Yesterday I showed the special links you can use to create Google documents. But what if you want to create new documents in a particular folder? I create a new folder for every school year. For example, this year I have a folder named 16-17. Anything I re-use from last year I make a copy of…
Previously I wrote about creating bookmarks that can easily create Google documents, but since that was almost two years ago, it is time to revisit the solution. Google has special URLs (web addresses) that will create a Google document when you click on them. For the five main types of documents, the links are: Google…
Although I’ve created a couple of cheat sheets for remembering keyboard shortcuts, there are other ways to remind yourself which key does what. A lot of Google products have a key sequence that will show you the keyboard shortcuts for the current product: Product Show Keyboard Gmail* Shift – / Chromebook Control – Alt –…
Students creating screencasts instead of presenting A great use of screencasts in the student centered classroom. Highlight rows in Google Sheets with conditional formatting A way to highlight an entire row based on conditional formatting in Google Sheets Adding a timer to a Google Slides Use a Youtube video to add a countdown timer to…
Adding a timer to a Google Slides A neat little hack to show a timer on a Google Slides. Highlight rows in Google Sheets with conditional formatting Use conditional highlighting to highlight an entire row, not just a cell. ⓔ Use Google Photos for managing your classroom photos Getting started with using Google Photos in…
Highlight rows in Google Sheets with conditional formatting This is one of the most popular posts on Eduk8me, showing how to highlight a row based on conditional formatting. Twitter tips for new users A checklist for new Twitter users. Adding a timer to a Google Slides A nice little hack for adding a timer to…
De Mobo Slides is an innovative way to use your phone to control your presentation and turns your laptop webcam into a digital overhead projector. Source: De Mobo Slides De Mobo Slides is a website set up to allow you to remotely control your presentations from your cell phone. I tested it from an Android…
Why be like everyone else, edit the Google Slides master to create custom themes! Source: Google Slides: Edit the Slide Master – Teacher Tech Great tip about Google Fonts! And for another example of customizing, check out my post on making Google Slides your own.
PinterestAdd Animated GIFs to your Google Presentations and Google Docs! In case you haven’t noticed, animated GIFs, those moving pictures that are almost like videos, are ruling the world. It’s not enough anymore to just have a cool image in your presentation; you need to engage them with a little animation. Better yet, GIFs…
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, than an animated gif must be worth at least 5,000! Google Slides supports animated gifs, and it’s an easy way to liven up a presentation. Sure, you could insert a Youtube video, but sometimes that is just plain overkill. Unfortunately, you have no control over the gifs, and…