How to make your class materials
(handouts, assignments,
presentations) more visual		    
 


Using Google Images to Visually Enhance Documents
 

  
 

Google Images is a great classroom resource
for finding digital images. Some uses are:

1  Student projects that need images (can
    be printed, or used directly on the computer).

2  Used in a language class to describe an object
    with a picture, rather than relying solely
    on words.

3  Used to enhance teacher handouts,
    assignments, and presentations.

 
                     
 

To use Google Images, visit www.google.ca
and then click on the "Images" tab:

  
  Enter in the search criteria you would like to
use in your classroom:		  
  This will result in a listing of images on Google
Images. In this example, I will click on the first
example in the list:		  
  Clicking on the image will gives me a
"thumbnail" version of the image. A
"thumbnail' image is a preview image which
has smaller dimensions than the original.

In order to see the full size image, click on
"see full-size image":

  
  Now let's copy the full size image onto the
computer's clipboard so we can use it in
Microsoft Word.

Click on the image with the "right mouse button"
on your computer and choose Copy from the list
of menu options:

  
  After opening Microsoft Word, you can go to
the Edit menu and choose Paste to insert
the image into your document:		  
  After pasting the image inside the document,
you may notice that it is too big in size and
overwhelms the whole document.		  
 

You can shrink the size of the image by doing
the following:

1  Click the lower right hand corner of the image.

2  While holding down the left mouse button,
    drag the mouse towards the upper left to
    shrink the image.

  
 

Now the image physically fits better inside
the document:

  
               


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We could also copy images and paste them into other applications, such as PowerPoint.

Once you save the Word (or PowerPoint) document, the image will automatically be saved along with it.

Be aware that images on Google are NOT royalty free and some images may be copyrighted.

Screenshots
with the
Print Screen Key

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a screenshot of
only one window

How to take
a ''full screen''
screenshot

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PowerPoint documents
with the Shape Tools