Thursday, March 5, 2020

Google Tips from Barrington 220 Staff Members

In the most recent Share Your Best feature, Barrington 220 staff were asked to share their best (#220ShareYourBest) productivity tip using G Suite (Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, or another Google app or service). Two staff members answered the call!

Jeanine Stark, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent at the Administrative Center, knows a thing or two about juggling calendars. Jeanine shared some very useful keyboard shortcuts in Google Calendar:
When in Google Calendar, press M to view the month, to view the week, and D to view the day. Press T to see today in any view. Depending on your current view, press N for the next day, week, or month; or press P for the previous day, week, or month.

Denise Kolb, Library/Technology Assistant at Barbara Rose Elementary, shared TWO great tips this month!

Workspaces in Google Drive
You can use the new Workspaces feature in Google Drive to compile a collection of Docs from multiple folders that pertain to a topic or theme. For example, you can create a January Workspace and include lesson plans from a math, science, writing or other folder. Once January is over, you can hide the Workspace until next year when you need it again. To create a Workspace:
1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com
2. At the left, click Priority.
3. Under Workspaces, click Create Workspace.
4. Enter a name for the Workspace and click Create.

Logic in Google Forms
Use branching logic in Google Forms to send the responder to different questions based on their answers to certain questions. This saves the responder time by allowing them to skip questions that aren’t relevant to them. 

These two staff members will each receive a highly sought-after #bsd220tech prize for sharing their ideas with you.

For the next issue, please Share Your Best tip or use you have discovered that you or your students use from the Accessibility settings in the Settings app. The tip/use may or may not address a disability since so many useful features are available in Accessibility.

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