events, but works great if you want each student in your class to be paired with every other student (each "round" in the tournament represents the next time you do pairing in class). You can paste in your class list, or just use numbers.
   
   
   
3. Moodle- go to Groups in the Administration block and click Auto-create Groups. You can set either the group size or the number of groups. No need to paste in names, because Moodle already has them!
   
   

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*Here's how to get your class lists