ASA Tech Tips and News for May 22, 2020

I cannot believe we've reached Memorial Day weekend. We're now truly in the home stretch of the school year. It's almost time for the victory lap, a deep sigh of relief, and a well-deserved opportunity for a break. You've earned it more this year than ever! Although this year's Memorial Day weekend will not have the same holiday feel to it, it does give us a chance to truly reflect the spirit of the holiday - remembering those who sacrificed everything defending our country. We may not have sacrificed everything, we've certainly sacrificed a lot this year, and will continue to do so for awhile yet. For this weekend, enjoy the warm weather, say a prayer of thanks to a veteran and continue to stay safe and healthy.

• How Your iPhone's New COVID-19 Exposure Notifications Work
• G Suite Updates:  Talk to People Outside of Your Domain in Google Chat, New User Setting to Hide/Show Google Meet in Gmail
• How to View Everyone At Once in Google Meet
• How to Convert a PDF Into a Google Document
• Powerful Analytics in New, Free Kahoot! Reports
• How to Quickly Create a Slideshow With Google Photos and Slides
• Pixabay Offers Free Music to Use and Reuse

How Your iPhone's New COVID-19 Exposure Notifications Work

How Your iPhone's New COVID-19 Exposure Notifications Work, from How-To Geek by Khamosh Pathak
There's a new update coming soon for you iPhone. It includes notifications if you have encountered someone else who later tests positive for COVID-19...as long as they've enabled the feature, opted in, and reports they tested positive.

G Suite Updates:  

Talk to People Outside of Your Domain in Google Chat

Google Chat, which is G Suite's version of instant messaging, is currently limited to those within the organization. Chat is a much more instant communication option than email, for those times when you need to have a real-time conversation In an update, scheduled for May 26th, you will be able to also chat with those outside our domain. Here are the full details.  

New User Setting to Hide/Show Google Meet in Gmail

You've probably noticed the recent addition of the Meet links in your Gmail account. If you don't like having the links to join or start a Google Meet, you can get rid of it in Settings. You should see this option anytime between now, and the next two weeks. Full details are here. 

How to View Everyone At Once in Google Meet

How to View Everyone At Once in Google Meet, from How-To Geek by Joel Cornell
If you don't have the Grid View extension and have 16 or fewer in your Meet, you can change the layout to see everyone at once.

How to Convert a PDF Into a Google Document

How to Convert a PDF Into a Google Document, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Easy peasy, lemon squeazy! This solution is built right into Google Drive.

Powerful Analytics in New, Free Kahoot! Reports

Powerful Analytics in New, Free Kahoot! Reports, from Kahoot! Blog, by Osama Hanif
Check out how to use Kahoot! reports, in the free version, to use it for assessments.

How to Quickly Create a Slideshow With Google Photos and Slides

How to Quickly Create a Slideshow With Google Photos and Slides, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Looking for an easy solution for the end of the year compilation of classroom photos? Another add-on to the rescue:  Photos to Slides.

Pixabay Offers Free Music to Use and Reuse

Pixabay Offers Free Music to Use and Reuse, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne Here's another source to add to your collection of free-to-use sources for music for your presentation or video.