Extensions: Identify Cyberbullying

In this extension, you will share your document with another person or group, ask for feedback on your lists, and make changes based on their suggestions.

If you’re completing this extension with your group, gather around one computer.

If you’re working alone, sit at your own computer.

To begin, open the "share" settings in your document.

Add the email address of anyone you want to share your document with.

Give them "Commenter" permission, so they can make comments in your document.

Then, write a message letting them know what type of feedback you would like to see.

For example, you may want suggestions for additional ways to prevent cyberbullying.

Be clear about how you want them to respond to you.

They could write in your document in "Suggesting" mode...

...insert comments, or do both.

Once they’ve provided feedback, decide which suggestions you’d like to use.

Now, it’s your turn: Share your document, ask for specific feedback, and implement the ideas you’d like to use.

In this extension, you will format your text, add an image, and create a table of contents to make your document more user-friendly, personalized, and visually appealing for readers.

To begin, open the document.

If you worked in a group and were not the one to create the document, look in the shared files folder.

Next, make a copy of the document so your group’s version isn’t affected.

Include your name in the new title.

To begin formatting, change the size and color of the first heading.

Then update the other heading to match.

Follow the same steps for the lists.

Next, add a "title page" by inserting a "page break" before the first page.

Then, add a title and center it.

Update the font size and color.

Next, add your name or the names of the people in your group as a "subtitle.' Then, insert an image.

Use Google search to find an image that relates to the main theme of the document.

Review the search results, and choose an image.

Make sure you have the right to use the image.

Resize the image, if you’d like.

Finally, add a "table of contents." A “table of contents” is a list of links which make it easier to navigate to important sections of your document.

Click on the links to test your table of contents.

Now, it’s your turn: Make a copy of your project if you worked in a group, update the title, change the font color, and update the other heading and text to match.

Insert a page break at the beginning to create a title page, and add a title, subtitle, image, and table of contents.

In this extension, you will practice writing an email to a trusted adult to tell them about an instance of cyberbullying.

You will write the email at the bottom of the document you created in the main lesson, so you can reference it easily.

To begin, open the document.

If you worked in a group and were not the one to create the document, look in the shared files folder.

Next, make a copy of the document so your group’s version isn’t affected.

Include your name in the new title.

Then, insert a "page break" at the end of the document.

Add a heading.

Then, start your message.

Imagine who you might write an email to if you witnessed or experienced cyberbullying.

It may be a parent or other family member, coach, teacher, religious leader, or another adult you trust.

Next, explain what happened.

It’s okay to make up the details for now, but try to use an experience from real life.

Include: what you saw or experienced, what device or platform you were using, such as texting or social media, who was involved, if you feel comfortable with that, what you did, and what you plan to do next.

You might be upset or angry, and that’s okay.

But, avoid calling others names or saying mean things about anyone in the email, even the people who were doing the bullying.

It’s okay not to go into detail in the email, but you might be asked more questions later on about what exactly happened and who was involved.

It’s okay to give names to adults who are trying to help.

When you’re ready to contact someone for help about an experience with cyberbullying, copy your message and paste it into a new email.

Change the names and details to fit your specific situation.

Now, it’s your turn: Make a copy of your project if you worked in a group, update the title, insert a page break at the end of the document, and write a message to a trusted adult that you could copy and paste into a new email.

In this extension, you will use Google Slides to create a presentation.

You will use the cyberbullying prevention tips from your project to create the presentation.

Then, you will present these guidelines to help others learn how to prevent and respond to cyberbullying.

To start, open Google Drive.

Then, open your "Cyberbullying Guidelines" project.

If you worked with a group and did not create the document, look in the folder of shared files.

Then, start a new, blank presentation in Google Slides, and give it a title.

Choose a "theme" for your presentation.

You can pick something simple to make your text stand out...

...or something more complex to grab your audience’s attention.

Consider the topic of the presentation when creating a slideshow.

A theme that is silly or playful may not be appropriate when discussing cyberbullying.

Next, add a title to the "Title" slide.

Type your group or class’s name as the subtitle.

Choose a guideline from your list that you want to share with your classmates.

Then, add a new slide to the presentation.

Choose a layout that will fit the length of your guideline or tip.

Copy your guideline from your document… ...and "paste it without formatting" in the text box.

Change the size or style of the font, if you’d like.

Include your name at the bottom of the slide...

...and adjust the formatting.

Next, add another slide to the presentation.

Choose a different layout.

Then, select a tip from your list of response plans.

Paste your tip and type your name.

Adjust the formatting and position of the text boxes, if you’d like.

Nice work.

If you’d like, invite your group members to add slides with their tips to your presentation, so you’ll have a collection of ideas to share with the class and school.

If you didn’t work with a group, you can add a few more of your own guidelines to create a full presentation.

Now, it’s your turn: Create a new Google Slides presentation, choose a theme, add a title and subtitle, add two new slides and change the layout, and add guidelines and change the formatting, if you’d like.

In this extension, you will use Google Drawings to make a picture that shows kindness, respect, or admiration.

Then, you will download the image to share it online.

One way to counteract cyberbullying in your school is to be kinder to your friends, classmates, and acquaintances.

Acts of kindness include: Smiling at friends, teachers, and other school employees, Giving your friends compliments, Helping classmates who are struggling with homework, and sharing positive things online.

To start, create a blank canvas in Google Drawings.

Give your drawing a title.

Next, customize the "Page Setup." Change the layout to “8.5 x 11” inches if you want to print your drawing on a standard sized piece of paper.

Or, choose the size that fits your design.

Then, insert "Word Art." "Word Art" is a tool you can use to create words with different colors, borders, and fonts.

Type the title of the project.

Next, adjust the formatting.

Change the Word Art’s color, font, or size.

Change the text border, if you’d like....

...and adjust the location of the new title.

Change the background color.

Use a solid or gradient color that represents your friend or topic and isn’t too distracting.

Next, add images to the drawing.

You may have pictures saved to your computer, Google Drive, or in Google Photos.

Or, you may want to search online for images that remind you of your friend or other kindness topic.

Search for the image and make sure you have the right to use the image.

Continue adding images that represent your topic.

Arrange your images on the page.

Make them bigger or smaller to help them fit on the page, or change the order to how you’d like to show them on the drawing.

Crop your images, if you’d like.

Then, insert Word Art or a text box, to say something kind about your friend or topic.

Finally, download the project to share it online.

But if your project was about a specific person, be sure to get their permission first.

Or, attach it to an email to show that person.

Now, it’s your turn: Create a new drawing and rename it, insert Word Art, update the background color, search for images online and add them to your drawing, arrange and crop images, add text or more Word Art, and download the drawing as an image.

In this extension, you will use Google Drawings to make a visually appealing poster of the guidelines to print and display.

The cyberbullying prevention guidelines you created in the main lesson are a useful digital document.

However, you might also want a printed copy of the guidelines to hang in your classroom or around your school.

To start, open Google Drive and find your project document.

If you did not create the document, look in the folder of "shared files." Then open Google Drawings.

Give your drawing a title.

Next, customize the "Page Setup." Change the layout to “8.5 x 11” inches.

When you print your poster, it will fit on a standard sized piece of paper.

Then, insert "Word Art." "Word Art" is a tool you can use to create words with different colors, borders, and fonts.

Type the title of the poster.

Now adjust the formatting.

Change the color, font, or size.

Change the text border, if you’d like...

...and adjust the location of the new title.

When you’re happy with your new title, insert a shape.

Click into the "drawing field" to choose the location, and draw the shape.

Choose a fill color.

Next, insert a text box.

Expand it to fit the entire shape.

Then, copy one of the guidelines from your original document and paste them into the text box.

Change the size and type of font.

With a poster, you’re creating a visual to catch someone’s attention, so they remember to review the guidelines before they communicate with technology.

Choose a font that’s clear and easy to read from far away.

Finally, change the background color.

Nice work.

Keep changing your drawing until you’re happy with the final result.

Then, if your teacher would like, print your poster to hang in your classroom.

Now, it’s your turn: create a new drawing and rename it, insert a title with Word Art, insert a shape and a text box, paste a guideline inside the shape, update the background color, and print your poster.