Download Google Earth

GE Basics

These tools allow you to add placemarks, lines, polygons and other info.

These navigation controls allow you to move around in GE

Search bar allows you to enter location

Lists the places you have visited/viewed

Layers that you can pre-select

Historical Imagery for change of an area over time

Location, location

Enter your desired location in the search bar. Ex: coordinates from a GPS or a street address

Creating Folders

Right click on your location and click Add and then folder to create a new folder

Creating Placemarks

Right click on the desired folder and then click Add Placemark

OR use the placemark shortcut from the toolbar

A dialog box will appear asking you to name the placemark you just created.

Click on the icon to customize your placemark

In the description

box, you can add:

Text,

pictures, videos,

widgets, anything that

can be embedded.

For example….

Copy the image URL by right clicking on the image

Adding content from Discovery Media.

Inserting an Image:

1. Add the following text: <IMG SRC=“URL”>

After the equal sign, insert the link to the image you found in Discovery Media. (located by right clicking the image and selecting “COPY IMAGE URL”)

Voila!

Downloading & adding video to GE

Adding video to GE

1. Enter the required information (indicated by a *).

2. Next, be sure to check the box to allow “Embedding/Direct Linking.”

3. Finally, click “Add Files”

Uploading your videos

Upload the downloaded file into Media Manager

Now, copy the provided embed code

Paste the code into the description box

Voila again!

The final piece : Assessment

What did your students learn?

Return to Builder Tools

After you have created your assessment,

copy the URL

Now using some simple URL formatting,

paste the URL code into the

Description box.