Intermediate Archives - Teacher Tech

Yes, Your Google Classroom Banner Dims

by admin | Mar 31, 2020 | Classroom, Google, Intermediate

If you upload your own photo to Google Classroom it darkens. No one likes this. It is not your imagination, you are not doing something wrong. THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS! Apparently it has something to do with the rules for material design. What I really...

Channels are the BEST PART of Microsoft Teams

by admin | Mar 29, 2020 | Intermediate, Microsoft, Teams

I love digital tools because they allow me options to INTERACT better with my students. It is tough to have a conversation with every kid in a face to face class. Do the math, 40 kids in a 50 minute class period doesn’t really lend to a whole lot of personal...

Private Comments are the BEST Part of Google Classroom

by admin | Mar 29, 2020 | Classroom, Google, Intermediate

My favoritist favorite favorite thing about Google Classroom is the Private Comments. Comments in Classroom are not feedback, they are conversations. BEFORE a student even starts an assignment they have the opportunity to ask for help or clarifying question in the...

CHECK OFF Student Participation

by admin | Mar 15, 2020 | Google, Intermediate, Sheets

Keep Track of Students Completing Work in Google Sheets You’ve asked students to complete several things digitally. Digital, unlike paper, can be completed at different times. This can make it challenging to keep track of what students have and have not done....

Google Classroom: Click on the 2nd Icon

by admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Classroom, Google, Intermediate

Use the 2nd Icon in the Feedback Tool In Google Classroom when you click on student work in an assignment it opens in the feedback tool. Sidebar The sidebar has 3 icons on the edge. The default is the files icon. This is where you can see what files students have...

Google Forms: Auto Collect Email Addresses

by admin | Feb 14, 2020 | Forms, Google, Intermediate

Set Your Preferences to Always Collect Email Addresses We’ve all done it, sent out a Google Form and forgot to ask for the email address or name. How do you fix that… you can’t. So the best way to avoid being in this situation is to set your...