Like any good presentation tool Google Slides has lots of little features that often go overlooked even by students who have used it for a long time. I was reminded of this today while helping students in one of my classes put some finishing touches on presentations that they're going to give later this week. On that note, here are five helpful Google Slides features that you might be overlooking.
1. Custom sizing
2. Slide navigation options
3. Hiding speaker notes
4. Enabling rulers and guides
5. Automatic slide numbering
You can see all of these features in action in the following video.
Monday, October 7, 2019
How to Make the Home Button Appear in Chrome
This morning I had a colleague come to me in a bit of a panic because the home icon in Google Chrome had "disappeared from her computer." I was able to quickly relieve her panic by showing her the settings options in Chrome. If you find yourself in a position like mine or like my colleague's the following video should help you out. In the video I show how to make the home button and the bookmarks bar appear in Chrome.
Microsoft Forms Will Soon Have a Read Aloud Option
Earlier today Microsoft announced a slew up updates to popular classroom tools including PowerPoint, Word, OneNote, and Forms. The update that jumped out at me is the addition of Immersive Reader to Microsoft Forms.
Microsoft Forms is the Microsoft equivalent of Google Forms. Teachers can use it to create surveys and quizzes including automatically graded quizzes. Immersive Reader is Microsoft's free accessibility tool that will read pages aloud. It can also be used to alter the form, spacing, and color scheme of pages that students read online.
According to today's announcement from Microsoft, Immersive Reader will be available in Microsoft Forms in the next few days. This will enable students to hear questions and answer choices read aloud from Microsoft Forms.
If you have never tried Microsoft Forms, watch my video below to learn how to get started using it today.
Microsoft Forms is the Microsoft equivalent of Google Forms. Teachers can use it to create surveys and quizzes including automatically graded quizzes. Immersive Reader is Microsoft's free accessibility tool that will read pages aloud. It can also be used to alter the form, spacing, and color scheme of pages that students read online.
According to today's announcement from Microsoft, Immersive Reader will be available in Microsoft Forms in the next few days. This will enable students to hear questions and answer choices read aloud from Microsoft Forms.
If you have never tried Microsoft Forms, watch my video below to learn how to get started using it today.
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