Tech Tip Tuesday #5

Today's Tip:

Clean up your GoGuardian dashboard using new features!

Last week GoGuardian released a few new features! You now have the ability to delete Scenes and archived Classrooms. This will reduce the clutter of unused Scenes/Classrooms and clean up the dashboard. 

How to Delete a Scene:

- Click the "Scenes" menu on the navigation bar at the left side of the GoGuardian Teacher dashboard. 

- Click the trashcan icon at the bottom right corner of the Scene you wish to delete.

- Click the red "Delete Scene" button to permanently delete the Scene.

How to Delete a Classroom:

- In the GoGuardian Teacher dashboard, find the classroom you'd like to delete.

- On the lower section of the classroom's tile, click the "Delete" button.

- Type DELETE to confirm you are deleting your classroom. 

- Click the red "Delete class permanently" button.

Note: Only classroom owners have the ability to delete classrooms. 

For More Information:

How to Delete Scenes in GoGuardian Teacher

Archive / Restore / Remove / Delete a Classroom

How are you using GoGuardian? What support do you need with GoGuardian?

Please reply to this email. We would like to get a better idea of how GoGuardian is being used to support student learning. Be looking for a survey in the coming weeks regarding GoGuardian use as well. 

Tech Tip Tuesday #4

Today's Tip:

Get to know your Chromebook, and help students get to know theirs too!

💡Trackpad Tips:

💡How to take a screenshot:

- Full Screenshot --> ctrl + "Switcher" button at the top

- Partial Screenshot --> ctrl + shift + "Switcher" button at the top

💡How to work off-line:

Make sure the Offline box is checked in Google Drive Settings.

A tutorial can be found in the Tech Tip Tuesdays Archives.

💡More Resources:

- Getting To Know Your Chromebook

- Chromebook Care Tips (from the Tech Tip Tuesdays Archive)

What Chromebook questions do you have? 

Tech Tip Tuesday #3

Today's Tip:

Check out some of the updates Google made to G Suite apps over the summer!

1. New Fonts to Help Improve Reading Speed

The Google Fonts team worked with Thomas Jockin to create a series of fonts that are aimed at improving reading speed. If you are interested (and it is fascinating!), you can read more about the process and the research on Thomas Jockin's Lexend page.

To access these fonts in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides: 

- From the Font menu in the toolbar, select “More fonts”.

- Then, search for Lexend and select the fonts to add them to your saved fonts. These will now appear in the “My fonts” list and in the Font menu in the toolbar. 

2. Import Questions from a Previous Form into a New Google Form

Google added this feature specifically for educators to make creating quizzes and collaborating with forms more efficient. Now you can reuse questions from existing forms or forms shared with you. Or you could use this feature to create different versions of the same assessment. 

How to Import Form Questions: 

- First, open a form and from the action toolbar on the right, select Import Questions.
- Then, from the dialogue box, select the form with the questions you want to import.
- From the right-hand sidebar menu, you can:
     - Import all questions by choosing Select All> Import Questions
     - Or, you can select specific questions to import and then select Import Questions 

3. Google Drive's New Priority Page

When you access your Google Drive, you will see the Priority Page by default. It is a space for you to access your most recent files and to create "workspaces" of files that you frequently access. I am really into organized spaces, including digital spaces, so I love this new feature. If you are really into it too, you can check out more information at the G Suite Learning Center. If it's not for you, you can make the "My Drive" your default page again by clicking on the Settings cog, scrolling down to Suggestions, and unchecking the box next to Make Priority my default home page. 

G Suite Updates Blog

If you are interested, Google has the G Suite Updates Blog where you can check out the latest updates or the monthly recaps of updates. 

Which of these updates are you most excited about?

Tech Tip Tuesday #2

Today's Tip:

Make sure you are setting aside some class time this week to get your students enrolled in your Schoology, GoGuardian, and other online programs (textbooks, Quizlet, Flipgrid, etc.). 

How to Enroll Your Students

• Schoology Directions
• GoGuardian Directions

Tips and Tricks

Add links in your Schoology courses for all online programs so students have easy access to everything they need, this could be in a general "Resources"  or "Class Links" folder.

Write down your usernames and passwords for all online programs (or use an online password manager, I use LastPass).

Encourage your students to find a system to manage their usernames and passwords.

How was your first day of school?