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Add live links to Google Classroom private comments

May 14, 2019 / / 0 Comments

A quick tip for you this week!

Do you use the private comments feature in Google Classroom? If not, you SHOULD! By their very nature, private comments allow for a conversation between you and the students, providing for awesome feedback opportunities!

Private comments can also be used to share links to enrichment material, videos to help reinforce the learning, and more. But in order to make the link “live” (or clickable) for the student, you need to be sure to do it correctly.

  • Wrong: nwoca.org
  • Right: http://nwoca.org

You’ll need to put the http:// or https:// in front of the URL in order for Classroom to recognize it as a live link. read more

LAST CHANCE! Get Google Certified this Summer!

May 7, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Summer’s coming!

Want to get Google Certified?

Need CEUs or college credit?

You can take our Google Certified Educator Level 1 or 2 cohorts at your own pace this summer. But you have to act quickly, because registration closes this Friday, May 10th!

Time is running out! Sorry, but we will not be accepting any registrations after the deadline.

Our popular Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 cohorts will take an educator through all the necessary skills needed to pass the Google exams. They will be conducted in Google Classroom by Google Certified Trainers Kristie Hughes and Chris Malanga. read more

Add Audio to Google Slides

April 30, 2019 / / 0 Comments

For years, educators have been begging Google to allow them to add voice overs, sounds and other audio files to a Google Slides presentation. After all, PowerPoint has had this feature forever. There have been workarounds, like adding a YouTube video and making it super tiny somewhere on the slide. But these were just hacks, not true audio support.

Rejoice, fellow educators for Google hath listened to your plea!

Google has just added the ability to add audio to your Google Slides presentations.

(I’ll wait while you do your happy dance!) read more

Do you use 123456 or password? STOP!

April 16, 2019 / / 0 Comments

What do “123456” and “password” have in common? Since 2012, these two words have topped SplashData’s list of Worst Passwords of the Year.

After evaluating more than 5 million passwords leaked on the Internet, the company found that computer users consistently use the same unsafe, easily guessable passwords.

Did your password make the list? Check out the full list here: https://www.teamsid.com/100-worst-passwords/

It is inevitable that sometime or another, you will be the victim of a breach. But you can take action to prevent it, or minimize the damage when you do. read more

Create QR Codes Right in Google Sheets

March 12, 2019 / / 0 Comments

You know what QR codes are, right? They are those funky square images that you can scan and be instantly transported to a website. But QR codes are so much more than that.

You can create QR codes that provide directions, prompt the user to make a phone call, share contact information and more. QR codes are very useful, especially to educators. But how can we easily create them? Sites such as QRStuff.com are helpful, and the Goo.gl URL shortener had them built in (but Goo.gl is going away in a few weeks). read more

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