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If you would like to have the available shortcuts for Google Drive available for you while in Drive, you can have them pop-up two ways (of course you can always select the setting gear and then Keyboard Shortcuts - but hey - that really isn't a shortcut is it?)
Take care,
Brad
Classroomscreen is an amazing online tool that allows you to "display the instructions for your lesson in a clear and visual way. Choose from over 13 widgets to support your class activities and help students get to work."
A new tool available to you is Group Maker (you can make 3 lists for free). Each list has the ability to have up to 100 names.
When you select Group Maker and choose your list you can then adjust how many groups or how many students in each group.
Once your groups are created you have the option to move student names from one group to another as well as the ability to create exclusions in which certain students will not be grouped with other ones.
Embedded below is a 2 minute and 12 second YouTube tutorial.
Take care,
Brad
If you are playing a video and would like to see captions appear on your device you can now enable that with a solution already built into Chrome.
If you are playing a video, look into the upper right of your screen (next to extensions) and you will see something that looks like the image below (looks like a musical note with three lines).
If you have the news and interests popup keep coming up (especially teachers) and would like to remove it - simply right click on the weather and remove.
Embedded below is a 23 second YouTube tutorial.
Take care,
Brad
With Google recently adding the Watermark feature to Google Docs - click here for tutorial - I thought it would be a nice reminder on how to add a watermark in Microsoft Word.
This is a nice feature as you can send home a document to families with a watermark of your choice, you can send docs to others with your watermark on it, etc.
Embedded below is a 1 minute and 15 second YouTube tutorial.
Google recently added the Watermark feature to Google Docs. This is a nice feature as you can send home a document to families with a watermark of your choice, you can send docs to others with your watermark on it, etc.
Embedded below is a 2 minute and 23 second YouTube tutorial.
Take care,
Brad
If you / your child / your students would like to adjust the size of the cursor when using the extension Custom Cursor - simply choose the extension and top right choose cursor size (looks like a paper airplane). My friend's daughter showed me this yesterday. Thank you Felicity!!! 😃
If you would like to learn more about a Chromebook or a few tips, check out Google Chromebook Simulator. This is a great tool if you are thinking about purchasing a Chromebook or have a few questions about a Chromebook.
You can see the different categories in the embedded picture below.
In the district where I work we have recently moved to Office 365. One of the most commonly asked questions is how to remove emails from being sorted into Focused and Other.
While there are other ways to solve the issue at hand - here is one.
In the middle of your presentation
Ever have people telling you that an email you sent from OWA (Office 365) is coming up in cursive font when they view on their phone? Try changing your default font style to something other than Comic Sans.
Embedded below is a 1 minute and 34 second YouTube tutorial.
Take care,
Brad
If you use Google Docs and would like to print out the comments that exist on the document try the following steps.
Make sure to go to file,A number of people have reached out recently about the fact that anytime they try to open a PDF directly from Google Drive, it opens in Kami.
This can be a little frustrating, especially if all you want to do is download it to your computer. Conversely, you may also want to force Kami to open from Drive. In order to accomplish either one simply enter into Google DriveA nice new feature in Google Drive is the ability to block specific users. This prevents people from sharing unwanted files with you. If you use Drive for work or school, you can not block them if they are in your domain.
In order to prevent them simply right-click a file they shared with you, and choose Block.
If you blocked them by mistake, or would like to see the users you have blocked...
If you have ever been frustrated because Dark Mode was somehow enabled on your computer here are a few possible solutions.
1. I am on a Windows based device. If you go into your settings, then select personalization, colors, scroll down and choose your default app mode to be light.In Google Maps it is very simple to change your vehicle. Simply select the blue circle with the white triangle and you will see three three options (red, green, and yellow vehicles).
Also, if you would like to add a report, simply select the circle with a plus on the right-hand side. There you will see options to add a report for the following: crash, speed trap, slowdown, construction, lane closure, stalled vehicle, and object on road.Ever use Google Maps and find the compass is showing you the actual cardinal directions, but you want it easier to see what driving direction to go? If so - simply look on the right hand side for the compass (on my phone it was the second from the bottom). 😀
Embedded below is a 23 second YouTube tutorial.
Bookmarks in Docs are just like a bookmark that you would use to mark your place in a book. You use bookmarks to mark a location in a document so that you can quickly find and jump back to it. This is quite helpful, especially when you may have lots of documents to read/edit.
Another use would be to allow you or your readers to jump to a specific part in the doc itself. To do this:
Insert a bookmark at the specific part of your doc
Click on the bookmark
Right click where it says link
Copy the URL and place it in your document.
Embedded below is a 1 minute and 45 second YouTube tutorial.
Take care,
Brad
