...and just like that, break is over and we're back in the normal routine. Seems like we never left! There was definitely no easing into Winter this year, it returned with a vengeance, although it was nice to have a couple bonus snow days our first week back from break. This a great indoor time to take a look at tutorials, tips, and learn new tech. Please let me know if you want to try any new tech in your classroom, I'd love to help.
- New Quizzes in Canvas
- What is Spam, and Why Do We Call it That
- How to Create Templates in Gmail
- How to Use Google Keep as a Comment Bank
- How to Add Videos and Customize Playback in Google Slides
- How to Rotate Text in Google Sheets
- How to Prefill Google Forms with Certain Answers
- Adobe Spark Becomes Adobe Creative Cloud Express
- 30 Sites for Students With Free Time on Their Hands
New Quizzes in Canvas
New Quizzes are now available in Canvas LMS. This will be an entirely new quizzing engine in Canvas. Right now you have the option to continue using the old Quiz feature, but it will be replaced by the new version, so you'll want to plan on learning the new version, and migrating your old quizzes to the new platform. Here is what is new:
- Student Quiz Accomodations for the whole course (not just quiz by quiz!)
- Shuffle Answers by Question
- Printing Quizzes
- Require Waiting Period Between Attempts
- Stimulus, Ordering, and Hot Spot Question Types
There are a number of tools to help you learn the new Quiz platform:
What is Spam, and Why Do We Call it That
What is Spam, and Why Do We Call it That, from How-To Geek from Benj Edwards
Monty Python fans will get a chuckle out of this trivia tidbit.
How to Create Templates in Gmail
Do you answer the same questions over and over, or send out the same info? Create a template to speed up the reply process.
How to Use Google Keep as a Comment Bank
How to Use Google Keep as a Comment Bank, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Looking for a way to keep your often used comments to paste into student work instead of retyping them over and over?
How to Add Videos and Customize Playback in Google Slides
How to Add Videos and Customize Playback in Google Slides, from How To Geek by Sandy Writtenhouse
Embedding YouTube videos in Google Slides is the only way your students will be able to view them with Google's recent Under 18 rule. This article also elaborates on how you can show just a portion of the video.
How to Rotate Text in Google Sheets, from How-To Geek by Sandy Writtenhouse
Sometimes it's necessary to save space in Google Sheets. A good way to do that is to rotate your text. For example you can fit more columns in if you rotate the titles 90 degrees to read vertically instead of horizontally.
How to Prefill Google Forms with Certain Answers
How to Prefill Google Forms with Certain Answers, from How-To Geek by Sandy Writtenhouse
If there's a field that most respondents will answer the same, such as State in a mailing address, you can preset that answer.
Adobe Spark Becomes Adobe Creative Cloud Express
If you've been using Adobe Spark, here is the next generation. Adobe Creative Cloud Express contains the tools formerly in Spark: Post (creating images), Page (webpage creation), and Video (video creation), plus Premiere Rush to create videos, Photoshop Express to edit images, free stock photography with safe search, and free education templates and libraries. This is a great tool for you or your students to use to create posters, flyers, videos, book covers, etc. It's hard to believe this is a FREE RESOURCE. Adobe does require parental permission to use it with students, and teachers can create their own classroom and accounts to protect student privacy. There are also lots of lessons, activities and projects for your class to use. It can be accessed either via an app or website, so it's easier for students to access on their chromebooks. Watch this session from the Ditch That Summit to see how your students can be creative on their chromebooks. It provides photo and video creation and editing on one website, and although it sounds complicated and complex, it's actually very easy and intuitive to use.
30 Sites for Students With Free Time on Their Hands
30 Sites for Students With Free Time on Their Hands, from Ditch That Textbook by Matt Miller
Looking to round out your arsenal of things for students to do when they're "done"? Here are 30 suggestions.
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