Organizing your Thoughts with January's Tool of the Month

One of the features I have started to use recently with Google Docs is the Table of Contents.  When you create a google document, most people will have headings as they organize their thoughts and content.

Sample Table of Contents

To create a table of contents

• Create your headings
• Highlight the heading and then choose Title 1 heading from the toolbar
• Once you have highlighted all of your headings, return to the top of the document
• Click on Insert - Table of Contents and a table of contents appears at the top of your document

The best news is that you can continue editing and adding to your document and selecting content to be a heading throughout the document. You can even add subheadings, by selecting text and giving it the Title 2 or Title 3 font selection.

When you are ready to refresh the table of contents with your changes, simply return to the top of the document.  To the right of the current table of contents a swirl will appear when you hover on the right hand side that you can click on and refresh your document.

Applicable Uses in Education

I believe there are many applicable uses in education.  Here are some possible ideas and options I foresee as great uses for the Table of Contents feature:

• administrator meetings
• student journals from August through May
• collaboration at conferences for combined notes
• student group projects

Please share your ideas and usage in the comments.