I know it's not "new" but it is "new" to some people. I think in a parallel life I might be a graphic artist. I love putting images together to express concepts. I enjoy looking at how others put logos and words together to market their products. I find inspiration for design in teaching everywhere! When I started working with Google Drawings it was a little haphazard on my part. I have had my fair share of using PhotoShop, but sometimes you don't need all the bells and whistles to create eye catching graphics. After using Drawings for a while, I now LOVE to create with this tool!
Drawings is simple, yet powerful! For educators and learners this is another application they can easily access with their Google Suite account. The one thing I hope Google will work on is making this amazing resource available for creation on personal tablets. Right now you can only create Drawings on a desktop.
To get yourself familiar with the basic setup and creation of Drawings watch this video.
Here is a short video that will help you learn to utilize the Arrange menu in Drawings. This feature helps the type A part of my personality when trying to get something to look exactly right!
Did you know there were so many different options for editing videos within Drawings? Amazing how easy it is to mask a photo!
Now that you have these awesome graphics, what can you do with them? And, did you know you have access to creating Drawings within a Google Doc? What to find out how!
I hope you learned something new! Try a "new" to you Drawing to create something spectacular for your learning environment!
