Tag: Google

  • How to add more fonts to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc

    How to add more fonts to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc

    With the last year being largely online can creating more Google-based documents than ever before, I have found a need to make my Google-based items more readable and have a bit more “design” put in them. Typically, I use the standard fonts, preset formatting options, and colors and go from there. It makes creating items…

  • Google Classroom January 2019 Updates

    Google Classroom January 2019 Updates

    I was greeted with a small window on my Google Classroom during the school week that informed me of several updates available in Google Classroom. After spending some time with it, these are the four most important updates to Google Classroom. 1. Drag and Drop You can now drag and drop anything in the “Classwork”…

  • How to Import and Export Bookmarks in Chrome

    How to Import and Export Bookmarks in Chrome

    One of our front office people at my school will be retiring in a few weeks and she wants to give the new person taking her spot all of the bookmarks that she has saved and organized over the past two decades of working at the school. She has the bookmarks finely tuned in a…

  • How to Rotate Text in Google Sheets

    How to Rotate Text in Google Sheets

    Did you know that Google Sheets allows you to rotate text to better format your spreadsheets for viewing or print? It’s an option that I occasionally find myself using, especially when trying to save horizontal space. There are two ways to rotate text inside of Google Sheets Format Menu Simply go to the Format menu and…

  • Force users to make a new copy of a Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide

    Force users to make a new copy of a Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide

    There are a lot of times when I want to share a Google Doc, Sheet, or Slides presentation with other teachers, staff, or other people but I want to retain ownership and editing rights over the original. I’m not really a big fan of giving people access to my Google files and allowing them to…

  • Quiz Point Values in Google Forms

    Quiz Point Values in Google Forms

    I’m a huge fan of Google and what they provide in the education field. I often use Google Forms to give tests/quizzes for my students but grading them has always been a little tricky. In the past, I have used addons like Flubaroo, which I still use from time to time, but is often slower…

  • Assigning Individual/Group Assignments in Google Classroom

    Assigning Individual/Group Assignments in Google Classroom

    Google recently announced a few changes to Google Classroom. Some of them are meant for admin-level people, but the thing I’m most excited about is an update for me, the teacher, and for our students. As you can tell from the title, this update allows the teacher to assign items to individual students. I posted…

  • Working on becoming a Google Certified Educator

    Working on becoming a Google Certified Educator

    I’m  a massive fan of what Google has been doing in the education field. My students and I use their products every day. I teach others how to use Google Classroom and other G Suite Apps and I often find myself being asked questions about Google products during my school day. After talking to a few…

  • How to link Google Slides to other slides

    How to link Google Slides to other slides

    Something that I have found myself needing to do from time to time is to link a slide in a Google Slide presentation to another slide. During our Back to School Night I wanted to make a single presentation, since most of the info is the same, but be able to switch from class to…

  • Google Classroom Updates May 2016

    Google has made some really nice updates to Google Classroom over the past few months. They are getting closer and closer to an ideal LMS. I’ve outlined some of my past grievances with Google Classroom, and it sounds like they are listening to feedback. Many of the issues I raised are still there, but the…