Lately, I’ve received several inquires from foreign language teachers at both the high school and middle school levels asking about the best way to add accents to characters when writing in a foreign language in a Google Doc. The web is filled with resources that provide different methods to insert accents in various languages on both…
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the blog of BHS Help Desk senior Josh Boulos In this Edtech tutorial, I explain the importance of this awesome new tool that I discovered with Google Docs! This tool will come in handy for teachers who constantly find themselves giving the same comments to all their students…
Heavy users of Google docs know that the default font style is Arial, the size is 11, and the spacing is 1.15. When creating a new doc, most users will manually change the default format to Times New Roman, 12, double space. This is the standard requirement of most teachers at the secondary and postsecondary…
Google Classroom has had a significant impact on the digital workflow used by students and teachers not only in Burlington, but worldwide. At the high school, our teachers love Classroom’s intuitiveness and as a 1:1 iPad school, students can easily submit projects they create using other apps directly to Classroom in a few simple taps.…
Editor’s note: this post originally appeared on the blog of BHS Help Desk senior Joe Kim. Sorry Dragon, Google just 1up’ed you in your own game… In this screencast shown below, I demonstrate Google Docs new feature which is Voice typing. With this new feature, Docs will now allow users to use their voice to dictate…
Editor’s Note: I’m pleased to introduce Nick Whitney’s first post and screencast on the Help Desk blog. In his first screencast, Nick demonstrates three different Add-Ons for Google Docs. I’m super proud of the time and effort Nick put into this assignment. The final result clearly demonstrates his commitment to producing a high quality and…
Yesterday, Google announced two new features in Docs that many students and teachers will be happy about. 1. Docs users now have the ability to customize how headers and footers appear on the first page of their documents. Students can now easily follow the academic formatting guidelines required by their teachers; whether it be MLA,…
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