Friday, March 4, 2022

ASA Tech Tips and News for March 4, 2022


One of the most exciting bits of info to roll through my inbox lately is the tip from KISD about access to FREE LinkedIn Learning training. This is quality online training courses that most people pay for, but with a GR or Kent District library card you can access it for free. One lesson I've learned is that if you haven't used your library card in awhile (at least 10 years in my case) it won't work and you'll need to renew it, but you can do so online. So find your library card and be an example for life-long learning!





 How to Delete Your Old Online Accounts (and Why You Should)

Find out why it's important that you remove old online accounts, and what to do if you can't.

Get Free LinkedIn Learning with a GR or Kent District Library Card

Free is good, but quality free is the best! LinkedIn Learning was formerly known as Lynda.com. I've taken several courses when it was Lynda and found them to be full courses, and very helpful. This is not just tech training, but training on so many different topics, such as business, creative skills, industry skills, communication skills, software skills, and of course tech and more. You can enter your area of interest, or career path and find all the training courses that match it. Of course the ed tech tools we use, such as Google, Canvas, Loom, Canva, and many other programs are available, too. Watch the video to find out how to access this quality training for free!



Google Workspace Updates

2 New Docs Features

The two latest Smart Canvas features in Docs will allow you to add a summary to your document so readers will see an overview of its content, and you'll be able to create pageless documents for those files that use wide tables and large images. Here are the full details, as well as screen shots. Not sure how to use these new features? Learn more about Docs summaries here. This is where you can learn about Docs page setup for pages and pageless files. 

New Manager Role or Chat Spaces

Google has added a new Manager role to Google Chat Spaces. You may recall the spaces is a feature of Google Chat that allows for online collaboration and project management with a group of people. Managers will have greater control over the management of the space, and can give Spaces descriptions and guidelines. This helps define the scope of the space, and manage effective communications within the space. Those who create a new Space, will be managers by default, and can also assign others to manage the Space as well. Here are the full details. If you are not already seeing this feature, it should be available in the next week. Not sure how to use Spaces? Check out this help article about Spaces and Group Conversations

Embed Linked Google Forms Charts Into Docs, Slides & Drawings

Because Google Forms responses are deposited into a Google Sheet, you can create charts from those responses. Now when you embed those charts into Docs, Slides and Drawings, they are linked and you'll be able to updated them to see real time data. Updating is as simple as clicking the Update button in the chart. You will no longer need re-embed the chart to get updated data. Full information about this update is available here. You can also learn more about viewing and managing form responses here. You should see this updated sometime between now and mid-March.

Five Frequently Forgotten Google Docs Features

Five Frequently Forgotten Google Docs Features, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Learn more about revision history, page setup - including those pageless docs, view full screen, download your Doc in another format, and publishing it to the web so it is visible to all.

How to add Borders and Color to Paragraphs in Google Docs

How to add Borders and Color to Paragraphs in Google Docs, from How-To Geek by Sandy Writtenhouse
Do you need to emphasize some of the text in your doc, or just want to snazz it up? Add a border or some color. With most docs read online, there's no reason to limit them to black and white anymore. 

Three Ways to Create Video Lessons With Your Existing Slides

When he talks about Google Slides, you can use any screencast program, such as Loom.


Try the Game Templates in Canva

Try the Game Templates in Canva, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Complete slide decks with ice breaker games that you can use as is, or customize.

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