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Meet
Using Google Meet
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
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.
Bookmarks and Extensions
Change the order of your favorites and remove text if you need more space.
Where are the Extensions?
Pin your frequently used extensions to your Chrome bar.
Drive
H Drive to Google Drive
Upload your files from your H drive (or any other location)
to Google Drive using Drive Filestream.
Set Sharing Settings on Folders
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.
Shift - Z Trick
If you would like a file to show up in multiple folders within your Google Drive, shift-Z will help you do this.
Making Copies
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.
Google Docs
Insert Picture from Camera
Insert an image into a Google slide or a Google Doc directly from the webcam.
Change the Orientation of a Single Page
Works Cited Tool in Docs
Easily add citations and a Works Cited page to any Google Doc
Google Forms
Sharing a Google Form
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.
Google Classroom
Stay Organized! Use Topics!
Using Google Meet in Classroom
Students Turning in Assignments
"Archiving" Lessons
Move all your previous week's lessons down to the bottom of your classwork by creating an Archived Topic.
Inviting Students to Classroom
Make it easy on students by inviting them, then all they need to do is click the "Join" button.
Slides
Inserting Video into Slides
Learn how you can show just a short segment of a youtube or Google Drive video.
Using PDF's in Slides
Edit Master slides to create digital lessons for your students.
Recording and Adding Audio to Slides
Master Slide - Lock Images/Text on Slides
Create a Drag and Drop activity using Google slides
Add Text Place Holders
Add text boxes with the "Click to add Text" already in them.
Insert an image using a Webcam
Replace a Deleted Slide in a Student Copy
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.
Push New Slides to a File Already in GC
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.
Sheets
ImportRange Function
Automatically update a Google Sheet with data from another Google Sheet file.
Jamboard
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.