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GOOGLE HACKS!Open the link from the Google+
Group AIS SS teaching and learning
@missedutton
Take Control!● Hack Google Slides● Hack Google Forms● Tackle our Gmail Demons
Hack Google Slides!Backgrounds, Fonts, PNGs and
Templates!
Changing the background
● Select Background from the toolbar.● Click Image > choose
● Upload or Search For a background image.● Then add it to the theme or just to the slide
( Tutorial)
Fonts! You can add lots of extra fonts
to Google Slides.
Click on your current font
name.At the bottom
click “Add More Fonts”.
Tutorial
PNG files have a transparent background, so you won’t get an ugly white box around them.
You can find these by searching on Google Image search for “.png”
Tutorial
You can save Google Slides you like, and use them as a
template. To make a new copy, just select “File” then
“Make a copy”. Make sure to move it to where you want
it saved. You could also use these RAD TEMPLATES!
Hack Google Forms!When Hacked Google Forms will look more professional, Can be made more interactive, and can be used for more
than gathering DatA
Place your screenshot here
Question Types, Adding Media, Page Breaks, Making them Pretty...and Flubaroo!
When creating a Google Form you can add in a range of question types. The most
common are ‘text’ which asks for a short answer. ‘paragraph text’ which asks for a long open answer. ‘multiple choice’ which allows the participant to pick one answer. ‘checkboxes’ which allows them to choose
multiple answers.
Tutorial
Adding Media to Your Form
VideosImages Section Headers
These can really help transform the way you use a Google Form, as they can be
completely self contained. You could use Google Forms for cover work, homework and
for flipping the classroom!
Tutorial
Page breaks can change the content different participants get. For example,
the first page could ask them if they want to complete the form in English, German,
French or Spanish. Depending on the answer they click, the form can direct
them to a page which has content only in that language.
Tutorial
Making them Pretty is Super Easy!✖ Click Change Theme✖ Select the Theme you like from the list✖ Click the Customize Button✖ Here you can change the font, background,
header image, etc.✖ Try making your header image in Google Slides,
then screenshot the area you want, by pressing command, shift, then four and dragging the square over the image you want
✖ Tutorial!
Do less marking!Flubaroo is an add on which marks Google Forms for you! You simply make a form, fill it in yourself with
the correct answers, then when others have also filled it in you can use Flubaroo.
Open up the results page, click ‘add ons’ and install Flubaroo. Once you have done this, you will find new
options including ‘grade assignment’ and ‘email grades’. Flubaroo will flag up students who are
struggling, questions many got wrong and it will give you the class average!
Tutorial
It’ S TIME TO TACKLE YOUR GMAIL DEMONS!
How many unread emails are in your
inbox?
GmAIL HACKS✖ Inbox Organization✖ Archiving Emails✖ Contact Groups✖ Creating Labels✖ Color Coding Labels✖ Stars✖ Adding a Filter✖ Tasks✖ Seeing if email has been read✖ Boomerang
WARNINGThe next few pages are pretty
content heavy - remember this presentation has been designed so that you can come back to it - each
page has clear instructions and a video tutorial to guide you through
the gmail hacks.
Inbox organization
● Click the Cog
● Select ‘Settings’
● Select ‘Inbox’
● Choose Your InBox Type (I recommend unread first)
● Press ‘Save Changes’
Tutorial
Archiving emails
Tick that email you want to archive
Click the archive button
To find any of these emails select the “All Mail” folder on the left. (You might have to press ‘more’ first)
Tutorial
Creating Labels
Tutorial
● Tick the box on the left next to your email
● Select the Label Tab● You can add it to an existing label
or ● You can create a new label
You can attach an email to
more than one label!
Color Coding Labels
Tutorial
● Click the label name on the left side of your inbox.
● Click on the arrow
● Click ‘Label Color’
● Pick a color!
Gmail Contact Groups
Tutorial
● Click ‘Contacts’ (Drop down menu above ‘compose’)
● Select ‘New Group’
● Please enter a new group name
● Click on your group(on the left)
● Add contacts
When you want to email that group, type the group name where you would normally write the email address.
● Click the cog button and select ‘settings’
● Drag the stars you want into “in use” section
● Click the ‘save changes’ button at the bottom of the screen
GMAIL STARS
Tutorial
Creating Filters. Part 1
Tutorial
● Click the cog
● Select ‘Settings’
● Select ‘Filters and Blocked Addresses”
● select ‘Create New Filter’
Creating Filters. Part 2
Tutorial
Fill in the relevant details.
Here you might just need to fill in one
box...
Creating Filters. Part 3
Tutorial
Tick what you want to happen with emails that meet this
requirements.
You can even add labels here!
Adding Emails to Tasks
Tutorial
● Tick the email you want to add to tasks
● Click ‘More’
● Select ‘Add to Tasks’
● You can click on the task and edit it, even adding a time and date.
● If you need to go back to tasks, click on the ‘mail’ button above ‘Compose’ then choose ‘Tasks’
✖ Visit www.boomeranggmail.com✖ Click the red button✖ Select “Add Extension”✖ When you write an email you can change the send
date✖ You can also have the email boomerang back to you
Boomerang for Gmail
Tutorial
Let’s PlayKa-Hoot, a whole lot of fun, prizes to be won. It's
the real crazy Game where anything goes.
Thanks!RemeMber there are lots of goodies in this
presentation, including tutorials.
I am happy to help you with all your techie needs. You can find me in Room 1-215. Bring Tea.
I’ve added some extra resources to the last slide.
I’ll send you a follow up email soon.
@misseduttonExcited Educator
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