EdTech Tip of the Week

Scanner Bee tutorial.mov

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...

  1. take a screenshot of a mark scheme stored in Google Drive
  2. add an image to an EE canvas
  3. add an audio recording to an EE canvas to model a process
  4. 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.

iDoceo gradebook.mov

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.

Pupil billing and trip registers.mov

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.mp4

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.

Extract marks from GClassroom.webm

Using Google Keep and Google Classroom to provide feedback

Learn how to use Google Keep and Google Classroom to provide whole class feedback.

G Keep & Classroom feedback.mov

Add a folder in Google Drive

Digital Leader, Leo Li, shows you how to add folders in Google Drive to help keep files organised.

Add folder to Google Drive LLi.MOV

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.

Do not disturb and control centre.mov

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.

Multitasking on the iPad.mov

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.

Using CheckMark.webm

Printing comments in Google Docs

This week’s tip shows you how to print comments in Google Docs.


GDocs print comments.mp4

Beginners guide to Popplet

This week’s tip comes courtesy of Mathias Milki who has produced a beginners guide to using mindmapping app Popplet.

Popplet MM.mp4

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.

Extracting a student report from iDoceo.mov

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.

Quizlet EScott.mp4

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.

Create PDF in Safari.mov

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.

Student submissions GC

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.

Keep - Grab Text.mp4

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

G Suite Training.mp4

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.

Marking work using Google tools.webm

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).

email keyboard.mov

Embed YouTube videos in Google Slides

How to embed a section of a YouTube video into Slides.

Embed YouTube segment in Slides.webm