The company behind the Voice Comments tool for Google Docs has updated their tool to include more features and to improve others. The tool has been greatly improved and should be a lot easier to use. The video below shows exactly how to use the new tool but you can also go to this site…
If you want students to be able to view each other’s work during a class, there is a good number of ways to do this. Which way works best for you will depend on your background in using the tools and what tools you already use. One easy way is to use a Google Form…
Ames High School is starting our 1 to 1 initiative with a major change, no more Microsoft Office products. Instead of Word, our students will be using Google Docs or LibreOffice. This is going to be a big change for some but for many this should not be a big difference because the tools are…
You can access your Google Drive files while offline if you follow the steps below. The steps were posted by Google at (https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375012?hl=en&ref_topic=2375002). Set up offline access Follow these steps to enable offline access on your computer. Keep in mind that offline access is available only when you’re using Chrome or a Chrome OS device. If you…
1. Make sure you are logged into your google account. 2. Go to maps.google.com 3. Click on “my places” 4. Click on “create map” 5. Give your map a title and a description. 6. Select “public” or “unlisted”, if you are using this for a class and do not want everyone else…
Setting Up and Using Your Apple TV – Computer In order for you to use your Apple TV in the classroom there are a few steps you must complete and then you will be able to wireless project what is on your computer onto the screen. To use Airplay on your laptop, you need…
There is a key feature to Google Drive that not many people take advantage of. Similar to Dropbox.com you can have a folder on your computer that contains all of your files in your Google Drive that is updated when the files are updated online. Your files will be stored and be accessible in the…
If you are not comfortable using spreadsheets and running scripts to create shared folders with your students, there is another simpler way. It helps if you do this at the beginning of a class or at least all together as a class so you can help people who get stuck. Once they share a folder…
An easy way to have students turn in work (besides Google Drive or Moodle) is to have them upload it to your Dropbox.com account. Students will just need a web address and password and they could then upload their files into your Dropbox so that you have them. Steps Create a Dropbox.com account. Go…
Using Ad Hoc Filters in Infinite Campus you can create a file that contains all of the email addresses for students in your classes. Follow the directions in the video to create a file that you can then use to create email lists, use scripts like doctopus or gclassfolders or any other tool where you…
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