This guide will provide you with various tips and tricks on how to use less paper in the classroom by substituting paper tasks with new technologies.

Why go paperless?

• Saves You Time: The process of printing, making copies, and distributing takes time. Digital materials can be easily reused and stored to the cloud.
• Save the Environment: Save paper, ink, and the cost of maintenance of printers.
• Students are More Engaged: Students are used to reading digitally, not on paper. 
• Prepare Students for College: Students will primarily be working with electronic resources and documents in college and beyond. 
• Resources Shared Instantly: Resources can be instantly shared with students and collected. Students cannot lose the documents or claim they never received them. 
• Students Receive Immediate Feedback: Work is handed back instantly with grades and comments. 

Apps that Assist in Going Paperless

• Google Classroom lets you share assignments and resources with your class.
• Interactive Video Assessments such as EdPuzzle and PlayPosit let you embed questions into videos.
• Google Forms lets you quiz and poll your students.
• Google Docs lets you comment, suggest, and edit documents shared with you.
• Adobe Acrobat lets you edit PDF documents for reuse.

For more information on each of these apps, along with other apps that could be useful, see the attached in-depth PDF.

Scanning Documents to Email and Google Drive

You can scan documents on Trinity's workroom copiers and have them sent directly to your email or Google Drive. See this guide for more information: Integrated Scanning on Workroom Copiers

More Information

• See the attached in-depth PDF