On Thursday afternoon a reader asked me about using PDFs in Google Classroom. She was having a little trouble with students not being able to access the PDFs she was trying to share. I made the following video to help guide her and anyone else in the same situation through the process of sharing PDFs in Google Classroom.
In this video:
- How to attach PDFs directly to announcements in Google Classroom.
- How to upload PDFs to Google Drive.
- How to distribute PDFs as assignments in Google Classroom.
There are a few reasons why someone might want to use PDFs instead of Google Docs in Google Classroom. First, if you are new to Google Classroom and don’t have time to recreate some of your resources attaching PDFs is quick and easy. Second, you may not want students editing the contents of the document. A PDF doesn’t mean a student can’t edit it at all, it’s just a lot more difficult for them to do that. Third, the item you’re sharing was designed as a PDF and will lose some important formatting if it’s converted into Google Docs or Word format.
