Diane Kinder, Jillian McCoy, Lindsay Buchanan, Allea Durham
Susan Higginbotham, Angie Patrick, Leanna Collins, Tamitha Durham
Laura Blevins, Marci Payne, Savannah Shupe, Beth Mullins
(Not pictured: Michelle Brown & Shayna McGinnis)
Welcome to mote: the first Chrome extension that lets you easily add voice comments and feedback to shared documents and assignments.
Mote is integrated into Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets, as well as Google Classroom, for easy recording and playback. You can create voice notes for any website or application using the 'motepad' within the mote Chrome extension menu - simply click on the browser icon to access. Use mote to add voice notes to Google Slides! Mote supports transcription in more than 20 world languages, including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Arabic.
Mote for teachers:
Ask students questions and provide feedback, quickly and with the feeling of human connection. Whether you're at home or in the classroom, mote helps educators and students to stay connected. Add voice comments within Google Classroom's Stream and Private Comments views, as well as within Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets. Record and insert audio comments within Google Slides - simply click on the mote icon within the Google Slides browser bar to insert your audio.
Mote for students:
Students are now welcome to use mote to connect with their teachers and classmates - mote is certified for Student use in the United States. Students can also react to teacher feedback and comments to let teachers know that they've understood and will action feedback, or that they need more help.
Please see our website for more information about how we're creating a safe and secure experience for users under the age of 18.
Google Drive
Check out this video for some great tips on organizing and decluttering your Google Drive.
Found that perfect App/Extension but it's blocked for students? We can help with that. Please fill out the App request form after checking out the list of Apps/Extensions that are already approved.
When something isn't working? Do you ever wonder if it is you or the site you are using. All websites, learning platforms, and internet providers are working harder and are being used more now than ever before. You can check by going Downdetector. On Downdetector, you can search for Google outages or even internet outages from Spectrum and Xfinity.
Did you know there is a night light mode on the Chromebook that helps reduce blue light? Check it out if staring at your screen for extended amounts of time gives you headaches or hurts your eyes.
Mobile Mind can help you learn about Google and Distance Learning! Get started with MobileMind by downloading the extension HERE then log in with your TCPSVA Google account.
MobileMind HQ now has its very own learning path! The path includes micro-courses to show you how to create announcements, badges, courses, and customized learning paths within HQ as well as how to use the review feature for customized courses.
Check out the Mobile Mind Monthly Newsletter HERE
When a Chromebook has trouble opening items and you have tried "Signing Out and Restarting", but things are still not opening. Try clearing out the cache by following these steps.
On your computer, open Chrome.
At the top right, click More .
Click More tools Clear browsing data.
At the top, choose a time range. To delete everything, select All time.
Next to "Cookies and other site data" and "Cached images and files," check the boxes.
Click Clear data.
Leanna Collins put together a couple of great bulletin boards to remind students how to transport and take care of their new Chromebooks at TIS. The ITRTs and hardware techs thank you!