Creating Maps

Creating A Google Map

Teachers can create a map with data using information from a Google Form, which will be populated into a Google Sheet in order to import the information into a Google Map.

Once the map is created, the map can be embedded on a website to share with your classroom, school, family and community.

                                               Example:    endangered-animals map

Start by:
1. Log into your google account on your Google Chrome browser.
2. Type into the URL bar mymaps.google.com

3. When creating a new map, type in a Title name of your map and set sharing features to public if you plan to embed onto a website.
















4. Create a Google Form to accumulate your data.  The information will be used to import a map layer. When creating your form, you need to think about the data fields you would like and the description that will be added to the map when you import your Google sheet information. Location and Title of information are important for the Placemarks.  ** You can create a question in a Form for links, but they do not transfer over when importing data. You will need to copy and paste links afterwards from the Google Sheet.

Google Form Titles

Google Sheet with Titles

Google Map with Titles

6.  Once you select the Google sheet of data, you will be asked to enable pop-ups in the top of browser. Then you will need to re-select Google data sheet from your Google Drive.

Google Sheet info from Google Drive account

7.  Select the location of the Placemarks and continue to select the Title of information associated with the Placemarks.

8. Once your information is imported you have options to change the look of the map, Placemarks, add images, and you can even edit or delete the imported info.  You have the options to add more layers of data or even just a single Placemark.

  

Explore the options here!  My Maps Help 

Chrome Extension - Print Friendly & PDF

Chrome Extension - Print Friendly & PDF

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One of the biggest frustrations with accessing news articles and other written content online is the large amounts of ads and links scattered throughout the pages... and article that would normally only be a single page long becomes a four-page document when printed out.


Print Friendly & PDF, an extension for Google Chrome, easily solves this problem. Once you have navigated to the page you would like to print you can click on the green extension button to the right of the address box. A window will open up that has already removed any annoying ads and also allows you to remove anything else with simple clicks.


Want to remove links to other stories embedded within the article? Click on them.

Want to remove full-page graphics? Click on them.

Only want one portion of an article and want to get rid of the other sections? Click on them.


Now print what's left over and imagine the copier thanking you for making its job easier.


Print Friendly & PDF is also available as a website at https://www.printfriendly.com/

Awesome Google Drive Extension

Save Directly to Google Drive

Save to Google Drive Chrome Add on



By adding this extension it will allow you to save web content directly to Google Drive through a browser action or context menu. You can save documents, images, and HTML5 audio and video all by right clicking and selecting 'Save to Google Drive'. You can save the currently viewed page using the 'Save to Google Drive' browser action.