Category: Keyboard Shortcuts
Google Forms: Control E
Google Forms Settings With the new Google Forms you want to make sure that you click on the settings wheel. The Google Form settings allow [more…]
Alice’s Quick Way to Make a Google Form
Alice’s Quick Way to Make a Google Form I am a ninja with keyboard shortcuts and using the Tab key. I try to avoid touching [more…]
Google Forms: No Joke – Use JK to Move Items
When creating Google Forms, sometimes you have a need to change the question order. One method is to select a question. a 2×3 grid of dots [more…]
Google Forms: Control Shift Enter – Create a Question
Quickly add a new question to the new Google Forms layout by holding down the Control and Shift key, press Enter.
Google Forms: Tab Tab Type
When I first saw that the new Google Forms only has one option for multiple choice I was disappointed. Using the mouse is something I [more…]
Control F – Find
Control F lets you find keywords on a web page or within a document. Command F on a Mac. This keyboard shortcut is handy in [more…]
Be a Ninja: Learn Keyboard Shortcuts
Learning keyboard shortcuts and using them consistently helps you to feel like a ninja at the computer. Look up keyboard shortcuts on a Google search [more…]
Google Drive: Shift S
Start with Google Drive. Instead of using the “New” button to create a Google Sheets spreadsheet, hold down the Shift key and press S to [more…]
Google Sheets: Find and Replace within a Range
This week I am meeting with each student to look over their digital portfolio. Students fill out a Google Form to self-evaluate before meeting with me. [more…]
Google Drive: Shift T
Go to Google Drive and skip the “New” button. Instead, hold down the Shift key and press T. Like magic, a Google Doc will be [more…]
Digital Citizenship: Sign Out of Chrome
Perhaps you’ve seen a wayward Facebook post saying how awesome the spouse is; clearly the actual account holder forgot to log out of their Facebook. Students, [more…]
Control X – Cut It Out
Control X removes the highlighted text and saves it to the clipboard. This keyboard shortcut is really helpful when you are creating documents since you [more…]
Keytips – Control Click to Open a Link
Something to teach students is to hold down the Control key when they click on a link. This will open the destination in a new [more…]
Control A – Select All
I noticed that Google Docs updated how to name documents. If you click on the title, you edit the title directly rather than a box [more…]
