When given the chance, I’m always going to pick an assignment where students are creating their own representations of their mastery of learning standards. However, I know that it’s not realistic to expect this all the time. So, I can see the value in annotating images rather than just typing. Google Drawings and Google Slides are great platforms for this . . . but what if it’s part of a bigger activity that does involve typing? Well, insert a drawing into a document, put the picture in, and tell the students to annotate it! Check it out in the animated GIF below (typed instructions follow the GIF).
- In the Google Docs menu, click Insert > Drawing.
- In the Drawing that pops up, copy and paste in an image (or drag it in from a separate tab as I did in the GIF).
- Add instructions within the Drawing as needed.
- Click Save and Close to finish preparing the drawing.
- Assign the document in Google Classroom as Make a Copy for Each Student.
- When students open the document, instruct them to double-click on the image that they see to open up the drawing and annotate it.
