I ran two back to back workshops for the Faculty Summer Institute at UIUC on May 20, 2014. The first was an introduction to Google Plus in general. Many of the slides are from Google's open source of information. The second was an introduction to Google Hangouts on Air for education. What you won't find are step by step info on how to set one up since we did that live.

1. Google Plus for
Every Discipline

3. Note:
• Some of the next slides are information
provided directly from Google Plus!
• 31 Ways to Use G+ in Higher Education –
Public (Google Docs)
– https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WG6RjvD

4. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Hangouts let up to 10 people
video conference at no charge.
Stream lets you have conversations
and share information with Circles.
Tools On Google +
Circles help you organize
everyone according to your real life
connections.
Hangouts with Extras let you
share Google Docs or your screen
as well.
Search allows you to search
Google+ posts, Google+ people,
and the web.
Profile is the way you represent
yourself on Google products across
the web.
Instant Upload automatically
sends photos and videos to a
private album.
Messenger allows you to bring
people together for group mobile
messaging.
Google+ Pages allow you to
create a Google+ Page for your
organization.

5. Why use Google Plus?
In General

6. At a blush…
• “If you approach Google+ as
another Facebook, you’ll be
disappointed because your high-
school classmates and family aren’t
on Google+ yet. And maybe it’s a
good thing to have a different set of
friends based on your current and
future interests, not your past. The
potential for businesses and
professionals is great because
Google+ is a clean slate—it’s not
linked to pictures of you at parties
in high school and college. Also,
don’t ever forget that this is from
Google after all. Your activities on
Google+ influence search results
which is crucial for businesses
and professionals. I’d rather be a
search engine trying to get social
[than] a social site trying to get
search.”

7. Let’s sign in!/Create an account
• To create an account visit:
www.google.com/+

8. Network, Learn, Engage
• G+ is the place you
go to engage with
people who share
your interests!
• You have access to
experts and
enthusiasts in your
field.
• When you first join G+,
your primary objective
should be to find the
shared circles that
contain all the people
already talking about
the things that interest
you
• Keyword search

9. Get Known
• Individuals have an opportunity to connect
and build their authority in their areas of
expertise on Google+.
• It’s a powerful place for dialog and
engagement.

10. Be Generous
• +1 posts
• Comment
• Share!
• Be sure to HT (hat tip) folks if they pointed
you to something you are sharing!

11. SEO
• If you do any search engine optimization
work, have a corporate web site, or blog to
influence customers in your market, G+
can enhance that by being part of search
results.

12. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Help ensure people find the real
you on the web
Create a Profile
within Google+ and it
will be available to
people searching the
web on Google. Your
profile image from
Google+ is displayed.
The Profile is the way
you represent
yourself on Google
products across the
web, including on
Google+.
Create a Google+ Profile

13. Why Use Google Plus?
Education

14. Benefits to Schools
• Unlike Facebook and some
other social networking
websites, Google plus is not
blocked in schools
• It has sophisticated features
like Circles and Hangouts
• It does not have ads and
provides a user friendly
interface
• It provides unlimited
photo storage through
Picasa. You can post as
many videos and pictures
as you want.
• It provides high privacy
measures. You can choose
who can see your posts,
pictures and your
information. You can select
from different levels of
privacy to each section.
• It integrates a YouTube
search bar to enable users
to search for YouTube
videos without having to
leave the page.

15. Why Use Google Plus?
Higher Education

16. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Organize all your groups by
creating Circles
Create Circles for
different groups like:
•Poli Sci buddies
•Summer interns
•Calculus students
needing support
Circles help you
organize everyone
according to your real
life connections.
Create and organize your Circles

17. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Support information exchange by
sharing your Circle with others
You can share the
Circles you created
with others in order to
have easier two-way
communication.
Send your [ENG 386]
Circle to everyone in
the class.
You can share a
Circle with the people
within that group or to
an outsider.
Share your Circles
Create circles of experts or
facilities and entities of
interest to the course.

18. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Gather questions for your
upcoming lecture
Share to your
relevant Circles (e.g.
class Circles, peer
Circles) to ask for
questions people
would like answered
in your next lecture.
The Stream lets you
share information
and gather views
from others. It
updates real-time.
Share relevant information with Stream

19. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Hold office hours without anyone
having to leave their home
Log on and create a
Hangout visible only to
your students. Keep
the window open from
4-6pm so students can
“drop in” alone or in
groups.
Hangouts allow up to
10 people to video-
conference at no
charge.

20. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Work with students on other
campuses or those at a distance
Start a Hangout for
students in other
locations to support
foreign language
development. The
extra hours of face-
to-face practice pay
off.
In Hangouts the
screen adjusts so that
the person talking is
enlarged at center to
support clear
exchange.

21. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Review video with students in order
to re-teach difficult concepts
While in a Hangout
you can share
YouTube videos. For
example, a video of a
lecture you want to
re-watch and pause
for re-teaching.
Hangouts also allow
you to watch and
speak over YouTube
videos with the other
participants.

22. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Do collaborative writing with your
students or colleagues
Set up a Hangout
with your students to
review their work. Or
launch a Hangout
with peers to discuss
your upcoming
journal article.
Hangouts with Extras
also allow you to
share your screen or
collaboratively edit
Google Docs.
Share your screen and collaborate
with Hangouts with Extras

23. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Search for the latest information for
use in class or research
Find the latest
information for a class,
talk, or paper. For
example, searching
"Philadelphia" brings
up images, recent
news stories and other
public posts.
The Search bar within
Google+ allows you to
search Google+ posts,
Google+ people and
the web.

24. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Attend meetings with colleagues
even if you are away
Even if you are away
from campus you can
join important
conversations with
colleagues and
students face-to-
face.
Google+ mobile
applications allow
you to join Hangouts
from your mobile
device.

25. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Communications and PR:
Create a Google+ Page
Create a Google+
Page for your
University.
The Google+ Page
allows you to build
relationships
between people and
your organization. It
allows you to share
information, promote
your organization,
and learn the views
of your followers.

26. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Engage with students before they
start class
Create a Circle for
incoming freshmen
and use the Stream
to send them
relevant information
and develop a
personal connection
before they arrive.
The Stream lets you
share information
and gather views
from people.
Watch for FERPA concerns, be
aware of privacy issues

27. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Classmates meet face to face
before term
Using their new
Google Apps
accounts from school,
classmates or
roommates can
access a Hangout to
connect face-to-face
before they're on
campus.
Hangouts allow you
to video-conference
at no charge from
anywhere in the
world.

28. Google Confidential and Proprietary
Share your ideas
with colleagues
Create a Circle for
the Geology
department and use
it to post about your
upcoming paper. Get
comments from
people you trust.
The Stream lets you
share information
and gather views
from select Circles or
from the public.

29. Google Confidential and Proprietary
More information about Google+
To start using it
• To create an account visit: www.google.com/+
• To create a Google+ page for an organization visit:
www.plus.google.com/pages/create
For more information
• To learn more about Google+ for the university community, visit:
www.google.com/+/learnmore/universities and
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/+/university.html
• For help, visit Google+ Support at:
www.google.com/support/plus

30. Google Hangouts for Education

31. A few words from Google +
about Hangouts
• Virtual Star Party
– http://youtu.be/Agrdjd0
nyFo
– If this doesn’t want to
make you hold a
hangout, I don’t know
what will
• Virtual Field Trips
– http://youtu.be/GDwEj
qkgwyI
• Connected
Classrooms
– http://connectedclassr
ooms.withgoogle.com/

32. What is a Hangout?
Hangout
• A free tool that allows you
to connect via voice and
video.
• Allows ten people to
participate at a time
• Can set up
spontaneously or
schedule it as an event
• Can be as private or
public as needed
Hangout on Air
• A free tool that allows you to
broadcast your hangout instantly
on Google + and on YouTube
• Allows ten people to participate
at a time
• An unlimited amount of people
can watch the action.
• Can edit videos using YouTube’s
video editor including annotation
and closed captioning.
• As private or public as you like
• Q & A function

33. Why Not Skype?
• Hangouts are free and allow for up to 10
people to participate.
• Can screen share—for free!
• Hangouts on Air are archived to youtube
– Will be unlisted, not public
• HOAs can be streamed to the public.
• Can engage your audience with Q&A built
in or with other social media.

34. Why not Blackboard
Collaborate?
• Students often find Google hangouts
easier to navigate for interactions
• Invited guests may have previous
experience with Google hangouts, but not
Collaborate.
• Certain features are more intuitive on G+

35. What do you need for a
hangout?
• All participants must have
google + accounts, this
happens automatically with
gmail
• Host must connect their G+
account to YouTube
• Everyone must download
the Google hangout plugin
• Consider using Google
Chrome as your browser
• Can also get mobile app
• A webcam, either built
in or otherwise
• A microphone. Built in
ones work well.
• WiFi capabilities to
handle the streaming
video
• Earphones or buds to
reduce echoing
issues

36. Keep in Mind
• If you are recording
for youtube you are
held to the same
standards as other
youtube videos
• Watch for sharing
copyright images
• FERPA concerns
• Don’t share a youtube
video unless you
have permission
• Only play music you
have the rights for.

37. More information—Google
Support
• https://support.google
.com/plus/answer/438
6744?
hl=en&ref_topic=2553
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