MONICA JAYASINGHE: Did you know you
can make a classroom
worksheet like this with Microsoft Designer?
Starting with a blank canvas in Microsoft Designer,
we're going to resize this so that we can print it later.
Here we're just choosing US letter portrait.
We can start designing by clicking on
the left panel where it says Text,
and there's all kinds of texts that you can choose from.
This hollow font is going to give
a really cool effect once we add another layer.
Let's add another text,
but this one's going to be solid.
I absolutely love using podcasts in the classroom.
It really helps with their listening skills.
And by having a companion worksheet
for the students to complete,
helps me check their listening comprehension.
Now we can layer this text,
and it just gives it a nice effect with
that hollow text right behind it.
What's great in Designer is that when you click
on the left panel where it says Visuals,
there's all types of graphics that
we can add into our worksheet.
I already know I'm going to want students
to use a quote from the podcast,
so we can just search for graphics that would
give students the opportunity to write inside.
My students love to draw, so I'm looking for something
that has like an easel or an art element,
so students can design a poster.
Once we have all the elements that we want,
we can resize it around the page.
Then I'm going to leave
a spot so they can write a summary.
If you press L on your keyboard, you'll get a line,
and you can drag that line
anywhere on your page and students can write on it.
But something else I found that you can do
is head back to the Visuals and search for lines.
This one came up and I'm just going to duplicate it,
and then I'm going to be able to
align it so they have a lot of space to write.
So, now we can add text to our worksheet.
And I just picked this bold text.
I love how easy it is to read.
If you haven't used podcasts in the classroom,
my students love six minutes.
That's one of their favorites.
They're always engaged.
But you can also use these worksheets to create
for a chapter review or a book report.
Once you have this template that you created,
you can come back and change
the text to whatever you want.
Now that we finished adding the text,
we can look for some fun images
that will go with our podcast theme.
And since I'm using these black and white elements,
I usually have my students color it
in so it just makes the worksheet look really nice.
We can hang it on a bulletin board for everyone to see.
I'm duplicating the text one more
time and adding a spot for the podcast title.
Then all we have to do is
download and it's ready to print.
Start creating your own worksheets over at
Designer.Microsoft.com