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- Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Scams and Phishing
- Should You Upgrade to Windows 11?
- Infinite Campus Updates:
- Google Workspace Updates:
- Google Calendar: Easily Chat with Meeting Participants from a Calendar Event
- Google Calendar/Docs: Create Meeting Notes in Google Calendar
- Google Docs: Add Image Watermarks in Google Docs
- Gmail: Perform Refined Searches on the Web
- Google Slides: Use the Slideshow Button in Slides
- How to Make a Google Doc View Only
- 14 Social Media-Inspired Google Slides Templates
- Five Google Calendar Features You Should Know How to Use
- How to Create Custom Coloring Maps
- Easy Way to Find Movie Clips to Include in Your Lessons
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Scams and Phishing
Clicking the wrong link in an email, text, a website or on social media can result in unknowingly downloading malicious software that could reveal passwords, banking information, or locking up your computer, as well as the entire school or Diocese network. Protect yourself and co-workers by familiarizing yourself with the methods cybercriminals use. Here's the first video this month to familiarize yourself with Scams and Phishing.
Should You Upgrade to Windows 11?
Should You Upgrade to Windows 11? from How-To Geek by Chris Hoffman
Windows 11 is expected to roll out this week, but it will not work on all laptops. Find out if it will work on yours.
Infinite Campus Updates:
New Search Location
If you need to search for people, students, addresses, etc. in Infinite Campus, the search bar has disappeared. It has been replaced with a magnifying glass icon in the upper left corner. You can search for any of the following:
- Address
- All People
- Course/section
- Household
- Staff
- Student
- Tool
- User
New Look for Campus Tools
Last year the instruction view for IC received its makeover with the new look. Teachers were able to get used to it last year, and this year it became the default look. This year the new look for the Campus Tools view is available as an option. Campus tools is the view that the administrative staff uses. You will want to get used to it at your leisure this year, as it will most likely become the only view at the beginning of next school year. Here is an introductory video to give you an overview of the new look. I'll warn you now, just like the teachers experienced, everything is in a different place, so it does take some getting used to. Using search to look for the tool you need definitely helps. I really like the ability to star the most used tools so they are in a condensed list for me.
Gradebook Updates
Here are the updates to Gradebook. You can learn more about of them here.
- Updated the curriculum editor and the Copier so that the "All Assigned" indicator becomes a split button if the teacher has Student Groups created, allowing the teacher to easily select a group. Teachers can click the arrow to select a group, or the "# Assigned" button to see and modify the list of assigned students.
- Assignment comments are now correctly truncated on Campus Student/Parent and an occasional error has been resolved.
- Changing the grading alignment of an assignment no longer clears the selected Assignment Mark.
- Default values now correctly display on a new assignment when it includes a Scoring Rubric.
- Addressed an issue that occurred if a user attempted to copy assignments into a section with no Tasks/Standards.
Google Workspace Updates:
Google Calendar: Easily Chat with Meeting Participants from a Calendar Event
Now in addition to email, members of a Calendar meeting can chat, from within the Calendar event. For example, if you are running late, you could open the calendar event, tap on the Chat icon next to the list of guests, and quickly let them know. Here are all the details of this new feature. It is expected to be available within the the next two weeks.
Google Calendar/Docs: Create Meeting Notes in Google Calendar
Previously to add an agenda or meeting notes document to your Calendar event, you needed to create a Doc, then attach it to the meeting in Calendar. Now you'll no longer need to go back and forth between Calendar and Docs. It will be possible to create the meeting notes right in Calendar when you are creating the event. If you add the meeting notes when creating the event, it will automatically be shared with all the event attendees. For already scheduled events, click the Take Meeting Notes button. For now this feature will only be available on the web version of Calendar, but it will probably become available for mobile soon. I am not yet seeing this feature, but it should become available in the next two weeks. Full details and instructions can be found here.
Google Docs: Add Image Watermarks in Google Docs
It is now possible to insert a watermark image into a Google Doc. Furthermore, when importing Microsoft Word files into Drive, any watermarks will be preserved. This feature is available now in the Insert > Watermark menu in Docs. Instructions for adding watermark to a Doc can be found here.
Gmail: Perform Refined Searches on the Web
Now when searching in Gmail, you will see more drop down options to help you apply additional filters. You'll have more options for searching, such as by multiple senders, or selecting senders from a list. Here are all the details.
Google Slides: Use the Slideshow Button in Slides
The Present button in Slides will be replaced with a Slideshow button. The Present/Slideshow button is what you use when you are running your slide presentation. You should already be seeing this change.
How to Make a Google Doc View Only
How to Make a Google Doc View Only, from How-To Geek by Sandy Writtenhouse
When you want to share a Google Doc but you don't want anyone to make any changes to it, make it View Only!
14 Social Media-Inspired Google Slides Templates
14 Social Media-Inspired Google Slides Templates, from Ditch That Textbook by Matt Miller
Grab students' attention by making their assignments look like their favorite social media app. This article also includes instructions for using the templates.
Five Google Calendar Features You Should Know How to Use
How to Create Custom Coloring Maps
How to Create Custom Coloring Maps, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Create a free Mapbox Studio account and you'll be able to create a custom outline map of any city, town or neighborhood.
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