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Category: Keyboard Shortcuts

Mac Trick: Text Expander for Giving Comments

Posted on January 16, 2014June 9, 2021 by Alice Keeler

When giving feedback to students we can often times find ourselves writing the same feedback comment to students over and over. If you have a Mac you can create shortcuts to expand to a larger sentence or paragraph. Step 1: Click on the apple icon in the upper left hand corner of the screen and…

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Tips and Tricks: Search, Address Bar and the Ominibox

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Alice Keeler

Magnifying Glass clipart from Clker.com Some browsers separate the address bar and the search box. Google Chrome was the first to use what they call the omnibox. The omnibox is a combination of the address bar and the search box. This means you can perform a Google search right in omnibox, or you can type…

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Just Start Typing – Tips for Selecting Text

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Alice Keeler

Lately I have been posting several blogs on keyboard shortcuts. Practicing one shortcut at at time can help you to be significantly more efficient. Try ripping off the sticky part of a post it note and placing it on your keyboard. Write the keyboard shortcut you are working onto it. This last week I have…

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word Web App

Posted on December 1, 2013December 1, 2013 by Alice Keeler

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Keyboard Shortcuts in Google Drive

Posted on November 28, 2013November 13, 2017 by Alice Keeler

Graphic created in Google Draw. Access the poster here.

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Google Spreadsheets: Absolute Cell Referencing

Posted on November 18, 2013December 17, 2014 by Alice Keeler

$A$5 Cell referencing is when you use a formula to refer to a cell. In a spreadsheet you start a formula with an equals sign (=) and then command the spreadsheet to complete a task. Example: typing =5+6 into a cell and pressing enter will calculate the value and return 11. Cell Referencing The problem…

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Keyboard Shortcuts on a Chromebook

Posted on November 17, 2013October 19, 2015 by Alice Keeler

Ctrl Alt ? On a Chromebook, hold down the Control and the Alt key at the same time. Quickly press once on the question mark key to reveal a screen of keyboard shortcuts for the Chromebook. Hold down the Control key to see which key combinations work with the Control key. For example, holding down…

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Cheat Sheet for Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Alice Keeler

⌘ + / While in Google Docs if you forget some of the keyboard shortcuts that help make working in a document more efficient, hold down the Command key and then quickly strike the forward slash. Ctrl + / On the PC hold down the Control Key and then a quick tap on the slash…

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Quick Tab Switching

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Alice Keeler

If you are like me and have multiple tabs open you will need to switch tabs frequently. The favicons displayed on the tab  help but I still am using the mouse to click on the tabs. Control Tab On a Mac, holding down the control key and pressing tab multiple times will cycle through your…

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Adding Comments to a Google Doc

Posted on October 22, 2013November 6, 2013 by Alice Keeler

One of the best things about Google Docs is the ability to collaborate. For my classes students will create their assignments in a Google Doc and share it with me with edit or comment only rights. This allows me to eliminate using class time to collect and pass back papers. Comments Google Docs allow me…

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Opening Links

Posted on September 29, 2013November 6, 2013 by Alice Keeler

When you come across a hyperlink in a webpage try holding down the COMMAND key (Mac) or CONTROL key (PC) while you click on the link. This will cause it to open in another window rather than replace the window you are on. Keyboard Shortcuts I find that I have frequent need to use this…

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Finding Things

Posted on September 26, 2013July 26, 2021 by Alice Keeler

Photo Credit: Editor B via Compfight cc By using command F on a Mac or control F on a PC you can search the text on the page. This is particularly handy when trying to find a student name in a roster or gradebook. Not only is the name found, typically you are jumped to…

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted on September 5, 2013November 6, 2013 by Alice Keeler

Link to Keyboard Shortcut Poster: http://goo.gl/3JWY8B Link to Mac Keyboard Shortcut Poster: http://goo.gl/tNU2iP

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Golden Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted on June 1, 2013June 9, 2021 by Alice Keeler

If I can give any educator a piece of advice, it is to learn some keyboard shortcuts. The faster you are with keyboard shortcuts the more productive you are. We spend so much time planning, grading, creating, interacting with students, doing yard duty, meeting with parents, attending meetings, cleaning our own whiteboards, etc… we need…

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Zoom in Google Chrome

Posted on February 17, 2013June 9, 2021 by Alice Keeler

If you are using the Google Chrome browser and want to zoom in on the screen (particularly useful if you are in a Google Hangout and want to screenshare) you can go to the 3 stacked lines in the upper right hand corner of your browser.  This is where you can find your browser settings….

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Alice Keeler is a mom of 5. High School math teacher. Author. Keynote Speaker/Teacher Trainer Google Certified Innovator, Microsoft Innovative Educator, Google Cloud Innovator Champion, and Google Developer Expert. Founder of #coffeeEDU
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