Tech Tips Archive
12/10/20 - Today's tech tip is about Meet connectivity with students. I would recommend you watch this highly informative and tip-worthy 4-minute video. It discusses the importance of removing all students from your Google Meet before you end the meeting. If you fail to do so, students can still join the Meet because other participants are in the meeting room.
12/8/20 - Today's tech tip covers the difference between signing out of and powering off your Chromebook. While both are viable ways to take a break from working or to give your device a rest, it is best practice to turn off your device completely if you are not using it. This will best preserve the battery life of our small yet powerful friend. Clicking the link above will point you to a quick and educational video that explains what to look for. In the picture below, you want to be clicking the power icon underlined in red. Pressing this will commence the shut down sequence.
12/3/20 - Today's tech tip covers bookmarks and the bookmarks bar in Google Chrome. This gripping 2 minute video covers the simplicity of using these great tools. Simply click-drag from the left side of the URL you want to bookmark. Once you click, drag into your bookmarks bar and let go. Then right click and select Edit to rename the bookmark. Keep it empty to use just the website icon if, available.
12/1/20 - Today's tech tip is about timers and alarm clocks. There is nothing more satisfying than helping your students or colleagues be on time. You can utilize these two free alarm clock websites: https://onlinealarmkur.com/en/ and https://setalarmclock.net/ .
If you are looking for ways to set a timer, then use Google Chrome to begin a timer instantly. If you go to the Google webpage (or URL bar if you're in Google Chrome) you can search "start a timer" and Google will prepare a timer for you. Click the timer to change it for adjust your search "start a timer for X minutes" to start it faster.
These are great tools to set alarms, but they will only work for you while the computer is active. This means if the computer is asleep or powered off, then the alarm clock websites will not work. This also applies to apps and extensions that you might use in Google Chrome.
11/24/20 - Today's tip is Reply vs Reply All in Gmail. What's the difference and when to use one or the other? There isn't a definitive answer, but a good rule of thumb is: if the rest of the group on the email needs to see your response, use Reply All. If your response just needs to be seen by the sender, use Reply. Differentiating between when to use these will help reduce irrelevant emails and threads appearing in inboxes for other users. Additionally, it will also streamline communication as direct replies will get to the original sender directly. You will always see these buttons on the bottom of any email sent to more than one person. If it's a direct email, you will only see reply. You can watch this gripping 3-minute video that covers the concepts.