Tech Tip Tuesday #17

Today's Tip:

Use the Activity dashboard in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings to see who has viewed the file and time statistics.

Instructions:

1. Click on the new Activity dashboard icon (a jagged arrow pointing upward) in the Google menu. 

2. The Activity dashboard opens to the View time screen. You can see who has shared access to the file. You can click on the All viewers tab to see who has opened the file and how recently. 

3. From the menu on the left side, click on Viewer trend to see how many times the file has been opened and the daily views.

More Information:

G Suite Updates - Activity Dashboard

Doc Editors Help - View History

Tech Tip Tuesday #16

Today's Tip:

Give technology a try!

While at TIES right now, I have been wondering how I ended up being a "techy" person. I have never had any formal education or training on technology, so what path or process led me here today? I was reminded of an blog post I came across this summer, How to become a "Techy" person in 5 easy steps. I think I can summarize this into one easy step: try. Your goal probably isn't to try to become "techy" in the ultimate sort of way, your goal could simply be try to become a little more comfortable or try one new activity a month or to try to get your email under control or just simply try.  

One Entry Point for "Trying"

Eric Curts has a collection of several fun Googley wintertime activities for students of all ages that combine tech skills, creativity, writing, math, and more:

https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/12/winter-activities.html

Some of the activities include:

- Build a Snowman with Google Slides

- Drag-and-Drop Winter Poetry with Google Drawings

- Holiday Greeting Cards with Google Drawings

- Pixel Art Ornaments with Google Sheets

- Wintertime Emoji Rebus Stories in Google Docs

Side note, Eric Curts is one of my favorite "techy" people. He really makes technology easy to understand and has some amazing resources for struggling students.

What would you like to try?  

Tech Tip Tuesday #15

Today's Tip:

Have a favorite font? Make it your default in Google Docs!

Instructions from JakeMiller.net:

1. Type some text in a Google Doc.

2. Select the text and change the style to what you want your default to be.

3. Click the Text Styles drop down menu, go to Normal text and click "Update Normal text to match."

4. Click the Text Styles drop menu again, go to options and click "Save my default styles." 

Bonus:

You can use the same steps to change the default formatting for titles and headings too!

What is your favorite Google font?