Favorite Extensions

Chrome Extensions (These only load in Google Chrome)

TOP FOUR

After logging in, allows you to save and restore window sessions (groups of tabs in the same window). Saving a session in one place allows you to access that same session on another computer.

Currently installed apps and extensions on a Chromebook can be disabled or enabled with a click of a button rather than navigating through menus

Record your entire screen, window, tab, or just use your webcam. Simple to use and stores files in Drive.

Create a cartoon image of yourself called a Bitmoji. Use your Bitmoji anywhere on web - including your gmail.

RUNNER UPS

Change the gibberish of a long URL to something easy to remember or type into the Omnibox.

Automatically create website citations in the APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard referencing styles at the click of a button. This is a great place to start if you are teaching your kids digital citizenship and usage rights.

(Distraction Free Youtube) - use the various options to adjust whether playlists, autoplay, thumbnails, Trending Tab, Related Videos, Comments and more are showing.

For any gmail that your profile has signed-in, you can get email alert notifications, read them, listen to them, or delete them all without ever opening Gmail. This helps you easily manage multiple accounts.

OTHER FAVORITES

  • Keep Awake - Keeps your device's screen from turning off so you can continue to work.

  • Draftback - Uses the revision history of Docs and lets you play it back on any Google Doc you can edit.

  • Texthelp - Offers a variety of extensions, but my favorite two are:

    • Equatio - helps insert equations and formulas into Google Workspace apps.

    • Read & Write - Supporting students with reading, writing and research. This works on many Google Workspace tools. Reads the text present on the screen.

  • OneTab - Save memory (increase speed) and save battery life of your device by decreasing the amount of tabs you have open, but not deleting them.