The Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 exams drastically changed on September one, 2021 – the scenario based questions were removed and the exam now consists of 35 multiple option/drag and drop questions. These are the most contempo materials supplied to Google Trainers by Google for Edu.

  • NEWestward – What to expect + Sample Test Questions
  • Pace-by-Step Guide to Registering for Level 1 / 2 Exams
  • Google Certified Educator L1 and L2 Exam FAQs
  • Fundamentals and Avant-garde Form Outlines
  • Google Workspace Skills Checklist
  • Google Educator Level 1 Bones Tasks
  • Google Educator Level 2 Bones Tasks

The items after this line are more often than not no longer relevant – I will finish updating the remainder presently!

As I've mentioned a few times to those in our district Google Level 1 training course, I failed the Level one test the first time that I took information technology. The biggest reason for my failure was not lack of noesis, although there were some parts that were challenging, but poor time management.

In the midddle of our 6 week commune Level 1 training, my Google Level 1 certification entered the 2 month renewal window, and so I accept just had the opportunity to experience the test again for myself. As a recertification, I just had to do the "applied" or hands-on components and not the multiple choice, but as I was going through the test once again, I was reminded of where I would have/should have done things differently the first fourth dimension through.

And so here is my listing of Level 1 exam tips, staying within the NDA of form. Hopefully these will aid you, my PRSD8 cohort, as you prepare to write your Level 1 exam.

Getting Started

Incognito Window. The exam will ask you to take your exam in an Incognito window. To find such, click on the 3 dots/timbits on the far right side of your Chrome browser. If your device doesn't have an incognito window, use a "New Window" and be sure yous are logged out of all other Google accounts in your other windows.

The exam will remind you to "Pivot your Tab" with the exam questions. Please do this! You will come back to this tab repeatedly, and if it is not pinned, chances are loftier that you will accidentally shut this important tab. Alternately, if yous have a double screen, put the exam questions/scenarios on one screen and your Google Drive on a 2d screen.

You volition be given a Google Account for the examination. It will have its own Google Drive with pre-fabricated documents already in information technology. You lot will need to be able to observe and access these documents during the exam.

  • If the Google Drive doesn't open in a tab when you press the link you are given, remember that you tin type "google" in your omni box, and that will go y'all to a page with the waffle/apps launcher.
  • If a file that they ask y'all to admission isn't visible in your test Google Drive, type the file name into the Google Bulldoze search bar.

Employ Your Time Wisely

Like any multiple option test, if y'all spend more than two minutes deliberating on an respond, place it as one that you need to come back to and move on. If you have to brand a guess on a multiple option question in a time crunch at the end of the exam, it will toll y'all fewer points than missing unabridged practical questions that you didn't have time for. And be sure to read instructions carefully. For example, if you tin can choose more than than one answer, does it tell you how many items you need to pick? Read carefully.

Once you are on the practical part of the exam, simply put, practise what the exam asks for: no more.

  • For instance, on my get-go failed try, when a question asked most creating some Google Slides, I inverse backgrounds and fonts and embellished in other ways that were not required. I probably spent 15 minutes on a job that should take taken 5. This is how I failed the exam! I was reminded of this faux pas on my recertification effort.
  • Another case: when asked to etch an email, I wrote a detailed paragraph (or perhaps fifty-fifty more)! A sentence would take sufficed. My technical skills in G-mail service, not my writing skills were being judged. Another 10 minutes gone instead of the 3 minutes it should have taken.
  • If you are stumped on a task, or there is a skill you are shaky on, marker it to "review later". This will give you an opportunity to complete the skills that you lot are confident in while there is time, and let you come dorsum to those "shaky" tasks at the end of the exam. That way, should you run brusque of fourth dimension, you volition have completed all the tasks that you are strong at and missed only those that yous may non have been successful at anyways.

Time-saving tips

  • Cut and paste: document titles, scripts…
  • Consider duplicating slides, rows in Sheets, or questions in Forms and editing rather than recreating.
  • Practice what the directions ask with minimal embellishment. This test is not looking for creativity or cute communication skills, but technical ability.

Other considerations

  • The pre-test questions volition enquire how you lot prepared for this certification exam. If yous are from PRSD8, chose something close to District-Led Professional Development
  • You will be asked to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure-Agreement). To salve yourself time and stress on exam 24-hour interval, read the NDA beforehand. It will be linked in the e-mail you receive with your exam login information or found on the exam FAQ page.
  • The pre-examination questions and fix practise not count as part of your exam time. When you are setting aside your 3 hours for writing the examination, be sure to include an extra fifteen minutes or so for exam fix-up procedures.
  • From the moment that you starting time the actual examination, there is a countdown clock that is ever visible on the exam question page. Be aware of it, but don't allow information technology stress you out.

You're set for this!

Something else to consider – creating a bibliography in Google Docs: