Bookmark Folders
Do you have way too many bookmarked web pages? Want to better organize your browser experience? Bookmark folders 📁 are the solution! Create folders based on bookmark functions, categories, or themes.
The Steps:
Click on the More three dot menu to the far right of your Chrome URL bar
Scroll to Bookmarks, then select Bookmarks Manager
Click on the More three dot menu to the far right of the Bookmarks Manager page
Select Add new folder 📁. Name your new folder and click save.
Bookmarked pages can now be sorted into your categorical folders 📁
TIP: Bookmarked website can be alphabetized by using the “Sort by name” function in the Bookmark Manager. Click on the three dot menu in the far right to find that feature.
Paint Format Tool
Save time and effort when formatting text by using the paint formatting tool (the paint brush icon). Font style, color, size, and boldness can all be copied over without having to click four different menus.
The Steps:
Highlight the text that is formatted in the way you want to copy
Click on the paint roller icon (double click if you want to format multiple sections)
“Roll” the black paint roller icon over the text that you want to inherit the original text properties
TIP: you can also highlight font and use the keyboard shortcuts Ctlr + Alt + C to copy text format and Ctlr + Alt + V to paste text format
Group Objects
You can group multiple objects together to behave like a single object 👨👩👧👦. When grouped together, objects will move at the same time as well as have the ability to be resized together.
The Steps:
Arrange the individual objects together
Click on a space outside the new grouping and drag your mouse across all the objects. Each object should be surrounded in blue, indicating that it has been selected for edits.
Click on the “Arrange” menu
Scroll down to select “Group”
You have the ability to ungroup if you no longer wish to have the objects move together.
TIP: to delete several slide elements at once, use the same process used above to select multiple objects. When the objects are surrounded in blue, delete.
Response Validation
You can add rules to your Google Forms to ensure that respondents include the type of information you're trying to gather. For example, if I want students to answer a short answer question with a numerical statistic, I can add a number response validation rule to the question. Students will not be able to submit an answer that does not include a number.
Response validation is only available with short answer, paragraph, and checkbox question types. Each of those question types have unique response validation rules.
TIP: The best way to experiment with response validation is to create questions with response validation rules applied and then preview your Google Form. Try submitting wrong and right answers to see if adjustments need to be made to the validation rules.
Puzzle Party
Have a puzzle party courtesy of Google Arts & Culture! Choose from hundreds of art works and three levels of difficulty. The best part: students can collaborate virtually to complete the puzzle by using multiplayer mode! Simply share the link generated when multiplayer mode is selected. 🧩