Tech Tip Tuesday #14

Today's Tip: 

Easily find images with transparent backgrounds with this #EduGIF from @JakeMillerTech. 

This #EduGIF is tip #1 in a series of 16 Tips for Creating Stop-Motion Slides. If you use Google Slides often, I recommend checking out these tips even if stop motion slides are not your thing. There are tons of tips for using Slides efficiently, including duplicate a slide, keyboard shortcuts, group objects, and remove backgrounds.

Tech Tip Tuesday #13

Today's Tip:

Try some of these tips to collaborate like a pro with Google Docs!

• Jump to the location of a collaborator's cursor in a Google Doc by clicking their profile icon in the top right corner.
• Leave a comment by highlighting any text and clicking the comments button to the right of the text. (It's the button that looks like a speech bubble.)
• See what others have changed by clicking File and selecting "Version history" and "See version history."
• Switch to Suggesting mode by clicking the pencil in the upper right corner and change from Editing to Suggesting. Any changes you make in Suggesting mode are provisional, the owner and/or other editors of the document may choose to accept or reject each suggestion. 
• Email a message to collaborators, along with an attachment of a document, directly from Google Docs by clicking File and selecting "Email collaborators."

What are your favorite tricks/tips for collaborating with Google Docs?

Tech Tip Tuesday #12

Today's Tip:

Hold down the shift key while dragging a corner to resize an object in Google Slides, Google Drawings, PowerPoint, etc. The object will maintain the correct proportions.

Hold down the control (or option key on a Mac) while dragging a corner to resize an object in Google Slides, Google Drawings, PowerPoint, etc. The object will resize from the center instead of the corner.

What are your favorite tricks/tips for editing in Slides?

Tech Tip Tuesday #11

Today's Tip:

Last month, Google added some new "quick launches" to its collection. You can now create a new Google Calendar event, Keep note, and more by typing a "shortcut" into the address bar.

The current “.new” domains are:Docs.newSheets.newSlides.new Forms.new Cal.new Keep.new Sites.new  

Instructions:- Type a shortcut into the address bar- Hit enter- Bam, a brand new file opens

The ".new" domain applies to many other non-Google sites too!Canva.new: Create beautiful designs with your team.Link.new: Create a short link using Bitly.Reservation.new: Create a reservation using OpenTable.See more at 10 shortcuts made possible by .new.

What time-saving shortcuts do you use regularly?