Classwize gives classroom control back to teachers by providing them with screen visibility and control of all devices in class and personal devices (as long as the student is logged into their school account).

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With all the downloading, videos, documents, etc. that we have been doing for remote teaching, your computer is probably getting rather full. Here is how to check your computer storage

This video shows you how to access a sharable URL that will make a Google Slide in Present Mode only. By using this, you can give students access to your slides without having them to see the whole Google Slide by sharing it with them.

Nimbus is a video and screen capture extension that was added to all staff and student accounts.

Use Nimbus to annotate on screen shots and uploaded images.

You can turn on a setting in Zoom to enable Closed Captions during your live sessions.

We are excited to announce that Jamboard is now available for staff and students to use. Jamboard is a Google App located in the gray Google "waffle". It is an interactive digital whiteboard made for easy collaboration.

This is a 2 for 1 video! Learn how to use this free choice board template and how to share your Google Slides with students in present mode. Don't forget to click the button bellow to grab a copy of a free Choice Board Template. From your copy, you can edit and make it your own!

Shotcut is a video editing application that has been pushed out to all teacher devices. The sky's the limit with what we can do with our videos using Shotcut to edit them. However, here is a quick tutorial on how to access the application, upload a video and trip the video for your desired needs.

You can locate all work assigned to individual students within the People tab on Google Classroom. From there, you can email their summary with an attached messaged.

Let's add our students' guardians to Google Classroom for them to receive email summaries about what assignments their child is missing, coming due and special announcements.

With a little setting change, you (students) can hear full pages read aloud with Chromebook’s built-in screen reader or hear parts of a page, including specific words, read aloud with Select-to-speak. Watch the video below to learn more and click HERE for more information.

Within Google Forms, you can use conditional questioning to send respondents to specific pages based on their answers. Watch this video below to learn more about how to create branches within Google Forms.

Learn how to export student rosters from Skyward to an Excel Spreadsheet. From there, this video will show you how to transfer rosters to Google Sheets.

Watch this video to see how to add more printers to your staff device. All you need to remember is \\print and you're good to go!

Gopher Buddy is an extension on all Chromebooks that allow updates from the IT Department to trickle down into the device. If a student logs into a Chromebook and sees a red gopher icon, that student can click on it to get the current update. Also, as a teacher or administrator, you can log into any Chromebook to look at relevant information such as which cart the Chromebook belongs to, the last users who signed into the device and their logged time.

Learn how to edit progress reports in Skyward to fit your needs.

Get your class involved when you present in your classroom and provide opportunities for student voice and feedback with Nearpod.com. Watch this video to see how teachers and students are using Nearpod to engage and collaborate.

To assist you with integrating the Washington State and Colville School District's adopted Educational Technology Standards, an online Ed Tech Professional Learning platform is being offered. This PD opportunity will be available to you until May 1st and will provide up to 14 clock hours. Watch this video to learn how to access the Ed Tech Professional Learning Google Classroom.

This video demonstrates how to Archive a Google Classroom once it is no longer in use. Also, it shows you how to make a copy of a Google Classroom so that the content can be used from year to year with edits/changes as needed. To do this, a "classwork" page is necessary and this video walks you through the steps.

If you have a Google Classroom, then check out this great Google Extension! If installed, you can push content to your students instantly or create assignments in Google Classroom from a webpage. Watch the video to learn how to add the extension and see how it works.

Watch this video to learn how to convert an email into a Google Calendar event while transferring important information as well as invited members automatically.

This video will show you how to download a Google Doc, Sheet, Slide, etc. into different file types. All file types can be stored on you Google Drive.

Watch this video to see how to add the EDS widget to your Skyward home page. From this tutorial, you will be able to easily access your OSPI EDS login for uploading clock hours, renewing your certificate, viewing your profile and more.

Watch this video to learn how to upload and edit videos within Google Slides. This will allow you to customize videos utilized in presentations in the classroom as well as pushed out to students in Google Classroom.

Located in the font drop down menu on Google Doc is a long list of fonts that can be added to your customized font list. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to create, customize and add fonts for Google Docs.

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This video will show you how to create a bookmark on Google Chrome, how to make new bookmark folders for organization as well as how to delete/manage old bookmarks that are cluttering your bar.

If you've ever wished to use a keyboard shortcut instead of using the mouse or the top toolbar, you can find a list of all keyboard shortcuts by simultaneously clicking "ctrl + /".

Accidentally delete a file on your google Drive?! Don't worry, there is a way to retrieve previously deleted documents. Watch this video to learn how to restore files that have been deleted from My Drive and/or a Team Drive. You can also CLICK HERE to read more information.

Instead of adding a long URL hyperlink to your document, you can add a direct link using text. Watch this short video to see how you can change the look of your documents. You can also CLICK HERE for more information!

In this video session, we will look at two key functions in Google Calendar: adding a coworker's calendar and creating an event as well as inviting coworkers to it. For a full walk through of Google Calendar you can reach out to Ed Tech with questions and/or CLICK HERE for more information.

Using the Explore tool allows you to search the web, images and your Google Drive without even leaving the document you are working on. This tools is available in Google Doc, Sheets and Slides. To read more about this feature, CLICK HERE and/or watch the short video from Ed Tech.

Below is a short video on how to log into your Google Account using your school district email and how to utilize the "waffle" to quickly locate Google Apps. Please contact us if you need assistance logging into your account or have forgotten your password; we'd love to help!

Your school district Google Account has an app called Google Drive. This is a place for you to house your documents so that you can access them anytime, anywhere and on any device. Watch this video below to learn the basics of Google Drive. A cheat sheet about the basic layout and functions of Google Drive is available for free download by CLICKING HERE. If you have any questions or want to know more about Google Drive, please reach out to Ed Tech!

Did you know that you can turn on closed captioning in YouTube for your learners to be able to read while watching a video? You can also change the language of your closed caption for easy translations to meet the needs of different learners. To learn how to utilize these features on YouTube, watch the quick video below!

Watch the short video below to learn how to set up a Team Drive that promotes and supports collaboration across the board. A cheat sheet is also available for free download by CLICKING HERE.