A collection of helpful tips and ideas

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Two new Chrome browser updates include tab groups and tab search features.

Tab Groups:

If you are researching and have lots of open tabs, you can organize them into groups by naming and color-coding the tab group. For a streamlined view of your open tabs, you can either keep the group open or collapse it.

Tab Search:

Once you have organized tabs into groups, you can search the tab group to quickly find it among your open tabs. This comes in very handy when playing a video and you need to quickly stop the music!

See the image on the right for the how-to.

Use your Apple ID to create an account and join this professional-learning hub designed for educators! Formerly known as the Apple Teacher website, enhancements include the following:

• Foundational Skills

  • +120 self-paced lessons to help gain proficiency with built-in iPad and/or Mac apps

  • Hands-on tutorials

  • Earn badges along the way to become a designated Apple Teacher

• Monthly Professional Development Calendar with Apple Learning Specialists

  • Free, virtual opportunities to brush up on new ways iPad supports teaching & learning

  • Tuesdays & Thursdays, approx. 60 min, offered twice daily

• Free, 30-minute virtual coaching sessions by Apple Learning Specialists

  • Context of teaching & Learning

• Lesson Integration

  • Discover new ways to enhance teaching and learning by integrating iPad, Mac, and apps into the lessons you teach every day.

  • Fun and easy activities, project guides, and inspiring ideas to help you make more meaningful learning experiences for your students.

• Apple Teachers in Action

  • Discover stories from the field, with inspiration for new projects, and real lesson examples from certified Apple Teachers

• Forum

  • Global private space to connect, discuss, and share

  • Variety of education-related subjects

    • Teaching & Learning

    • Coaching

    • Leadership

    • Deployment

• Link: https://education.apple.com/en

Before finals, make sure your Notability notes are backing up to your students@loy.org Google Drive app so you don't lose any important notes you will need studying for finals! See page 2 of the guide below for details.

Once finals are over, show some love to the iPad that has served you so well! The end of the school year is a great time to set aside a half-hour to do some housekeeping on your iPad. The clean-up guide will also walk you through some other important tasks to ensure your iPad is ready for the next school year.

From the Ed-Tech Guru, Steve Wick, comes a clever way to introduce mindfulness to his students. Check out his blog post on this Google Slides strategy.

https://rechargelearning.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-year-of-mindful-monday-quotes.html

The Chrome browser, both desktop and mobile versions, now has a time-saving QR-Code generator built into the Omnibox tools. Simply click or tap the share arrow and select the "Create QR Code" option. Once created, the scannable QR Code is available for immediate use, such as if being projected in the classroom, or you can download the file to share later.

Another recently updated Google feature is for links in Slides and Docs. Now with a simple click, a hyperlink can become the linked site's title. Previously, this was easy to accomplish with a few clicks, but this new feature will save you time.

Instead of your copied link looking like this . . .

https://www.goramblers.org

. . . click on the live link to open the dialog box and select Yes. Your link will be transformed into Text.

To summarize the process:

1. Copy the url from a website.

2. Create or open a Google Doc or Slide Deck.

3. Past the link (Ctrl-V). You may need to add a space after pasting or hit enter after pasting to make the link live.

4. Click the live (blue) link to open the dialog box and click Yes to Replace URL with its title.

Quick Notes

Quickly jot down information over any app or screen on iPad with this new feature. You can add handwriting, links, Safari highlights, tags, and mentions. When you highlight text in Safari or add a link from an app, you see a Quick Note thumbnail when you next visit the site. since it contextually remembers where you have been! Quick Notes are stored in the Notes app, under the Quick Notes folder. Check out a brief tour in the video. More information here: https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/create-quick-notes-anywhere-on-ipad-ipad5d91fd88/15.0/ipados/15.0

Blackbaud has released some great new changes to streamline assignments and gradebook. Watch the video below for a closer look at the new features.

Do you find it frustrating to work on two tasks at the same time on the iPad? Try the split-screen feature! Luke Davidson, Class of 2024, created the quick video below to get you going. Please share with your students.

The Zoom video-conferencing platform can be accessed through a browser or the iPad app. Information on signing into Zoom through your Loyola Google account, personalizing your meeting features, and getting the most out of recordings can be found in the buttons below.

Chrome Omnibox Search Tools