Setting Up Work Email on your Smartphone
Now that we are using Gmail as our mail platform, accessing email can be done from any device through the web by logging into Gmail. Gmail (short for Google Mail)…
Category: Tips & Tricks
Google Drive: Finding Files Shared with Everyone in the District
If you have shared (or have been shared) a file or folder with the status “can find and access” by anyone in the district it will NOT appear in your…
Logging in and out of Google Chrome
When opening a Google App such as Drive or Docs, the user is prompted to login to their Google account. Changing applications may prompt the user to login again; this…
Log in and out of Google Drive from an iPad
Google Drive is a very important tool. You can have your students use it for all kinds of things, like storing files that sync across all their devices. One of…
Upload Pictures & Screenshots from phone to your Google Drive
Sometimes it’s extremely useful to upload pictures & screenshots from your phone to Google Drive. Below I’ll go through the steps. Screenshots show my Android phone, but this works pretty much…
Using Scanbot to Archive & auto-crop handouts
Scanbot is an app available for iPhones & Android phones, which “scans” in documents. Beyond that, it automatically crops documents and has the ability to upload them directly to your…
Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts
Getting an entire list of shortcut keys for Chromebooks has proven to be difficult… but here they are, as best as I know! Some of these may come in useful…
Differentiating Posts in Google Classroom
Google Classroom now allows you to change how many students can view a particular announcement, assignment or question. This also applies to reusing archived posts. (Students, when allowed to post,…
Changing Colors in a Bar Graph using Google Sheets
This issue has been a very annoying one. Unfortunately, with a recent update of Google Sheets one cannot change the colors of bar graphs within a single series (“series” meaning…
How to Color Alternate Rows or Columns in Google Sheets
This might be useful for you—alternating the color on a large spreadsheet. Yes, this is easier to do in Microsoft Excel, but with this trick you too can do this…
Google Drive: Finding Files Shared with Everyone in the District
If you have shared (or have been shared) a file or folder with the status “can find and access” by anyone in the district it will NOT appear in your…
Logging in and out of Google Chrome
When opening a Google App such as Drive or Docs, the user is prompted to login to their Google account. Changing applications may prompt the user to login again; this…
Log in and out of Google Drive from an iPad
Google Drive is a very important tool. You can have your students use it for all kinds of things, like storing files that sync across all their devices. One of…
Upload Pictures & Screenshots from phone to your Google Drive
Sometimes it’s extremely useful to upload pictures & screenshots from your phone to Google Drive. Below I’ll go through the steps. Screenshots show my Android phone, but this works pretty much…
Using Scanbot to Archive & auto-crop handouts
Scanbot is an app available for iPhones & Android phones, which “scans” in documents. Beyond that, it automatically crops documents and has the ability to upload them directly to your…
Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts
Getting an entire list of shortcut keys for Chromebooks has proven to be difficult… but here they are, as best as I know! Some of these may come in useful…
Differentiating Posts in Google Classroom
Google Classroom now allows you to change how many students can view a particular announcement, assignment or question. This also applies to reusing archived posts. (Students, when allowed to post,…
Changing Colors in a Bar Graph using Google Sheets
This issue has been a very annoying one. Unfortunately, with a recent update of Google Sheets one cannot change the colors of bar graphs within a single series (“series” meaning…
How to Color Alternate Rows or Columns in Google Sheets
This might be useful for you—alternating the color on a large spreadsheet. Yes, this is easier to do in Microsoft Excel, but with this trick you too can do this…
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