Friday Google Tidbit: Pin an App

<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pin an App</span></div> <h6 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin: 8pt -11pt; text-align: center;"> <img height="154px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/AjhsmV_j0bSUmYoHVjJjHAunoXMtEqHxZIAj14ZTH21ByYdqGk4Ad0Kznu_FCp3x-LndevIdAMf3WRjknBtTUN4eko54MZV3afYHmHNKBBsq4q4bSus7HPlprKBBdsrwsak" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0rad); border: none; color: #3b3b41; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; transform: rotate(0rad); white-space: pre-wrap;" width="154px;" /></h6> <h6 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin: 8pt -11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have used a Chromebook, there are specific apps </span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that you use every day. For those apps, it would be nice to have them handy on the bottom task bar to click as needed without having to search for it in the app launcher. JCS Teachers and Students now have the ability to pin apps to the shelf for quick and easy reference.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are the steps to follow to pin apps to the taskbar.</span></div> </span></h6> <h6 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin: 8pt -11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h6> <h6 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin: 8pt -11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Locate the app in the app launcher.</span></h6> <h6 dir="ltr" style="margin: 8pt -11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="226px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/GvCjXjuerO7v_Q-KXhxiY4hjfiQVi6Wi0Mj_sICtQE2gJPmPjAJlLRljAHGo00Fo-r57na8KXK3ENEfbVzyLjINE9tjQ0GUsSoBsf87YRqUWv-3JChfng0ORNtqmUWoOBqY" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="303px;" /></span></div> </span></h6> <h6 dir="ltr" style="margin: 8pt -11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h6> <h6 dir="ltr" style="margin: 8pt -11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Right click on the desired app </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(a right click on the Chromebook is a two finger tap on the touchpad)</span></div> </span></h6> <h6 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin: 8pt -11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1;"><br /></span></h6> <h6 dir="ltr" style="margin: 8pt -11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-9b45ff4e-60c2-557a-8767-a625bc5cc522"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="345px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/jYmpM5jbLXe5gm8wFi81k_7kxzKOU_bZoxTKnmkAE4zEC_-d3afhE5CIePILzuRCypSczaM5Y1QDf59W8AwsKRl38COLscom3WAnW3QHyjKY4FCPAqdRzyDqhugJ27kIPNA" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="259px;" /></span></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Click on “Pin to shelf”. The app will appear next to the app launcher.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.8500003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pinned apps can also be rearranged on the shelf by dragging and dropping.</span></div> <br /><br /><br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.46999996358698; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Questions or comments?</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.46999996358698; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email me at brandywhitley@johnston.k12.nc.us</span></div> </span></h6>

Friday Google Tidbit: Pin an App

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