Shared tables with Google Play for Education, secret 3D mapping project, and more
Here are the top contributions from our Google+ community page last week. Bringing personalized learning to shared tablets with Google Play for Education – googleenterprise.blogspot.com While most schools eventually want to get to 1:1, it’s not always practical to start with a dedicated tablet for every student. Asking students to share a single account isn’t advisable either […]
Google I/O 2015 Announcements, Access Files in Drive, and More
Great resource links, tips, news, and updates shared by our Google+ community members fromJune 1 – 7, 2015. Access Files in Drive – plus.google.com You can search from within Gmail to find and access files in Drive. Tools for Upcoming Exams – plus.google.com Need help for final exams? Check out these test prep tools from […]
Google Apps Gets Encryption, Student Badge Leaderboard, and More
Here are last week’s top shares from our Google+ community members. No More Scroogled, No More NSA, Google Apps Gets Encryption – www.forbes.com Google and Zix Corporation have just announced Google Apps Message Encryption (GAME), a service that brings full scale message encryption to Google Apps. Shared via +Lee Webster. g(Math) is now available as an Add-on live […]
Futuristic Google Tools, Google Sheet Gradebook Tutorial, and More
Great resource links, tips, news, and updates shared by our Google+ community members fromMay 25 – 31, 2015. Advanced Google Sheets Gradebook displayed on Google Sites – youtube.com Thanks to +Richard Anderson for this awesome tutorial in using Google Sheets for student grades then enabling them to view their own information/grade on a Google Site. […]
Chrome Browsers Latest Superpower, Google Classroom Update and More
Great resource links, tips, news, and updates shared by our Google+ community members from May 18 – 24, 2015. Big Google Classroom update – plus.google.com Now you can export your Google Classroom grades to any gradebook. Chrome browsers latest superpowers – mashable.com Tone, Google’s newest homegrown browser add-on, uses sound to quickly share URLs with […]
Improvements to Hangouts in Gmail, Advanced Gmail Filters, Chrome Experiment, and More
Our Google+ community is now 2,650 strong. Woohoo! Big thanks to all our awesome community members. Keep sharing and contributing! Below are top articles, resource links, and updates last week: Some improvements to Hangouts in Gmail – plus.google.com You can now see some changes in your conversation list in Hangouts, including message snippets and the return […]
Add Images on the Go, Organize Tables on Google Slides, and More
Great resource links, tips, news, and updates shared by our Google+ community members fromMay 11 – 17, 2015. Amazing New Capabilities – googleresearch.blogspot.com Google has recently expanded their Optical Character Recognition capabilities supporting all of the world’s major languages. Add Images on the Go – plus.google.com Google Docs and Slides let you add images directly […]
Community Round Up: Introducing Classroom, new mobile apps for Google Docs, upcoming changes to Sites, and more
Below are the top shares from our Google+ community last week: Previewing a new Classroom – googleblog.blogspot.com In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, Google announced a preview of Classroom, a new, free tool in the Google Apps for Education suite. It helps teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and communicate with their […]
Google Classroom Updates, Introducing Google+ Collections, Gmail Shortcuts, and More
Great resource links, tips, news, and updates shared by our Google+ community members from May 4 – 10, 2015. Google Classroom Update – googleforeducation.blogspot.com Now, teachers are able to grade assignments from their phone or tablet, and add private feedback to give students guidance, encouragement, constructive criticism or personalized feedback. All these and more. Whether […]
Google Apps Admin Corner: April 2015
Google has released a couple of important updates for Google Apps last April. Below is a digest of some key updates and other information to efficiently and effectively manage your GAFE domain including some product updates for Google Docs and Drive, Google Classroom, and mobile apps. Google Classroom Now Supports Multiple Teachers & Other Improvement […]