West Genesee Tech Tips
A weekly blog to support meaningful instructional technology integration at West Genesee Central Schools.
Friday, April 16, 2021
Who Knew?!--Screencastify: Text
Friday, April 9, 2021
Who Knew?!--Screencastify: Blur
Did you know you can "blur" content in your Screencastify videos to obscure sensitive information and/or images?
Learn how in the video below.
Who Knew?!--Screencastify: Blur
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Who Knew?!---Screencastify: Crop
Did you know you can crop a Screencastify video to focus on a specific part of your screen?
Learn how below:
Who Knew?!--Screencastify: Crop
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Who Knew?!--Google Slides: Explore
Let's face it...we are educators, not graphic designers. It takes a lot of time to set up our presentations with the appropriate content we want to share with students and aesthetics oftentimes takes a back seat. Nonetheless, visual aids can help explain information more coherently for students as well as increase their engagement with the content we are sharing.
Did you know Google Slides' "Explore" tool provides suggested layouts for individual slides with the click of a button?
Learn how below:
Who Knew?!--Google Slides: Explore
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Who Knew?!--Google Slides: Mask Image
Did you know you can not only crop images in Google Slides, but also "mask" them to create a shape?
Learn how below.
Who Knew?!--Google Slides: Mask Image
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Who Knew?!--Remove Background
Did you know you can copy an image URL and paste it into Remove BG to quickly remove the background of an image?
Learn how below:
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Who Knew?!--Google Forms Tips
- Did you know you can use "response validation" to solicit a specific response on a Google Form? Great for making review activities as well as digital escape rooms!
- Did you know you can use Google Forms to collect documents and other types of files from respondents?
- Did you know you can set up notification rules in Google Sheets to receive an email whenever someone submits a response to a Google Form?
- Did you know you use Google Sheets to sort the data you collect on Google Forms?
- Coming Soon: Users will have the ability to save their progress in a Google Form as a draft for up to 30 days (I signed up our domain to beta-test this feature and am waiting to hear back from Google).