Technology Thursday (5/26/22): Canvas and Google Classroom Cleanup

<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuovXRALfw9uwM870-5VxG3Q9ibzg9MNMc8KR1lqCja9PNaRlPK-FkN5bPRUwAnsSeox9qz-mF072Z08Yxrf1vzKTocF3vFKCUPuVg4SHaX-4p7-aW4YzyC7BnEmqiu3FCR6iBHxwSynMeAi7M19K1AbdAF-AMkMnxYSX7HVArmwNa5ON-s67-n8sD/s286/e7eb003acf445325f16ff413426787c9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="236" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuovXRALfw9uwM870-5VxG3Q9ibzg9MNMc8KR1lqCja9PNaRlPK-FkN5bPRUwAnsSeox9qz-mF072Z08Yxrf1vzKTocF3vFKCUPuVg4SHaX-4p7-aW4YzyC7BnEmqiu3FCR6iBHxwSynMeAi7M19K1AbdAF-AMkMnxYSX7HVArmwNa5ON-s67-n8sD/s1600/e7eb003acf445325f16ff413426787c9.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Canvas and Google Classroom Cleanup</h2><div style="text-align: center;">It's that time of year! Time to clean up your digital classroom space so you will be ready for a fresh start in 22-23. Follow these tips for Canvas and Google Classroom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Canvas:</h2><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>It's a good idea to <a href="https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-export-a-Canvas-course/ta-p/785">export your classes</a> from this semester/year so you will have a copy of the course file.</li><li>If you are changing schools or roles for next year, consider <a href="https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-add-users-to-a-course/ta-p/1119">adding a colleague</a> to this year's courses as a designer so they will have access to your content and can <a href="https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-copy-content-from-another-Canvas-course-using-the/ta-p/1012">copy the content</a> into their courses for next year.</li><li>At the end of the year, after all, students have finished working, <a href="https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-conclude-a-course-at-the-end-of-a-term-as-an-instructor/ta-p/690">conclude your course</a> so no further submissions can be made.</li><li>Consider <a href="https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-view-my-favorite-courses-in-the-Card-View-Dashboard-as/ta-p/803">organizing your dashboard</a> and favorite courses for quick access next year.</li></ul><h2 style="text-align: left;">Google Classroom:</h2></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Be sure to <a href="https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6149813?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop#zippy=%2Carchive-a-class">archive classes</a> in Google Classroom, this also clears any Lightspeed restrictions/rules you have created for students which are very important to avoid issues next year.</li><li>Clean up calendars from this year's Google Classes by clicking on the three dots next to the calendar and clicking "hide from list" OR you can delete the calendar by clicking on "settings and sharing", then scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click the delete button.</li><li>Remember that all of your content from every Google Classroom class is saved in your Classroom folder on your Google Drive. You can use these files to easily populate your classes next year.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We hope these tips help you wrap up the school year and give you an organized start for 22-23!</div></div><br /><p></p>

Technology Thursday (5/26/22): Canvas and Google Classroom Cleanup

  Canvas and Google Classroom Cleanup It's that time of year! Time to clean up your digital classroom space so you will be ready for a f...

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Technology Thursday 9/23/21

<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Technology Thursday 9/23/21</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Thursday!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This week we have several updates to share with you!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2a857c1a-7fff-ee52-e913-20783c97be37"><br /></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span>Looking for Digital Learning Competency Credits? </span></h2><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Join us for our </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfX7FjhUCxXipK3DtYLgpaZ08DNwcd8DqIHeW7T1Oj7WhaZmw/viewform" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">21-22 Instructional Technology and Media Professional Learning Sessions</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! We will be offering 40 one-hour sessions over the course of the school year to help teachers and staff maximize the use of district-provided instructional applications and school library resources.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first sessions start next week! Please share with your staff!</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Savvas Google Classroom Resources</h2><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We have heard from many of you that you are helping teachers troubleshoot issues with Savvas Realize and Google Classroom. <a href="https://mysavvastraining.com/channel/series/26-26-b2">Savvas has a wonderful help site</a> specifically for Google Classroom that has tutorial videos and step-by-step guides. Definitely bookmark this resource!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><br />HMH Into Reading: Where is my program?</h2><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In order for students to access any of the online materials for Into Reading, the teacher must assign a program to their class. This<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/146yWIBpmrp5GidWXsBB5WuB_ZTYN46kf9VFu7LFPYcc/edit?usp=sharing"> help guide</a> explains how to assign or change the program for a class in HMH Into Reading.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you for all that you do and we hope to see you at some of the upcoming professional learning sessions!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>

Technology Thursday 9/23/21

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Friday G Suite Update: End of Year Tips for Classroom!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHOiGc2h18TSgHb4FJu9xClk9pwX1ZRabiq9lVFcma_2LhqSew7nK9Kq4K7IQkMEgkakqwi0LRfuUgRl-3EYifrwQA_V1ZHLPh8lAogbuCciDPqOFddw6ZV7yn0MM5XXMVlmB3eLHfdE/s1600/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHOiGc2h18TSgHb4FJu9xClk9pwX1ZRabiq9lVFcma_2LhqSew7nK9Kq4K7IQkMEgkakqwi0LRfuUgRl-3EYifrwQA_V1ZHLPh8lAogbuCciDPqOFddw6ZV7yn0MM5XXMVlmB3eLHfdE/s320/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week, we are sharing strategies for wrapping up your Google Classroom for the year.</span></div> <h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Clean Up Your Google Drive</span></b></h3> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Google Classroom creates a "Classroom" folder in your Google Drive. In the folder is a sub-folder for each class you have created. You can move the folders and I recommend making a new favorites folder and moving any favorite assignments or project examples to this folder. It will make it easy to add assignments or handouts next year to your new classes.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another good idea is to create a 2016-2017 sub-folder in your "Classroom" folder and move all your current courses into the folder. This will make it clean and ready to go for next year.</span></div> <h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Archive 2016-2017 Classes</span></b></h3> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Google has an archive tool to save your completed classes and remove them from your home screen. </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Note</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> that you cannot add new assignments and students can no longer turn in assignments once a class is archived.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To archive a class, login to Google Classroom and click on the three dots next to the class you wish to archive.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgell5h3kuE5L9SE7piCmO5K62C3X8UtFkguqMhxxwhgvYbYLmmX97oD38chUMr7Z8w3POIZe5T18XusvOdZUJiPrtVwQaeZytFrkaHKIbdLSs4kt54Cehd3zjERj0zRrhsqrRIW1gM2lQ/s1600/Classroom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgell5h3kuE5L9SE7piCmO5K62C3X8UtFkguqMhxxwhgvYbYLmmX97oD38chUMr7Z8w3POIZe5T18XusvOdZUJiPrtVwQaeZytFrkaHKIbdLSs4kt54Cehd3zjERj0zRrhsqrRIW1gM2lQ/s1600/Classroom.png" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To see a list of your archived classes, click on the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfZ6-l4ZTbZNyUOaiv7p3Kgc8a-kKIuH7a6k2_d8aLrBbbHoTUz-Lfi5eDhMKDMH38Q3S0sIY92u_Gfo3Xgn351aQG2T9Jo9So-1RJ3B06JMNgbY1zEI0879JOkYLuTSxSd4TLng0Nv4/s1600/Classroom+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfZ6-l4ZTbZNyUOaiv7p3Kgc8a-kKIuH7a6k2_d8aLrBbbHoTUz-Lfi5eDhMKDMH38Q3S0sIY92u_Gfo3Xgn351aQG2T9Jo9So-1RJ3B06JMNgbY1zEI0879JOkYLuTSxSd4TLng0Nv4/s1600/Classroom+2.png" /></a> button and scroll to the bottom, then click on "archived classes".</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1vFe59bZc615Rk-rfUBhsdR7pVIBF2DOQgXhrSWAALxORtRREoT0-I5QSm7QCCnGpF1yLVVgnoIa144ql5wZBj_cTcTgSly-D8YPx6N0_ejdUO4Uq8_NKHRZYwLjSeGpbxd3tz4jGvI/s1600/Classroom+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1vFe59bZc615Rk-rfUBhsdR7pVIBF2DOQgXhrSWAALxORtRREoT0-I5QSm7QCCnGpF1yLVVgnoIa144ql5wZBj_cTcTgSly-D8YPx6N0_ejdUO4Uq8_NKHRZYwLjSeGpbxd3tz4jGvI/s1600/Classroom+3.png" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Start Planning Ahead</span></b></h3> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is not too early to go ahead and create your new classes for next year. I recommend creating new classes each semester or year, depending on how often you get new students.  Google Classroom has the ability to save assignments and announcements as drafts and reuse assignments, you can use this time to pre-populate your classes as well as add your syllabus and resource documents.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Don't forget that you can now schedule posts to appear for your students on the first day of 2017-2018!</span></div>

Friday G Suite Update: End of Year Tips for Classroom!

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Friday G Suite Update: Create a Classroom with Personal Gmail Accounts!

<div style="text-align: center;"> <h2> <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Friday!</span></b></h2> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img alt="Image result for google classroom" height="150" src="https://vuiwe9e6yv-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Google-Classroom-Logo1-1.png" width="200" /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week, Classroom was updated to be available for private Gmail users. Now you can create a Classroom with a personal account to use with groups or adult learners that is not tied to your edu account. I am going to suggest this to my son's soccer coach for organizing snacks and updates on games. Lots of possibilities with this announcement!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Have a great weekend!</span></b></div>

Friday G Suite Update: Create a Classroom with Personal Gmail Accounts!

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Friday Google Tidbit: New Updates to Google Classroom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5sw_Tzxyq5BWr5ZXjBgsI-s3gYRjryTXTZo5xvpNftAzlaHer9QFPNR-cS0OJr9w5NBckMMHEgvsQjfGSyVCOTk6kong5hyi2WT6iBzB5lxyd1bDXrEVAcXy6ve-G7tC1gaDGbb_tboE/s1600/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5sw_Tzxyq5BWr5ZXjBgsI-s3gYRjryTXTZo5xvpNftAzlaHer9QFPNR-cS0OJr9w5NBckMMHEgvsQjfGSyVCOTk6kong5hyi2WT6iBzB5lxyd1bDXrEVAcXy6ve-G7tC1gaDGbb_tboE/s320/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week Google has updated Google Classroom with three new features: assignments can now be assigned to individual students, teacher notifications for students who submit late assignments, and teacher notifications for students who resubmit assignments. These are exciting updates that make it easier to personalize your instruction in Google Classroom.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How to Assign to Individual Students:</span></h3> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxZIkneDADXg3DSAfPsP_wopCCY_zgYU8gcjrNtvvcx-EgZWxfeKMQJp5a_976KzDTPPo3ywN5n1DNA_ShOGLbzIsIQcqGMfEFrv_FymBpEhbczZkq2Oz2wqChJBRKWYl1sFCCmtRa3M/s1600/Classroom-PersonalizedPosts.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxZIkneDADXg3DSAfPsP_wopCCY_zgYU8gcjrNtvvcx-EgZWxfeKMQJp5a_976KzDTPPo3ywN5n1DNA_ShOGLbzIsIQcqGMfEFrv_FymBpEhbczZkq2Oz2wqChJBRKWYl1sFCCmtRa3M/s640/Classroom-PersonalizedPosts.gif" width="640" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6141557"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How to Setup Classroom Notifications</span></a></h3> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click on the link above to setup your classroom notifications for when you get an email alert for certain actions including when a student submits late assignments or resubmits assignments.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For more detailed information about these updates, check out the <a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/new-google-classroom-features-make-it-easier-learn-teach-manage-and-build/">Google Education</a> blog.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Have a great weekend!</span></div>

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Friday Google Tidbit: New Ways to Use Google Apps for Education!

<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Friday!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pNAQViTnZOwbhc6ssDmsw0VShegikqdpzPZORPoYGgoF-cijPlrFUrKtP10FbjrkHumfAv59mLQuTiLaHsMoJhpfLxCrNj2ry9y2oqtlX03YuumY0OWvWQJsq2eyhQ_XEruvr8VlL_g/s1600/Google_Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pNAQViTnZOwbhc6ssDmsw0VShegikqdpzPZORPoYGgoF-cijPlrFUrKtP10FbjrkHumfAv59mLQuTiLaHsMoJhpfLxCrNj2ry9y2oqtlX03YuumY0OWvWQJsq2eyhQ_XEruvr8VlL_g/s320/Google_Logo.png" width="320" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week we are sharing a special Back to School episode of The Google Apps Show. This episode highlights how to use some exciting new features of Google Apps for Education including Google Cast, Google Classroom Updates, and Google Expeditions.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/37PSkNvgdHE/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/37PSkNvgdHE?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37PSkNvgdHE&list=PLU8ezI8GYqs7tAIAv9qFoYM7F02L251Ai"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click here to watch the video on a mobile device</span></a></i></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is a brief overview of the video segments:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jenny discusses Cast for EDU (<a href="http://google.com/edu/cast-for-edu">http://google.com/edu/cast-for-edu</a>), which was the #1 request from educators last year. Teachers can move around the class interacting with students 1:1, and students can share their screens with the click of a button.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Parents and guardians can now receive daily or weekly email summaries of their student's progress. This makes it easier for parents to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in the classroom. (<a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/">http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com</a>)</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Recently, the Google Education team launched the annotation feature, which helps students understand complex problems such as math or science through a whiteboard-like feature. Annotations are also great for teachers too. Teachers can quickly grade assignments by writing directly on the student’s work, or highlight the most important passages in a text or novel.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lastly, we discover Google Expeditions (<a href="https://www.google.com/edu/expeditions/">https://www.google.com/edu/expeditions/</a>). Students can discover the human cardiovascular system or the Himalayas in Bhutan. Since we launched Expeditions, more than 1 million students across 11 countries have been on one of these virtual field trips.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For the latest EDU announcements and updates, check out <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/">http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Have a great weekend!</span></div>

Friday Google Tidbit: New Ways to Use Google Apps for Education!

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Media Monday: Reminders

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDPEMNcUlG58hg2w-_7TXlUkJ-H9_ZvihoKJqzN8qxq5IHbEv50OH9NqpgXMoHimt3tjnF8hu4k2iV-tR5_OK2o6IZlD9eYUHvOfzgnvBQV13NhiCZk3_IbiR674JcOuPlbBEXBtcHPI/s1600/media.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDPEMNcUlG58hg2w-_7TXlUkJ-H9_ZvihoKJqzN8qxq5IHbEv50OH9NqpgXMoHimt3tjnF8hu4k2iV-tR5_OK2o6IZlD9eYUHvOfzgnvBQV13NhiCZk3_IbiR674JcOuPlbBEXBtcHPI/s320/media.gif" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Today's post is just a few reminders.<br /> 1. iPads for MClass - if you didn't update your ipads last spring <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/johnston.k12.nc.us/document/d/1Y7GXfcRaWLs4Z-nsSt0PywE3oN-Y_BJfv23SJwc2oz8/edit?usp=drive_web">here are the instructions.</a><br /> 2. Remember to complete the 2 surveys through Google Classroom - one regarding printing and the second regarding personal information for Heather.<br /> 3. Heather has officially started!  Her extension is 1094, if you need help or questions email her or give her a call.  She is starting to schedule visits, if you need a face to face visit please let her know.<br /> <br />

Media Monday: Reminders

Today's post is just a few reminders. 1. iPads for MClass - if you didn't update your ipads last spring here are the instruction...

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Friday Google Tidbit: Looking Forward to Next Year in Google Classroom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjbld_AX0l90ifh9d6tlCmHpesJNWhOeHnHIvDXk3gpIqkYlcgSPXNvMR07TkVLv1n4zoy0synO6JpWjqzqubGekc-nwCwuMAWaoJrnh9xONzSLfKCIdflL5jneTa7-JGVpYq9shmP2M/s1600/google-classroom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjbld_AX0l90ifh9d6tlCmHpesJNWhOeHnHIvDXk3gpIqkYlcgSPXNvMR07TkVLv1n4zoy0synO6JpWjqzqubGekc-nwCwuMAWaoJrnh9xONzSLfKCIdflL5jneTa7-JGVpYq9shmP2M/s320/google-classroom.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the fall of the 2015/16 school year, Google released <a href="http://jcsinstructionaltech.blogspot.com/2015/08/friday-google-tidbit-updates-to-google.html" target="_blank">several extremely useful updates</a> to Classroom. </span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These included the ability to create a question, the ability to move posts to the top of the stream, and perhaps most helpful, the reuse post option. Shortly after that, Google added the <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/share-to-classroom/adokjfanaflbkibffcbhihgihpgijcei" target="_blank">Share to Classroom</a> extension as well as <a href="http://jcsinstructionaltech.blogspot.com/2015/09/friday-google-tidbit-google-classroom.html" target="_blank">integration with Google Calendar</a>. </span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These updates added a great deal of functionality to Classroom. Not only in terms of learning options, but workflow as well. The rapid addition of so many features right at the beginning of the school was a pleasant surprise to many teacher who continue to look forward to more new features. </span></div> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> What Can We Look Forward to Next Year?</span></h3> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So far there has only been one new feature announced for 2016-2017. </span></div> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">However, it's a <b>BIG</b> one and something many teachers having been asking for. </span></div> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Earlier this month, Google announced that features to improve contact with guardians will be launched this fall. Guardians will now be able to sign up for daily or weekly emails, allowing them to easily keep up with their student's progress and assignments. By using this feature along with the ability to share the classroom calendar, Google Classroom make it easy to keep all stakeholders informed of what is happening in classrooms!</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div>

Friday Google Tidbit: Looking Forward to Next Year in Google Classroom

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Friday Google Tidbit: End of the Year Tips for Google Classroom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHOiGc2h18TSgHb4FJu9xClk9pwX1ZRabiq9lVFcma_2LhqSew7nK9Kq4K7IQkMEgkakqwi0LRfuUgRl-3EYifrwQA_V1ZHLPh8lAogbuCciDPqOFddw6ZV7yn0MM5XXMVlmB3eLHfdE/s1600/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHOiGc2h18TSgHb4FJu9xClk9pwX1ZRabiq9lVFcma_2LhqSew7nK9Kq4K7IQkMEgkakqwi0LRfuUgRl-3EYifrwQA_V1ZHLPh8lAogbuCciDPqOFddw6ZV7yn0MM5XXMVlmB3eLHfdE/s320/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week, we are sharing strategies for wrapping up your Google Classroom for the year.</span></div> <h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Clean Up Your Google Drive</span></b></h3> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Google Classroom creates a "Classroom" folder in your Google Drive. In the folder is a sub-folder for each class you have created. You can move the folders and I recommend making a new favorites folder and moving any favorite assignments or project examples to this folder. It will make it easy to add assignments or handouts next semester to your new classes.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another good idea is to create a 2015-2016 sub-folder in your "Classroom" folder and move all your current courses into the folder. This will make it clean and ready to go for next year.</span></div> <h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Archive 2015-2016 Classes</span></b></h3> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Google has an archive tool to save your completed classes and remove them from your home screen. </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Note</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> that you cannot add new assignments and students can no longer turn in assignments once a class is archived.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To archive a class, login to Google Classroom and click on the three dots next to the class you wish to archive.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgell5h3kuE5L9SE7piCmO5K62C3X8UtFkguqMhxxwhgvYbYLmmX97oD38chUMr7Z8w3POIZe5T18XusvOdZUJiPrtVwQaeZytFrkaHKIbdLSs4kt54Cehd3zjERj0zRrhsqrRIW1gM2lQ/s1600/Classroom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgell5h3kuE5L9SE7piCmO5K62C3X8UtFkguqMhxxwhgvYbYLmmX97oD38chUMr7Z8w3POIZe5T18XusvOdZUJiPrtVwQaeZytFrkaHKIbdLSs4kt54Cehd3zjERj0zRrhsqrRIW1gM2lQ/s1600/Classroom.png" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To see a list of your archived classes, click on the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfZ6-l4ZTbZNyUOaiv7p3Kgc8a-kKIuH7a6k2_d8aLrBbbHoTUz-Lfi5eDhMKDMH38Q3S0sIY92u_Gfo3Xgn351aQG2T9Jo9So-1RJ3B06JMNgbY1zEI0879JOkYLuTSxSd4TLng0Nv4/s1600/Classroom+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfZ6-l4ZTbZNyUOaiv7p3Kgc8a-kKIuH7a6k2_d8aLrBbbHoTUz-Lfi5eDhMKDMH38Q3S0sIY92u_Gfo3Xgn351aQG2T9Jo9So-1RJ3B06JMNgbY1zEI0879JOkYLuTSxSd4TLng0Nv4/s1600/Classroom+2.png" /></a> button and scroll to the bottom, then click on "archived classes".</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1vFe59bZc615Rk-rfUBhsdR7pVIBF2DOQgXhrSWAALxORtRREoT0-I5QSm7QCCnGpF1yLVVgnoIa144ql5wZBj_cTcTgSly-D8YPx6N0_ejdUO4Uq8_NKHRZYwLjSeGpbxd3tz4jGvI/s1600/Classroom+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1vFe59bZc615Rk-rfUBhsdR7pVIBF2DOQgXhrSWAALxORtRREoT0-I5QSm7QCCnGpF1yLVVgnoIa144ql5wZBj_cTcTgSly-D8YPx6N0_ejdUO4Uq8_NKHRZYwLjSeGpbxd3tz4jGvI/s1600/Classroom+3.png" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Start Planning Ahead</span></b></h3> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is not too early to go ahead and create your new classes for next year. I recommend creating new classes each semester or year, depending on how often you get new students. Now that Google Classroom has the ability to save assignments and announcements as drafts and reuse assignments, you can use this time to pre-populate your classes as well as add your syllabus and resource documents.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Don't forget that you can now schedule posts to appear for your students on the first day of 2016-2017!</span></div>

Friday Google Tidbit: End of the Year Tips for Google Classroom

This week, we are sharing strategies for wrapping up your Google Classroom for the year. Clean Up Your Google Drive Google Classroo...

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Friday Google Tidbit: Google Classroom Update: Schedule Posts for Your Classroom!

<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Friday!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bRrVssbe3CwFoMhmhrLOh6oXgvP6cK2ZfsRrkyzKDkV_V5in3Kms3TGnwSe7yz_krHZTSjdisOJKcfEn_lTOxDQsoajxPNsFhi9Bm-jf6Sl69WPWTOsvRy27UtIw1svcqKChU22ECsM/s1600/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bRrVssbe3CwFoMhmhrLOh6oXgvP6cK2ZfsRrkyzKDkV_V5in3Kms3TGnwSe7yz_krHZTSjdisOJKcfEn_lTOxDQsoajxPNsFhi9Bm-jf6Sl69WPWTOsvRy27UtIw1svcqKChU22ECsM/s320/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week, Google Classroom released a new feature that allows you to schedule posts in advance for your classroom. This is an excellent feature that allows you to work ahead of your students and schedule posts to appear when you want students to see them.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To use the new feature, open Google Classroom and create a new post:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKy0sWySONngqYCwLAHRoyyp9_iL8udP7Y7WyYWyD1PVhq8z1yP770-DTO8flabyMko1g4xA2lvs8XwMIFsi3PlhC1eMhH4Oc1ArpkOdo0qSfeTgxVblp7oGAwREVZlM4DhWtSWU6fgg/s1600/gc+blog+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKy0sWySONngqYCwLAHRoyyp9_iL8udP7Y7WyYWyD1PVhq8z1yP770-DTO8flabyMko1g4xA2lvs8XwMIFsi3PlhC1eMhH4Oc1ArpkOdo0qSfeTgxVblp7oGAwREVZlM4DhWtSWU6fgg/s400/gc+blog+1.png" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click on the blue down arrow button to see the post options.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrWkeD3BXJraAjztYttHQlrGfOHb-pB9VgDHtl9NgCWBUUwepJYeNP7CuIW-fq_Gcbom5dRmq-fO9yQrgYhg6gdBXoJxW55VXHqjFlyp0epykeTp8udeCYi6YuXsDq6GbjoRqEB5zM18/s1600/gc+blog+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrWkeD3BXJraAjztYttHQlrGfOHb-pB9VgDHtl9NgCWBUUwepJYeNP7CuIW-fq_Gcbom5dRmq-fO9yQrgYhg6gdBXoJxW55VXHqjFlyp0epykeTp8udeCYi6YuXsDq6GbjoRqEB5zM18/s400/gc+blog+2.png" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click on "Schedule" and choose the date and time you want the post to appear.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zA6lB0vZyYhJTzbnqrvKFaknuoVk9lrBrFlVx_v3NJAUy9bIf28Q1WTFlXfMBHiMkOkwczE1yqWAQm6fiuKsaT5MXN6D8ZpwdLer3oloDciTzw_P3rDJGr54hwKiJg00OGWoCzBkb4s/s1600/gc+blog+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zA6lB0vZyYhJTzbnqrvKFaknuoVk9lrBrFlVx_v3NJAUy9bIf28Q1WTFlXfMBHiMkOkwczE1yqWAQm6fiuKsaT5MXN6D8ZpwdLer3oloDciTzw_P3rDJGr54hwKiJg00OGWoCzBkb4s/s1600/gc+blog+3.png" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Your scheduled posts will be saved at the top of your classroom stream.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4BGjvXXq5IdaKs2qr9X9Q8ARzcdCNbT5paGE2zjcfNAoRnuUtATphW6wvYnvN_ll3SV1AWiTQcb77lAOBga2rbsNjbL_i6g-4G3Rt34baM_UziSIwnjR4pNNllyX3zQ04IeCn6AYvYk/s1600/gc+blog+4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4BGjvXXq5IdaKs2qr9X9Q8ARzcdCNbT5paGE2zjcfNAoRnuUtATphW6wvYnvN_ll3SV1AWiTQcb77lAOBga2rbsNjbL_i6g-4G3Rt34baM_UziSIwnjR4pNNllyX3zQ04IeCn6AYvYk/s400/gc+blog+4.png" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is a recap of what this looks like in action:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kWkqCi165VFRAqmnWT9bF3bewDQIFbpKKuat59-7zSbyrd0L4AKw5Ys3xRLix9kFOEMTl3zAqEXw2NodrQjqyTSAcoyg0qhgf3NXFim4fO8byUFA-z3lbUHBD9Y3e7Dh8CKijB_CsCg/s1600/Schedule+a+Post+on+Google+Classroom.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kWkqCi165VFRAqmnWT9bF3bewDQIFbpKKuat59-7zSbyrd0L4AKw5Ys3xRLix9kFOEMTl3zAqEXw2NodrQjqyTSAcoyg0qhgf3NXFim4fO8byUFA-z3lbUHBD9Y3e7Dh8CKijB_CsCg/s400/Schedule+a+Post+on+Google+Classroom.gif" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope you find this new feature to be useful in Google Classroom!</span></div>

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Friday Google Tidbit: Create Questions and Polls in Google Classroom!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmVXnDANnJTYsmlHwPu3pegisVZFE3wKltkxIO3bhX6de28EFo5u6M_OA17KDClykrfDxMFoUVQrIfJsNNBLY7EGR5E7fdNnOxDZJ1LnZbrfkxVq1wKCYZs_tpU5clN0us8xrHhZ_NWHS/s1600/opseu_action_button_faq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmVXnDANnJTYsmlHwPu3pegisVZFE3wKltkxIO3bhX6de28EFo5u6M_OA17KDClykrfDxMFoUVQrIfJsNNBLY7EGR5E7fdNnOxDZJ1LnZbrfkxVq1wKCYZs_tpU5clN0us8xrHhZ_NWHS/s320/opseu_action_button_faq.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Friday!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week Google Classroom has released a new feature that allows you to create questions and polls within your classroom.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To get started, open a class in Google Classroom and click on the "+" button in the lower right corner.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNPm3-ogLYu6dd4eVeSF8ME4SZLdSoMN-RTD2_VGRH9a5PurIiElvib94i3z9vFCEp65C8aoO1eDe5iKsVL_dE21CMtlYaG6_C7jzltytA3VjYjobfSJjZwTNbf37yz2YE6RQFybt8Hla/s1600/create+question+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNPm3-ogLYu6dd4eVeSF8ME4SZLdSoMN-RTD2_VGRH9a5PurIiElvib94i3z9vFCEp65C8aoO1eDe5iKsVL_dE21CMtlYaG6_C7jzltytA3VjYjobfSJjZwTNbf37yz2YE6RQFybt8Hla/s320/create+question+1.png" width="235" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click on "Create question" and enter your question and select either multiple choice or short answer response.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JIohzjbjIUryWhGmWeimoWP76sV_Qq6ZizlWy4dvU5hK_4y3lLkEAi24G0dD2gZ1hzcXA1aUddWK6ug1PTKlFK2RckUHASeAOCAxBm2EFPTC9VFA0cF0I4_VigjXrJcueCNOJ4k2d2sO/s1600/create+question+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JIohzjbjIUryWhGmWeimoWP76sV_Qq6ZizlWy4dvU5hK_4y3lLkEAi24G0dD2gZ1hzcXA1aUddWK6ug1PTKlFK2RckUHASeAOCAxBm2EFPTC9VFA0cF0I4_VigjXrJcueCNOJ4k2d2sO/s400/create+question+2.png" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can add Google Drive files, links, or videos to your question.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQcvDazNBZI0ECugO7cEH-CU0PNoU1ljYvgAiPN71EjUuTR5PHNqr_LOMych8vZfH3YBZvXT9bjUGGn0zJAmJWlaYt6vb2p73f-gd2Kt8dPZA4wI-vPqj7pI4WfEp5rt8VslB3pQNNHub/s1600/create+question+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQcvDazNBZI0ECugO7cEH-CU0PNoU1ljYvgAiPN71EjUuTR5PHNqr_LOMych8vZfH3YBZvXT9bjUGGn0zJAmJWlaYt6vb2p73f-gd2Kt8dPZA4wI-vPqj7pI4WfEp5rt8VslB3pQNNHub/s400/create+question+3.png" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can allow students to see a class summary of responses. This does not show individual responses.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFs-4lcYbBJpyxqz0965VTVL8k-4b1aKs75D56hoUmF0WmTD4miHLUjjHGSxl35HEAM8ji3ncEradis3ZOk-v_9KHRRHYFo7FjGNXtpmDn4480QETwxxoSI023FhCVyvIWy2UxaQQlPPrG/s1600/create+question+4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFs-4lcYbBJpyxqz0965VTVL8k-4b1aKs75D56hoUmF0WmTD4miHLUjjHGSxl35HEAM8ji3ncEradis3ZOk-v_9KHRRHYFo7FjGNXtpmDn4480QETwxxoSI023FhCVyvIWy2UxaQQlPPrG/s400/create+question+4.png" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is what it looks like for the students to respond to a multiple choice question.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This new feature gives you a great way to collect student opinions or gather formative assessment data. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Have a great weekend!</span></div>

Friday Google Tidbit: Create Questions and Polls in Google Classroom!

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Friday Google Tidbit: Gradebook Split Screen Extension

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHOiGc2h18TSgHb4FJu9xClk9pwX1ZRabiq9lVFcma_2LhqSew7nK9Kq4K7IQkMEgkakqwi0LRfuUgRl-3EYifrwQA_V1ZHLPh8lAogbuCciDPqOFddw6ZV7yn0MM5XXMVlmB3eLHfdE/s1600/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHOiGc2h18TSgHb4FJu9xClk9pwX1ZRabiq9lVFcma_2LhqSew7nK9Kq4K7IQkMEgkakqwi0LRfuUgRl-3EYifrwQA_V1ZHLPh8lAogbuCciDPqOFddw6ZV7yn0MM5XXMVlmB3eLHfdE/s320/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Friday!</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Alice Keeler at Teacher Tech has developed a Chrome extension that will allow you to split your screen so that you can have your student work in Google Classroom open on one half of your screen and your gradebook open on the other side of the screen. This is a handy timesaver when grading student work.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.alicekeeler.com/teachertech/2015/02/22/gradebook-split-grade-student-work-side-by-side-your-gradebook/">Click here</a> to view Alice's blog post with instructions!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have a great weekend!</span></div> <br />

Friday Google Tidbit: Gradebook Split Screen Extension

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Friday Google Tidbit: Tips for End of the Semester in Google Classroom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHOiGc2h18TSgHb4FJu9xClk9pwX1ZRabiq9lVFcma_2LhqSew7nK9Kq4K7IQkMEgkakqwi0LRfuUgRl-3EYifrwQA_V1ZHLPh8lAogbuCciDPqOFddw6ZV7yn0MM5XXMVlmB3eLHfdE/s1600/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHOiGc2h18TSgHb4FJu9xClk9pwX1ZRabiq9lVFcma_2LhqSew7nK9Kq4K7IQkMEgkakqwi0LRfuUgRl-3EYifrwQA_V1ZHLPh8lAogbuCciDPqOFddw6ZV7yn0MM5XXMVlmB3eLHfdE/s320/Google-Classroom-Logo1.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> This week, we are sharing strategies for wrapping up your Google Classroom for the semester.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>Clean Up Your Google Drive</b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Google Classroom creates a "Classroom" folder in your Google Drive. In the folder is a sub-folder for each class you have created. You can move the folders and I recommend making a new favorites folder and moving any favorite assignments or project examples to this folder. It will make it easy to add assignments or handouts next semester to your new classes.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Another good idea is to create a Fall 2015 sub-folder in your "Classroom" folder and move all your current courses into the folder. This will make it clean and ready to go for next semester.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>Archive Fall Classes</b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Google has an archive tool to save your completed classes and removes them from your home screen. Note that you cannot add new assignments and students can no longer turn in assignments once a class is archived.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> To archive a class, login to Google Classroom and click on the three dots next to the class you wish to archive.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgell5h3kuE5L9SE7piCmO5K62C3X8UtFkguqMhxxwhgvYbYLmmX97oD38chUMr7Z8w3POIZe5T18XusvOdZUJiPrtVwQaeZytFrkaHKIbdLSs4kt54Cehd3zjERj0zRrhsqrRIW1gM2lQ/s1600/Classroom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgell5h3kuE5L9SE7piCmO5K62C3X8UtFkguqMhxxwhgvYbYLmmX97oD38chUMr7Z8w3POIZe5T18XusvOdZUJiPrtVwQaeZytFrkaHKIbdLSs4kt54Cehd3zjERj0zRrhsqrRIW1gM2lQ/s1600/Classroom.png" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> To see a list of your archived classes, click on the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfZ6-l4ZTbZNyUOaiv7p3Kgc8a-kKIuH7a6k2_d8aLrBbbHoTUz-Lfi5eDhMKDMH38Q3S0sIY92u_Gfo3Xgn351aQG2T9Jo9So-1RJ3B06JMNgbY1zEI0879JOkYLuTSxSd4TLng0Nv4/s1600/Classroom+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfZ6-l4ZTbZNyUOaiv7p3Kgc8a-kKIuH7a6k2_d8aLrBbbHoTUz-Lfi5eDhMKDMH38Q3S0sIY92u_Gfo3Xgn351aQG2T9Jo9So-1RJ3B06JMNgbY1zEI0879JOkYLuTSxSd4TLng0Nv4/s1600/Classroom+2.png" /></a> button and scroll to the bottom, then click on "archived classes".</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1vFe59bZc615Rk-rfUBhsdR7pVIBF2DOQgXhrSWAALxORtRREoT0-I5QSm7QCCnGpF1yLVVgnoIa144ql5wZBj_cTcTgSly-D8YPx6N0_ejdUO4Uq8_NKHRZYwLjSeGpbxd3tz4jGvI/s1600/Classroom+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1vFe59bZc615Rk-rfUBhsdR7pVIBF2DOQgXhrSWAALxORtRREoT0-I5QSm7QCCnGpF1yLVVgnoIa144ql5wZBj_cTcTgSly-D8YPx6N0_ejdUO4Uq8_NKHRZYwLjSeGpbxd3tz4jGvI/s1600/Classroom+3.png" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>Start Planning Ahead</b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It is not too early to go ahead and create your new classes for second semester. I recommend creating new classes each semester or year, depending on how often you get new students. Now that Google Classroom has the ability to save assignments and announcements as drafts and reuse assignments, you can use this time to pre-populate your classes as well as add your syllabus and resource documents.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>

Friday Google Tidbit: Tips for End of the Semester in Google Classroom

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Upcoming Google Sessions-Register Today on My Learning Plan!

<div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3AYG6DfK3738N1Aned01-p29JqFT836pK7UkG0QoFTJXfnp7X4EIClKPuP7Dsy2oBcVN5WAx0hQm8KuBTc91-sUHsduaeTojmKITAgHIZqk4ZnaeMxnSCxjJd53KFOIq3gRav8VNV2E/s1600/Twenty+years+from+now+you+will+be+more+disappointed+by+the+things+that+you+didn%25E2%2580%2599t+do+than+by+the+ones+you+did+do.+So+throw+off+the+bowlines.+Sail+away+from+the+safe+harbor.+Catch+the+trade+winds+in+your+sails..png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3AYG6DfK3738N1Aned01-p29JqFT836pK7UkG0QoFTJXfnp7X4EIClKPuP7Dsy2oBcVN5WAx0hQm8KuBTc91-sUHsduaeTojmKITAgHIZqk4ZnaeMxnSCxjJd53KFOIq3gRav8VNV2E/s320/Twenty+years+from+now+you+will+be+more+disappointed+by+the+things+that+you+didn%25E2%2580%2599t+do+than+by+the+ones+you+did+do.+So+throw+off+the+bowlines.+Sail+away+from+the+safe+harbor.+Catch+the+trade+winds+in+your+sails..png" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Digital Learning Team will be offering two Google Sessions in December. These sessions are open for all staff members and will be held in the West Campus Computer Lab in Smithfield, NC. </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please register in My Learning Plan.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Session Descriptions:</span></div> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Google It Up</span></h4> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f2e; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Learn how to use Google Apps for Education to organize your classroom and let your student's innovation shine. Focus will be on recent updates to Google Apps such as Calendar, Google Drive, and Docs.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f2e; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f2e; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Differentiate with Google Classroom</span></span></h4> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f2e; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Learn how to differentiate learning in your classroom with Google Classroom. See model lesson plans and activities to help you create your Google Classroom.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div>

Upcoming Google Sessions-Register Today on My Learning Plan!

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Friday Google Tidbit: Google Forms Integration Now Available in Google Classroom!

<div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Happy Friday!</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WCqIfJm8COv04LAiT9cEIp4S_Ip3EAf1Nnv9dyeXsCTJX-bm84jhWHndq1TDHobY6E2f5RPf1Pr6rKXHHM4XIXfAM0Zn-vJU3BU4_idcGDqy10tbAoCKeygGYx2PQZBdNhybDtQtOiwu/s1600/big-google-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WCqIfJm8COv04LAiT9cEIp4S_Ip3EAf1Nnv9dyeXsCTJX-bm84jhWHndq1TDHobY6E2f5RPf1Pr6rKXHHM4XIXfAM0Zn-vJU3BU4_idcGDqy10tbAoCKeygGYx2PQZBdNhybDtQtOiwu/s320/big-google-logo.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Google Classroom has just been updated to now include Google Forms integration! </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> This is wonderful news as you can now attach a Google Form to an assignment in Google Classroom and it will automatically track student submissions to the form. You can use Google Forms for a variety of purposes in the classroom such as assessments and reading log submissions.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Using Forms in Google Classroom is simple...open Google Classroom, then click on your desired class, click on the + button:</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6j-HhVT6jgCPJOOJG4VomNh82P8ww0JqCgq2bjF54jaUlHUZ-d-s3nOnrlJkGDcWJBdUJZq7CIo0VqVurWDyRrjA2r7vlSV0Rqz8loh2djpMxhmlBy8PqvTwkk58Rtr99Y-9Jga5Vxjs1/s1600/forms+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6j-HhVT6jgCPJOOJG4VomNh82P8ww0JqCgq2bjF54jaUlHUZ-d-s3nOnrlJkGDcWJBdUJZq7CIo0VqVurWDyRrjA2r7vlSV0Rqz8loh2djpMxhmlBy8PqvTwkk58Rtr99Y-9Jga5Vxjs1/s320/forms+1.png" width="179" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Create a new assignment by adding a title and due date, then click the Drive icon to attach your Google Form, then click assign.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2ww7qFBZoezY3kIG_nYzaybWECb34qQDwN7ytfo32zGjEH8XkkHg58RhEHRArYxcBpxxJfr2lwqEJvFWADGVFe-lEYRzLQIJu6nja1xAqi4O8_cJAbndUZgTVsQQ9LgtJbMyInN79Rx3/s1600/forms+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2ww7qFBZoezY3kIG_nYzaybWECb34qQDwN7ytfo32zGjEH8XkkHg58RhEHRArYxcBpxxJfr2lwqEJvFWADGVFe-lEYRzLQIJu6nja1xAqi4O8_cJAbndUZgTVsQQ9LgtJbMyInN79Rx3/s400/forms+2.png" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Google will automatically create a link for you to view student responses in the post for the assignment (only teachers can see the link to submissions):</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydaTIejCvoirHOX1mAD2M6NLw8geHEwcOP0dJQXlFXWxX3UKEcQlRnhPlq-96__TDqMod9XC8LM4IT03lIryRMcwiFQ8eZG5e0UY6cW8r58GVRG62VMXvXNxggkt64OLyQET4mlvFxjWt/s1600/forms+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydaTIejCvoirHOX1mAD2M6NLw8geHEwcOP0dJQXlFXWxX3UKEcQlRnhPlq-96__TDqMod9XC8LM4IT03lIryRMcwiFQ8eZG5e0UY6cW8r58GVRG62VMXvXNxggkt64OLyQET4mlvFxjWt/s640/forms+3.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> If you need a quick tutorial on how to use Google Forms, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Wf_m41ClM" target="_blank">here is a video tutorial for making a student information form</a>.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Have a great weekend!</div>

Friday Google Tidbit: Google Forms Integration Now Available in Google Classroom!

Happy Friday! Google Classroom has just been updated to now include Google Forms integration!  This is wonderful news as you ca...

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Friday Google Tidbit: Instructions for Exporting and Importing Events from Google Calendar

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Happy Friday!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8PlaTt9457V0gDWtML5mBgKNJp6dTD2snLJ6rN25nDDFdExFrAHuOxgYnElbPNIoPyLO0XXfeJZ3wOPKQaTz5FjYeqMrCo6QwUqrohkXMLh0Jzb-B0QPhYqCZYP7lXBET-Da4EdeyyA/s1600/Google_Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8PlaTt9457V0gDWtML5mBgKNJp6dTD2snLJ6rN25nDDFdExFrAHuOxgYnElbPNIoPyLO0XXfeJZ3wOPKQaTz5FjYeqMrCo6QwUqrohkXMLh0Jzb-B0QPhYqCZYP7lXBET-Da4EdeyyA/s320/Google_Logo.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> With the recent addition of calendar integration in Google Classroom, a few people have asked us about merging calendars. Unfortunately in Google Calendar, you cannot merge calendars and there is no way in Google Classroom to select a different calendar to use other than the one that is automatically created.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLj5AJepSPjQkeIj3DOWNyoFF8cuwaOBo1Ck782960voKNjMQMUACEfpPXr2q3Prn6XT0NloZi7KFmEHWMXRY5BA-9APLN-pCx2xHxZaOQx6-2BonXuuXULOD8s9rvIZDI9c1FLRzWY4/s1600/google-calendar-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLj5AJepSPjQkeIj3DOWNyoFF8cuwaOBo1Ck782960voKNjMQMUACEfpPXr2q3Prn6XT0NloZi7KFmEHWMXRY5BA-9APLN-pCx2xHxZaOQx6-2BonXuuXULOD8s9rvIZDI9c1FLRzWY4/s200/google-calendar-2.png" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> There is a work around for merging calendars, you can export events from one Google Calendar and then import those events to a different Google Calendar. The export/import process does not have to be completed under the same Google account, once the events are exported, that person can share the exported event file with anyone to import on their Google Calendar.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> There are a couple of situations you may find this process very useful for:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;">A public school calendar is owned by someone who leaves the school and someone else needs to take over posting public school events.</li> <li style="text-align: left;">A teacher has created a public calendar for students/parents with homework or school events and would now like to transfer those events to their new Google Classroom calendar.</li> <li style="text-align: left;">A team calendar is owned by someone who is leaving/no longer on that team and someone else would like to create a new team calendar and import those events.</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: center;"> Dave has created written instructions for the export/import process. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17mTWnFxpg8TTWxqWIyfCiy7tLVd0sSEYHxCFe9MAfTg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Please click here to view the instructions.</a> The instructions are also available in the Tech Contact/Media folder.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Have a safe and dry weekend!</div> </div>

Friday Google Tidbit: Instructions for Exporting and Importing Events from Google Calendar

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Friday Google Tidbit - Google Classroom now has Calendar Integration!

<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBMo8jaMVg2AXwcISJa9CLHw10XXht1zX3oe2MX6wdQobQOT2syb0uXcmNvOWRupv3bmp4XUThorkS0WAGBLGfYApUHNwCmwqEXCQauAUnJxzdeVDfPwCmk2duxueUuVaT6SL02Y1U0qM/s1600/google-classroom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBMo8jaMVg2AXwcISJa9CLHw10XXht1zX3oe2MX6wdQobQOT2syb0uXcmNvOWRupv3bmp4XUThorkS0WAGBLGfYApUHNwCmwqEXCQauAUnJxzdeVDfPwCmk2duxueUuVaT6SL02Y1U0qM/s200/google-classroom.png" width="200" /></a></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The latest update to Google Classroom has added a helpful feature to keep students and parents informed of upcoming assignments. Google Classroom now integrates with Google Calendar so that all activities are instantly posted to Google Calendar as they a assigned. </span></div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04d6-9b67-92b9-cb5833982d3c"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To start using this feature, go to the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> tab in Google Classroom.  </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04da-5c7e-e948-d05fa7c2ff64"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="About Header.png" height="114px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qkIFGMBQ6UPILdd9wu3HkU7b6PuxreasSuFd9ccLhJHxajPFn6eZtsnBHFz_r6MzlmzunD6gS4EMqv4OGg7NyXPEsdF78UsFNW-tQQBnLGzwjFoFEPfI7KcUGpYtL7tVUA=s1600" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="638px;" /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will now see two new options:</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04da-ce6d-5eb2-5bf2f3c809ce"></span></div> <ol style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">View in Classroom</span></div> </li> <li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Open in Google Calendar. </span></li> </ol> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04db-2671-8329-c8a603bf69b2"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Calendar setup.png" height="282px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/8kl1I03_8JwFf-MZeLTYl03L2jTYM4d4PS7HH8SyYpPDWgY4rA67owR4Vm-T1bnjc89WF5kAuQ5LRp3nxWW0ZhOVc8uwgeZhfaOU_KKLm1vhDxgwOqL55ue2Mandchlm_w=s1600" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="507px;" /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dc-8a89-2c51-6577642f53be"></span><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dc-8a89-2c51-6577642f53be"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Choosing </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">View in Classroom</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> will display a calendar within Google Classroom that displays any announcements, assignments or discussions that have been posted. </span></span></div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dc-8a89-2c51-6577642f53be"> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Choosing </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Open in Google Calendar</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> will open up your Google Calendar which will now have a new calendar added. This calendar will have the same name as the title of your Google Classroom.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dc-c076-2394-ce9d98bf3fe7"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If the box in your About tab looks says </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No Google Calendar created,</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> it simply means that you have not yet posted in your Google Classroom. </span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dc-ee98-9fe9-a0bbd55e58e1"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Calendar setup 1.png" height="273px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/K8ldBdqDNWSg5TkjTeQKyYL7xXm36iykgcdmGC_KAzF9lIT2Cgdks7HOSBb9Mh4tdTKUghOJ9ovBG4nx7HrRWuzVNr6oTXg9c087V9c4-qk2PkZPR5te5kUKrMnm5Oj8=s1600" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="486px;" /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dd-a878-c608-61644e67733f"></span><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dd-a878-c608-61644e67733f"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once you post your first assignment, announcement or discussion, a Google Calendar created specifically for your class will be generated. </span></span></div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dd-a878-c608-61644e67733f"> </span><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dd-a878-c608-61644e67733f"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sharing Your Calendar</span></span></div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dd-a878-c608-61644e67733f"> <br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once you begin adding items to the calendar, you will likely want to share it outside of Google Classroom so that the parents of your students will be able to see due dates. </span></div> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to do this, open your calendar and click the gear symbol in the upper right corner. Then click on settings </span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04dd-e9cc-0036-b13c2b8fd636"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Calendar settings.png" height="236px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/phly4gUW7Sv9KSEHQ8oEKy_6tMYR3rCNEOyG7NX_hVoqeWFazOZdgTh4Jt5G5hcCFmsgslDkXesUcY5VN1KXs3DQRQxW2BXuXE2YaEhCYHS4i6jNpDl8ZJvzI7jXAZv1DA=s1600" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="205px;" /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04de-1fec-82b6-15c624a30a6f"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the next screen click the calendars link in the upper left hand corner. </span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04de-45c8-d04a-a238473d5dc5"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Calendar Settings 2.png" height="132px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hx1Ccw1509tflV-qLZ4BH11NS8TY8diFjMLmTINueT2r5SpPmn2QoobkfeU1AIJNAPUhap8h9AwA2V8X8N1LddKpJXMHRVfwpLaFHLS8Of18oPCw73WkD6_Q9BQxOWMrRA=s1600" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="361px;" /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04de-816a-f897-2bc353642e7a"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This will open up a screen listing all of your calendars and calendars that are shared with you. From this screen you can edit the sharing settings. On the right hand side, click on the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shared: Edit setting </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">link.   </span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04de-b66e-abce-421322c56e15"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Shared Settings.png" height="225px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/LqjoUefhanI-LLXpJ3POnf-t4NSkBf1YBNXW4DfgCY4QzzoLBZeemk1Ohh70JZkkgXh6BVumqTOT9U1fOyYCur_P6DFLZI8-SstavvEV0HFVaNgYTOMUDZIrIcqd_Tw0hw=s1600" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="576px;" /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04de-d98f-fb71-26def1ac9188"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the next screen, you will need to select </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Share this calendar</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with other AND </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make this calendar public</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. If you do not choose to make the calendar public then you will not be able to share it with parents. Make sure to click </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Save. </span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04de-f9ce-d6ff-4b0bdb7be011"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Share with others.png" height="215px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/NLf0QCNfmGeatbu3RKWJNMCLtA6HZGEngXjXozD0DoqkkZxOy15vJ1x7sfocTSMGMPd04vdWe_FAU8OFxi9mVddtm36trs5CvXSy9YB-jXRPqdSZeli8Vv54GcYmTG7Kz60=s1600" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="568px;" /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04df-873d-8ee6-267a050bbc65"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After clicking Save, you will be brought back to the previous screen, </span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04df-ae85-7d5f-959e90a061f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Calendar select screen.png" height="170px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/1y6peZYIHGrv8IeMgOP_7hwzlKWPaJB__tuVrX6-kBuy9Tz7rjFV_duih1RLH6iE1hkwCitoPMIFowAUZMdFi8w1ObTdXIdQ5fWboLmExnFLEJiSj_MUT3d-AMuXB47zOw=s1600" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="204px;" /></span></span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04e0-18b0-98d7-a281da437a7f"><br /></span> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04e0-18b0-98d7-a281da437a7f"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the next screen you will have two sharing options. </span></span></div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04e0-18b0-98d7-a281da437a7f"> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Embed code - This will allow you to place the calendar in a web page by inserting the copying and pasting the html code. </span></span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="embed.png" height="129px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/4XeMI8XAKxMW_CNpWhNGRnT60tn-OivbQoA_zhmj4lU_Mf0MJdBAI-J9lARY-7l-IdLIu0dSzlFu1jMgqZuvAQuNs36doc2pZZcof-XH3m6BAJAlG9oiYf5zdenD3BFoCg=s1600" style="border: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; transform: rotate(0rad); white-space: pre-wrap;" width="382px;" /></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04e0-dc22-b703-9fe18a6b07ed"><br /></span> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04e0-dc22-b703-9fe18a6b07ed"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Direct link - This will give you a web address that you can share. </span></span></div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04e0-dc22-b703-9fe18a6b07ed"> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click the Blue HTML button.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04e1-0441-12fe-ba96eb35ada5"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="html link.png" height="31px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yDOZSA7mWyoIOoH3HHvmlepQQWNy8aDi8AzhK-QlHobFtRpBllzq0jodIJKnaaNYa31CHWfDAqUq3P86JBqPWF8uvuAItPdiRMYhUGQ-QJngyH9WQajtX2iv0K6wRZYL=s1600" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624px;" /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04e1-2992-91ac-683e5ee6b753"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This will give you the web address that you can share.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Calendar Box.png" height="141px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9tQVw_oJLfgcbbeBFX0gTMLskoCzSaOMwW9woLEpxAPBBTmlnWREU4NtlFsHQQB5DrLUpy29JD6qOMxGhjRCzCeNL8r7j6jI6kbnO1tgVP85ri7HRqLd-34sT99IFpbSlQ=s1600" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="624px;" /></span></div> <div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04e1-3dd0-494f-596bc5c2253b"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:davidhinrichs@johnston.k12.nc.us" target="_blank">If you have any question feel free to contact me.</a></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have a Great Weekend!</span></div> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04e0-5b93-8721-28be2c9ad19c"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a827182b-04db-2671-8329-c8a603bf69b2"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div>

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