EdTech Tip of the Week
Scanner Bee Tutorial
Turn images into a single PDF file using the Scanner Bee app and the iPad camera.
Compare documents in Google Docs
Use the 'compare documents' tool in Google Docs to assess plagiarism suspicions.
Today View in iOS13
Short tutorial to show you how to access, pin and edit the Today View window in iOS13
Priority & Workspaces in Google Drive
An introduction to the new priority tab and workspaces feature in Google Drive.
Modelling using Explain Everything
Shows you how to...
- take a screenshot of a mark scheme stored in Google Drive
- add an image to an EE canvas
- add an audio recording to an EE canvas to model a process
- export from EE to Google Drive
Using Doctopus and Goobric to provide feedback on student work
Doctopus is a tool that connects your assessment rubric with student work submitted via Google Classroom. It helps to support the feedback process.
Google Docs Template Gallery
This week’s edtech tip of the week shows you how to access the new Google Docs template gallery. This will grow over time but currently includes templates relating to revision and visible thinking routines.
Gradebook features in iDoceo
This week’s EdTech Tip of the Week shows you how to use some of the features of the iDoceo Gradebook to help track student assessment data and inform report writing.
Sparkline in Google Sheets
This video will show you how to add a trend line (known as sparkline) in Google Sheets.
Search in Google Drive iOS
A few tips on how to search in the Google Drive iOS app.
Speed up the trip administration process
This week’s tip shows you how to speed up the trip administration process. You will see how to extract student numbers (for billing), contact and medical information from Evolve. Also, you will also see how to use Google Sheets to help take registers, if required, using your iPad while out on a trip.
Search in Google Drive (1)
Find out ways to speed up your search in Google Drive.
Grammarly Chrome Extension
How to add the Grammarly checker to Chrome. Grammarly will make spelling and grammar suggestions whenever you type something into a browser, including Google Docs and Slides. Recommended for report writing; simply type your reports in Google Docs and then copy and paste into SIMS.
Screen Time in iOS12
Reflect on personal usage of your device and ask students to do the same. You will also find out how to see what you are doing and when, and set down time and app usage limits.
Change name in Google profile
Copy marks from Google Classroom into a Google Sheet
If you add marks to assignments in Google Classrooms Google will automatically save these to a spreadsheet and compute student and class averages for every assignment you set.
Using Google Keep and Google Classroom to provide feedback
Learn how to use Google Keep and Google Classroom to provide whole class feedback.
Add a folder in Google Drive
Digital Leader, Leo Li, shows you how to add folders in Google Drive to help keep files organised.
Do not disturb and customising your control centre on the iPad
This week’s tip shows you how to use the do not disturb function on your iPad. Very useful if you ‘mirror’ from your iPad during a lesson. The do not disturb feature will block any notification pop ups - that way Netflix won’t reveal your ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ binge scheduled for 8pm that evening.
Bonus round - learn how to customise your control centre.
Multitasking on the iPad
This week’s tip shows you how to multitask while using your iPad. Use the split view or slide over features to take notes while reading the internet or check email while monitoring your class in Apple Classroom, for example.
Using CheckMark to speed up marking using Google Docs
CheckMark is a Google Chrome extension that enables teaches to create coded shortcuts to longer comment statements. For those that mark via Google Docs, this is a great time saver.
Printing comments in Google Docs
This week’s tip shows you how to print comments in Google Docs.
Beginners guide to Popplet
This week’s tip comes courtesy of Mathias Milki who has produced a beginners guide to using mindmapping app Popplet.
Exporting a gradebook report from iDoceo
This week’s tip shows you how to export a report from your gradebook in iDoceo. I often distribute a copy at parents evening, so that parents have a full assessment profile for the academic year to date. Reports are exported as a PDF file and are easy to print.
Creating a study set in Quizlet
This week’s tip is courtesy of Digital Leader, Edward Scott. Find out how to create study sets in Quizlet - great for helping students to learn key terminology.
Web page to pdf
This week’s tip shows you how to turn a web page into a pdf, which you can then store in GDrive and then share with students via GClassroom.
Tracking student submissions in Google Classroom
Get an overview of a student’s submissions to your Google Classroom course. Useful if you would like to see what work is outstanding, has been handed in late, or previously allocated marks. Furthermore, you can easily access previously submitted work . This feature also works in the same way using the browser version of Google Classroom.
Grab text in Google Keep
This week’s tip shows you how to ‘grab’ text from a source using the Keep app. You can then insert editable text directly into Google Docs. Really useful if you want to use text from a printed source, such as a newspaper or book. Click on the image below to watch the video tutorial.
G Suite Training tool
This week’s video shows you how to install G Suite Training, an application that provides short tutorials for all G Suite tools
Feedback via Google Classroom
This week’s EdTech Tip of the Week shows you how to set an assignment and provided feedback via Google Classroom and Google Docs.
iPad keyboard shortcut
Save time typing your email address on your iPad by adding a keyboard shortcut (this tip is worth sharing with your tutees).
Embed YouTube videos in Google Slides
How to embed a section of a YouTube video into Slides.