- Back to School Tech Guidance and Support
- Tell Your Relatives: No, Microsoft Won't Call You About Your Computer
- How to Use Facetime for Windows
- Google Workspace for Education Updates
- Google Sheets: Select Multiple Tabs and Perform Basic Actions on Them
- Google Drive: Block Another User From Sharing Files With You
- Google Forms: Your Progress is Automatically Saved as You Respond to Forms and Quizzes
- Google Meet: New Web App for Meetings on Desktop Computers
- Google Meet: Add up to 25 Co-Hosts & Expanded Safety Features
- Canvas Update: In Module Progression for New Quizzes
- Getting Started With Google Drive and Google Docs - Everything You Need to Know
- 21 Google Docs Features You Should Know How to Use
- Add a Watermark to Google Docs
- How to Embed Files and Calendar Events in Google Docs
- Getting Started With Google Slides - The Basics and More
- How to Make a GIF with Google Slides
- How to Record Videos in Canva - New Feature
Back to School Tech Guidance and Support
Can't remember how to do something? Has the Infinite Campus or Canvas interface changed? Can't find those ASA bookmarks everyone is talking about? Here is where you can find help or tutorials for frequently used tools and get a jump on preparing for the new school year. Most tutorials will require you to sign in to access.
- ASA Technology Guide - Staying Connected (Bookmarks, Communications, Network/WiFi) - sign in w/ASA email.
- ASA Technology Guide - New Employees (onboarding tasks for new employees)- sign in w/ASA email (Existing employees may find this review helpful also!)
- ASA Technology Guide - Resources (Help with Google Workspace for Education, Printing/Copying, Library, YouTube, Infinite Campus and Canvas) - sign in w/ASA email.
- ASA Technology Guide - Student Privacy and Technology (Tech used w/students and best practices for protecting their privacy.) - sign in w/ASA email.
- Infinite Campus
- DOGR Educator Hub: Infinite Campus (Canvas Module for Teachers)
- Infinite Campus Help & Training for teachers and admins - Self-guided checklists, tutorials and videos for all IC features.
- By selecting Campus Passport in Campus Community, you can access recorded or live webinars to learn more about IC features in an instructor-led manner. Simply search for the feature you wish to learn more about. Sign in w/IC credentials.
- You'll need to enter separate login credentials for Infinite Campus, Campus Community and Campus Passport unless you access Community and Passport through Infinite Campus.
- Canvas
- DOGR Educator Hub: Canvas (Canvas Module for Teachers)
- Canvas Instructor Guides - Guides, video tutorials and troubleshooting.
- Canvas Video Guides - Video tutorials for instructors
- Canvas Community - Ask other Canvas users or search questions others have already asked
- NWEA Map Testing
- DOGR Educator Hub: NWEA (Canvas Module for Teachers)
- NWEA Connection
- Proctor Quick Start
- Teacher Toolkit
- MAP RIT Reference Charts
Tell Your Relatives: No, Microsoft Won't Call You About Your Computer
Tell Your Relatives: No, Microsoft Won't Call You About Your Computer, from How-To Geek by Chris Hoffman
Microsoft has no idea what's going on with your computer, it doesn't work that way, but this scam continues to be successful.
How to Use Facetime for Windows
How to Use Facetime for Windows, from How-To Geek by Joe Fedewa
Yes, you read that right. With iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and macOS 12 Apple users have the ability to Facetime with non-Apple users. But there's a catch.
Google Workspace for Education Updates
Google Sheets: Select Multiple Tabs and Perform Basic Actions on Them
Need to hide, move, delete, duplicate, or change colors on several tabs in a Google Sheet? You can now select several tabs and perform those functions on all selected tabs. Here are the details.
Google Drive: Block Another User From Sharing Files With You
You cannot block a user from your own domain, but you can block external users. Blocking their ability to share files with you, or see your shared files also blocks them from interacting with you in other Google Workspace apps. Why is this important? You can now block users who send you spam or inappropriate content. This is availabe on both work and personal Google accounts. Full information can be found here.
Google Forms: Your Progress is Automatically Saved as You Respond to Forms and Quizzes
You no longer need to complete Google Forms all in one session. Forms will now save your progress, so you can start completing a form or quiz, leave it, then return and pick up where you left off. The form will auto-save, and keep the saved draft for up to 30 days from your last edit, or until you submit the form. Find all the details here.
Google Meet: New Web App for Meetings on Desktop Computers
The stand-alone desktop app works with Google Chrome on a Windows, Mac, Chrome or Linux device, and is always up to date. No need to open Calendar or the Meet app to find your next meeting, simply install the Meet Progressive Web app following these instructions. Once you've installed the Meet app, it will appear in your app dock. Where is the app dock? On a Chromebook it's a circle in the lower left corner, on a Windows, Mac or Linux PC it's the multi-colored Apps "waffle" in the upper left corner of your bookmarks bar.
Google Meet: Add up to 25 Co-Hosts & Expanded Safety Features
In the next few weeks, Google is rolling out several highly requested features for Google Meet:
- Each meeting can have up to 25 co-hosts, allowing co-hosts to access and use host controls. When the Host Management option is on, co-hosts will e anle to limit who can share screens and send messages, mute all with one click, end the meeting for all, and use the Quick Access feature.
- Safety features to limit who can share screens, send chat messages, mute all users and end meetings.
- Use the Quick Access setting to control who needs to request permission to join a meeting. When Quick Access is on, the host does not have to join the meeting first to be recognized as the Meet host, any Meet attendees can automatically join. Most hosts turn this off after they have joined the Meet. When quick access is off, the host must join the meeting first, only invited participants can join without asking - all others must ask to enter the Meet, no anonymous users can join the meeting, and only the host can end the Meet for all.
- Updates to the People panel include the ability to search for a Meet participant. This will allow hosts to easily find participants to mute, kick them out or assign host privileges.
Full explanations and details for these new features can be found here. You should start to see them by the end of August.
Canvas Update: In Module Progression for New Quizzes
Check out the video demonstration on this page, by SuSorensen to see how students can progress through modules in Canvas and launch quizzes in full screen mode.
Getting Started With Google Drive and Google Docs - Everything You Need to Know
Getting Started With Google Drive and Google Docs - Everything You Need to Know, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
If you are new to Google Workspace for Education, or haven't yet become familiar, here's a nice introduction. These videos include: creating Drive folders, sharing folders, importing folders, adding/removing files from folders, organizing folders in Drive, changing fonts, adding images, search within Docs, footnotes, sharing Docs, publishing Docs, and downloading Docs.
21 Google Docs Features You Should Know How to Use
21 Google Docs Features You Should Know How to Use, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Very helpful for the novice Docs user, but even seasoned users will find new and helpful features.
Add a Watermark to Google Docs
Add a Watermark to Google Docs, from Google Workspace Tips
For those times when you want to add Draft or maybe a logo behind the text.
How to Embed Files and Calendar Events in Google Docs
How to Embed Files and Calendar Events in Google Docs, from How-To Geek by Sandy Writtenhouse
Sounds complicated but it's as easy as typing @, which incidently is called a "mention".
Getting Started With Google Slides - The Basics and More
Getting Started With Google Slides - The Basics and More, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
New to Google Slides? Here's a great start. This video includes altering slide layouts, adding/editing images, videos and audio, using speaker, notes adding captions to presentations and publishing slides.
How to Make a GIF with Google Slides
How to Make a GIF with Google Slides, from A Lever and a Place to Stand by Amy Roediger
Instructions complete with class lesson examples. Google slides is used as a digital flipbook and TallTweets.com is used to animate the slides. You and your students can sign into to TallTweets with your Google account.
How to Record Videos in Canva - New Feature
How to Record Videos in Canva - New Feature, from Free Technology for Teachers
Among several new features in Canva is the ability to record video, then insert it into your slides or graphics.
