Google Drive: Keyboard Shortcuts

by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Drive, Google, Intermediate, Keyboard Shortcuts

One of the most effective things you can do to become better at using the computer is to learn keyboard shortcuts. Learn one a week!! I use keyboard shortcuts in Google Drive ALL THE TIME! Link to Poster in Google Drawings P to Preview It’s a toss up between P...

Your Google Drive is a Hot Mess

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Advanced, Drive, Google

Let’s be honest, we have not from the beginning of our use of Google Drive been diligent about organizing it and now it’s a hot mess! Here are a few steps to help clean it up. Create a Hot Mess Folder Let’s start fresh!!! In your Google Drive create...

FREE!! Make a Pile of Google Slides for Students and Update Them

by admin | Jul 24, 2020 | Advanced, Apps Script, Drive, Google, Slides

When teaching remotely, or just when teaching with digital tools, using Google Slides is a giant help! Students can create muti-media representations of their work and since Google Slides are collaborative you can see their work in real time. Now you want to be able...

MAGICALLY go Remote with Automagical Forms

by admin | Jul 23, 2020 | Advanced, Drive, Forms, Google

Many schools are starting remotely in the Fall and this is going to necessitate getting some materials into Google Forms. Google Forms is an amazing way to have students submit their work digitally. You do not have to open up individual PDF’s and hope that the...

Opening a CSV File in Google Drive

by admin | Jun 26, 2020 | Drive, Google

Personally, I find myself needing to read a CSV file a lot. What is a CSV file? Basically it’s a spreadsheet that is not a spreadsheet. WHAT??? When you download your roster from your gradebook there is a good chance it downloads as a CSV file. So what do you do...

Google Drive: Create a Table of Contents for a Folder

by admin | May 5, 2020 | Apps Script, Coding, Drive, Google, Sheets

List the Files in a Google Drive Folder I’ve been on a coding binge 🙂 I saw that an AP Biology group were sharing lesson plans and resources in a Google Drive folder with a lot of subfolders to organize by topics. I thought it might be helpful to share the...