Google Workspace Updates - Originality Reports and Google Docs Watermarks

 

NEW!!  Google Orginality Reports Update

    

    Google Originality Reports is a tool available through the Google Classroom.  This tool allows teachers and students to check for plagiarism on student work.  Previously, this tool only worked with Google Docs, however, in the latest Google Workspace update, this tool will now also work with Google Slides.  

Please see this document for more information on Google Originaliity Reports.

Watermarks in Google Docs

    

    A watermark is an image that is superimposed behind the text of your document.  A watermark can be used to identify the type of document .  For example, you can use a watermark to identify a document as a "draft" or "final" version.  

With the latest Google update, you can now insert text watermarks as well as images.

To add a watermark, click on Insert--> Watermark from the top menu.   

You can choose to insert an image or text watermark by clicking on the tabs.

To insert an image watermark, simply click on the "select image" button to insert an image from your Google Drive or the web.  You can also adjust the scale here. 

For text watermarks, enter the text and then select your desired settings including font, size, transparency and direction (horizontal or diagonal) 

The watermark can be changed later by clicking once again on Insert--> Watermark and selecting a new image.  If you want to remove the watermark, you can click on the "Remove Watermark" text at the bottom of the Watermark window.