Find a website you want to print or save to a PDF - try the Print Friendly & PDF extension

If you find a website that you would like to print - the extension Print Friendly & PDF extension is a great one.

Below is a screenshot from the creators of the extension, followed by a GIF on what it looks like, and followed by an embedded YouTube video that gives more description.

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2 minute YouTube video explaining Print Friendly & PDF extension

Hope you enjoyed. Tomorrow will be an extension to translate your webpage for you.

Take care!

Brad

How to add Apps, Games, Extensions, and Themes in Google Chrome.

If you have not checked out the Google Chrome Web Store - you should. It has a lot of amazing features. Over the next week I will be highlighting some for you. In today's post I will be showing you just how to access the Chrome Web Store.

You can access the Google Chrome Web Store by clicking here or by clicking on the Google Apps shortcut (if you have it available on your screen).

If you do not have the shortcut -watch the GIF below - right click underneath your url box (Omnibox as Google calls it) and check Show Apps Shortcut.

In case it was difficult to see in the upper-right hand corner of my screen is the shortcut and it looks like this.

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To add an App or Extension simply click on the Web Store and you will see a list of Apps, Games, Extensions, and Themes. See picture below.

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Watch the below to see the steps to see how easy it is to get to the store. You will see some of the Apps that I have installed a few seconds in.

See you tomorrow with an extension that will "turn off the lights" when watching a video on YouTube.

Thanks for watching!

What are extensions on Google Chrome and can I have a list of some popular ones?

Hello everyone,

The use a lot of figurative language has helped a lot when trying to help others get a deeper understanding of a topic. 

So, when trying to help others understand what an extension is, I like to think of an extension ladder. While a regular old ladder is good for most tasks, every once in awhile, a good ole' extension ladder helps me get the whole job done. It allows me to reach places I just couldn't with that 6' ladder. The same thing can be said about extensions on Google Chrome, they help to add more features and functionality to get the job done right. 

While there are thousands of extensions, here are just a few that I have written down.

Here is a link to 100+ apps and extensions by Kasey Bell. She has a lot of great ideas.

Readability 841,334 users  - Turns any web page into a clean view for reading now or later on your computer, smartphone, or tablet

Awesome Screenshot - 1,011,704 users -  Screen captures any part of a web page, can blur sensitive information, and can download image to Google Drive.

Screencastify - 1,604,465 users -Probably my favorite extension. Very simple to use - just press record

 and it will start taping your screen. Will store videos on Drive - or directly to YouTube.

Goo.gl - 796,289 users Ever have a website that is just entirely too long to either share in an e-mail or with your 

students? Simply use this extension to shorten that URL.

Text Mode - 44,572 users This extension will allow you to take out all video and 99% of adds on webpages 

and just focus in on the text on the screen.

Tab Resize - 274,099 users Allows users to split the screen layout to display multiple tabs in one tiled view.

Save as PDF - 281,359 users Allows users to download web pages to PDF form with just one click.

Turn off the Lights - 1,419,034 users - The webpage will literally fade to dark and you can watch the video as if you were at the movies.

Save to Drive  - 2,181,301 users Helps you save web content or screenshots to your Google Drive.

Google Translate - 6,118,447 users - Translates either a full web page or just a certain section that you would like translated into another language.

Sticky Notes - 369,829 users will leave sticky notes "post-its" on your desktop. 

More extensions will be added along the way!

Print Friendly & PDF - 1,040 users - Removes ads, navigation, and "junk" before you print from a website.

Thanks for reading!

Brad