Two GSuite Tips

Written by Kristen Harms/ posted by Elegan Kramer

S Single Page Orientation

You can now change a single page orientation without changing the entire document. Steps: Highlight page that you want to change orientation. Click on file Click on page setup Choose the down arrow under Apply to Change to Selected content From here, change orientation, paper size, and margins.

Mote

Verbal feedback is powerful, effective, and efficient.  Research has shown that students are three times more likely to implement verbal feedback rather than written. Mote is a Chrome extension that lets you easily add voice comments and feedback to shared documents and assignments.  Mote is integrated into Google Docs, Slides and Sheets, as well as Google Classroom, for easy recording and playback. You can create voice notes for any website or application using the 'motepad' within the mote Chrome extension menu - simply click on the browser icon to access.

Parent Pointers: Email Expectations

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Workload Planning in Schoology

If you are semi-flexible with your curriculum and time, you can use the data in Schoology to decide when to present certain content or when students’ materials are due. You can also use this data to reach out and collaborate with other teachers - connect ideas across content to make student learning interdisciplinary and meaningful.

In a Schoology course, on the left select Workload Planning. You can filter by Student Workload and the week. It will display the total number of students in your class with that student workload and give you a student breakdown. If you select the materials icon, it will display what Schoology materials are due for that student on that particular day.

Digital Valentine Jamboard Exchange

Valentine exchange may look different digitally on Virtual Campus, but it is still possible with Google Jamboard. A unique feature with Google Jamboard is that students can leave bright, colorful sticky notes. Check out the video above with the instructions below.

Instructions:

1. In your Google Drive, add a new Google Jamboard in order to make a Jamboard (‘whiteboard’) for each student. You can also use this set of 12 Valentine Jamboards to help you get started! (it will force you to make a copy of the Jamboards).

1. To make a copy of a Jamboard, click on the ‘snowman’ of the Jamboard and select duplicate.

2. After customizing the Jamboards for your class, change the share settings so that all students can edit. To do this, click the blue Share button at the top right-hand corner. Change the sharing to Parkway Schools and Editor. Click Copy link.

3. Share the Jamboard link with your students and have students leave sticky notes for their classmates. The sticky note tool is in the middle of the left toolbar.

    

4. On the day of the Valentine exchange, have students look at their Jamboard to see what others wrote.

   

Jerusalema Dance!

Jerusalema is a popular song and dance created by South African artists DJ Master KG and his sister Nomcebo Zikode. This is about bringing unity throughout the masses by song and dance with people of all walks of life. Play this video during a short break and dance with your kids! This is a fun way to get some movement during class and to build community. You don’t need a dance background. All you need to do is let the song and beat move you.