All of the #TechTips that have been shared on the Kāhui Ako Facebook page in one place - easy to find and use!
Use the @ menu to access editing elements, tag people, draft emails and add meeting notes all within your Google Doc
Chrome reading list - quickly save videos, blog posts, websites... that you want to come back to and read/view later
Use the Activity Dashboard to see who has viewed your doc, slide or sheet, and when it was last viewed by them
Dropdown chips and table templates - great features especially when collaborating with others on projects
Explore tool - Save time by searching the web, images and your own Google Drive right from within your Docs, Slides and Sheets by using the Explore feature.
Tricks with Tabs - pinning tabs, opening the latest closed tabs and grouping tabs.
Organising bookmarks - how to edit your bookmarks and create bookmarks folders to help be more organised and improve your workflow
Interactive checklist boxes in Google Docs
Watermark in Google docs - find out how to add a watermark into the background of each page in a Google Doc file. This can be an image, photo, text, Google image
Removing backgrounds from images - find out how to remove unwanted or distracting backgrounds from images so that you can use them in creative and exciting ways.
Google Jamboard is an interactive whiteboard tool that is fabulous for creating engaging content for students.
An introduction to Google Keep and how to use this G.Suite tool to help organise your notes.
Appointment slots in Google Calendar - how to add appointment slots into your Google Calendar so that others can see when you are available to meet with them and book an appropriate time.
Making use of Google Tasks
Find out how to toggle easily between Google Chrome profiles, add and remove profiles.
Customising your bullet points - this is a great one to show students too!
Wakelet - a great place to save, organise and share content which is FREE, unlimited, safe and easy to COLLABORATE with others.
Blooket is a free web-based quiz game platform that keeps students engaged in learning while having fun. A great alternative to Kahoot, Quizlet and Quizziz.
Colourful logos and titles - 2 simple free websites that allow you to create colourful, eye-catching titles and logos to add to your docs and presentations.
4 Top Tips for Google Classroom to help you become organised and to hit the ground running for the following classroom year.
A basic introduction to Google Arts and Culture for those who have not explored this before. Find out how to view works of art by artist, medium, history.... find out how it links to Google Classroom, how to access lesson plans and much much more.
Take a look at this teacher-friendly guide and expand student learning opportunities with Google Arts and Culture (not a video)
Finding content in a Facebook group using the search function
Black Menu for Google extension gives you quick access to your favourite G.Suite apps without having to leave the current page you are on.
Eye Dropper chrome extension allows you to pick up any colour from a web page and use it in your documents and presentations with ease.