Learn how to automatically generate a link within your Google Classroom for easy access by you and your students.
Also learn important information about using Screencastify to record your Meet session.
Chrome Incognito Window
Use an incognito window in the Chrome browser when you are on someone else's device to keep from installing your account on their device.
Change the order of your favorites and remove text if you need more space.
Pin your frequently used extensions to your Chrome bar.
Upload your files from your H drive (or any other location)
to Google Drive using Drive Filestream.
If you have multiple files to share with a person or a group, create a folder and change the sharing settings on that folder. Any files placed in that folder will automatically be shared.
If you would like a file to show up in multiple folders within your Google Drive, shift-Z will help you do this.
When you share a Google file with someone and you want them to make a copy of it, you can force them to make a copy.
Insert an image into a Google slide or a Google Doc directly from the webcam.
Easily add citations and a Works Cited page to any Google Doc
You can share a Form with a colleague and force them to make a copy of it so their data will be in a separate location.
Move all your previous week's lessons down to the bottom of your classwork by creating an Archived Topic.
Make it easy on students by inviting them, then all they need to do is click the "Join" button.
Learn how you can show just a short segment of a youtube or Google Drive video.
Edit Master slides to create digital lessons for your students.
Create a Drag and Drop activity using Google slides
Add text boxes with the "Click to add Text" already in them.
Did you "make a copy for every student" only to have a student delete one or more slides from the original file? You can replace it for them following these steps.
Do you want to update the slides file you already gave your students using "Make a copy for every student"? Alice Keeler has created a script that allows this. Follow the steps in the video using the spreadsheet she has linked to her blog post.
Automatically update a Google Sheet with data from another Google Sheet file.
Jamboard is a FREE digital whiteboard app. You can draw with it. Add images. Insert text. Share easily. What makes it different? Knowing that can help you use it effectively. In this video, you'll see what's special about Jamboard and how you can use it in class.
How do you use Jamboard with students? There are LOTS of ways. In this video, I'll share my top 3 ways for using it in a classroom. These work whether you're teaching face to face or remotely, whether you're teaching young students, older students, or adult learners.
It's easy to make your own activities in Jamboard and share them with students. It just takes three steps. In this video, I'll walk you through the three steps to creating Jamboard templates to assign to students. You'll be making your own templates for your students in no time.
Jamboard is an empty canvas. You start with blank frames and can create whatever you and your students need. But what do you create? And how do you do it? Some guidance, creativity, and inspiration can do the trick. In this video, I'll share how you can do more with Jamboard.