Quick Tips

Tech Tip of the Week:

• When bookmarking a site (⌘+d), when you delete the ‘Name’, then click ‘Done’ , it will still create a bookmark, but only the website icon (Favicon) will appear. Useful to save space in your bookmark bar. If you forget what the bookmark is for, just hover over the icon to reveal the URL. You can also sort your bookmarks into folders for further organisation. Click here to see more on using bookmarks.

Tech Tip of the Week:

• When using the YouTube on your laptop, simply hitting the number keys will jump to a percentage. Example 1 will jump to the 10% mark, 2 will take you 20% into the video, 7 will jump to 70% etc.

Tech Tip of the week - edit your images in google

Docs and slides have their own tool to let you crop or edit images: Just click on an image within your document, then click the Format menu and select “Image.” There, you’ll find the command for cropping as well as a broader “Image Options” selection that contains functions for recoloring and adjusting the image’s transparency, brightness, and contrast.

Tech Tip of the week - docs.new

Google has created a “.new” domain. This enables you to quickly create a blank doc, slide, sheet, form or site by simply typing “doc.new” or “form.new” straight into your Omnibox (URL bar)! Check it out!

Tech Tip of the week - Grammarly now compatible with Google Docs!

Grammarly Chrome Extension (Beta edition) is now compatible with Google Docs and Gmail,

This extension automatically detects grammar, spelling, punctuation, word choice, and style mistakes in your writing, and it's easy to use! Grammarly's algorithms flag potential issues in the text and suggest context-specific corrections for grammar, spelling, wordiness, style, punctuation, and even plagiarism. - If you have already used the Grammarly extension, you may need to restart chrome, or turn the extension of, then on again to enable the Beta version, enabling the google docs feature.

Grammarly is just one of many useful chrome extensions - click here for more suggestions

Tech Tip of the week - Mojave MacOS update now available

The newest version of your Mac’s operating system is available (nb. takes about 25min to update) but has a bunch of new features including; Dark Mode, enhanced screenshot options, file ‘Stacks’, Gallery view, voice memos and more! Check it out!

Tech Tip of the week - Navigating Google Docs - Custom ‘Headings’ and the ‘Document Outline View’

If you are creating a google doc with multiple sections, or simply one that goes off a single screen, using the ‘Document View Outline’ feature will enable you to quickly jump to headings with-in the document (like a table of contents). As you create new paragraphs or use the preset headings (which you can customise) the document outline will automatically add a new section to the list. See here for more details.

Tech Tip of the week - Google Classroom - *New* Classwork Page

If you were one of the many who created a Google Classroom Class before August 8th 2018, you may not have a “Classwork Tab” available to you. This is a handy new feature to help organise your assignments within classroom. To update your classroom, use the ‘?’ in the bottom left corner and “Add Classwork Page”. See this page for more info

Tech Tip of the week - iOS Hot Corners

Your MacBook Air has a variety of features that can make your experience faster and more effective. One of these features is hot corners - shortcuts to create time saving actions such as “Show desktop”, “Lock Screen” or “Start Screen Saver”. To enable this from your desktop:

→ System Preferences → Mission control → Hot Corners or

→ System Preferences → Desktop and Screensaver→ Hot Corners

Tech Tip of the week - Chrome browser update

You may have seen Matt’s email about updating chrome, in-case you missed it here is the Step-by-step guide to update and more tips about how to enhance your chrome experience.

Tech Tip of the week - Google Classroom MasterClass

Create a Subject MasterClass for your PLC, with all teachers, but no students. This way you can collaborate as a PLC, create announcements and assignments ahead of time, and then repost into your classes as required. You will still be able to amend and personalise prior, or during your re-post to your classes.

Tech Tip of the week - EMAIL SNOOZE!

Have you ever received an email and thought - “I can’t deal with this now - but I do need this information in 2 weeks time?” if so, read on...

You may have noticed an option to experience the latest version of gmail. (I recommend selecting the “Comfortable” view for the most familiar layout). But a new feature is the snooze extension. You can have that email return to the top of your inbox in a few hours, days or even years.. Click here to see how.

Tech Tip of the week - Email Filters

Too many emails? Create a filter to sort your mail into folders (labels) automatically! Click here to see how.