Lemon Tech Tidbits

I was looking for a blog post that I felt would be the most helpful this week and came across this one from Alice Keeler. I know that we are all super busy right now but this is one of those things that if you take a little bit of time, will actually save you a lot of frustration down the line. In this blog post , Alice shares a way to quickly organize your Google Drive to make it easier to find exactly what you need. Her suggestion is to create a folder and name it Hot Mess. Once you have the folder, drag everything in My Drive into that folder. Once you are done, think about how you wished your Google Drive was organized. Create folders you think you will need. Finally, go into the Hot Mess folder and move in the files and folders to where you want them. Alice provides a few tricks to help you get started. Finally, she reminds you to Star any folders or files you use all of the time to make it easier to find. While the blog post has some good information, I would like to add some of...

Did you know you can now access Google Maps directly in your Google Drive? This blog post walks you through how easy it is to open up Google Maps and customize it to fit exactly what you need. Google Maps is one of those G Suite apps that doesn’t get that much attention. This app is a fun way for students to understand how to read a map, investigate the world, practice math skills such as figuring out the distance between two points of interest and so much more. On DitchThatTextbook, Matt Miller has a blog post over 20 Ways of incorporating this app into your curriculum. Richard Byrne also has a few blog posts as well. You can find them here and here . Finally, on TeachersPayTeachers , there are many lessons over using Google Maps. Some of them are even free such as these for Spanish teachers. If you would like to know more about using Google Maps in your curriculum, please check out this site from Google: https://www.google.com/help/maps/education/

Google recently announced a change to how Team Drives are set up. Shortly, there will be a “Content Manager” role added to all the Team Drives. Content Manager will be the default role for all new members added to a Team Drive. Users with the Content Manager role will be able to edit, reorganize, and delete Team Drive content. Content Managers will also be able to reorganize and delete files in a Team Drive. Content Managers will NOT be able to modify team drive membership or access. In addition, there are going to be changes to other names within the organization. They are: “Full access” will become known as “Manager.” “Edit access” will become “Contributor.” “Comment access” will now be “Commenter.” “View access” will now be “Viewer.” To see a list of all Team Drive access levels, click here: http://bit.ly/2RRQXkV

TEAM DRIVE UPDATE You can now (or will soon be able to) email all the members of a TeamDrive without leaving the site. You can send the email either from the folder or from a specific file. This will be a gradual rollout over the next few weeks so some people will have this function earlier than others. Here are the instructions from the G Suite Update Blog: From the Team Drive: Navigate to the Team Drive, click the drop-down menu next to the Team Drive name, and click “Email members.”  From within a file that is in the Team Drive: While editing or viewing the document, open the File menu, and click “Email Collaborators.”   

VISUALLY ORGANIZE YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE BY TONY VINCENT….SHARED ON TWITTER Today on Twitter, I saw a post by Tony Vincent (@tonyvincent) about adding emoji’s to the names of your folders in Google Drive. As a visual person, this tip excited me and I quickly updated all of the main folders in my account. How fun is this! Below is the Instagram picture Tony Vincent shared. If you can not see the picture clearly, I am also going to provide a link to Tony Vincent’s Instagram page. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb68hIRAIyY/?taken-by=learninginhand A great way to keep everything organized!

Google is changing how you access photos and video in Google Drive. The navigation tab for Google Photos that is on the left-hand side will not longer be there after January 2018. Instead, you will be asked to create a Google Photos folder within your drive. For more information: https://goo.gl/6uueDE

How to transfer Google Drive documents When you leave Chapman High School, your Google Account will be deleted during the summer. If you want to take your stuff “with you”, then you need to follow these steps: Open up your Google Drive Account and make sure you are logged in. There are TWO different ways to transfer your data. Google Takeout Visit Google Takeout and create an archive of your account data. (https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout) unselect all of the boxes select only the boxes you need click next download as a zip file send download link as a file to email open link - convert zip file and upload into your personal account Old method - Google Drive transfer Open up your school Google Drive account Select all of the files by holding down the shift key and highlighting OR Create a new folder and move all of your folders and files into this new folder Click on the three dots at the top right-hand corner Sele...

NEW UPDATE: You can now insert video from Google Drive right into Google Slides! Before, the only way you could insert a video directly into Google Slides was if it was on Youtube. The problem? There are many great video’s online that are not available on youtube. Plus, if a student creates their own video using something such as iMovie, there was no easy way to add it into a Slide presentation.........until now. All you have to do is upload the video directly into your Drive folder. (in some cases, it maybe easier to download onto your desktop and then upload into Drive). Once you have the video into your Drive account, open up the Slides presentation you want to insert the video into. Next, click on Insert - Video. There is now an option to select video located in your Google Drive. Navigate to the right video and viola! - you have it inserted! To make it play automatically, you will need to right- click the video to designate a start and stop time. To watch a short video ...

From BetterCloud Monitor: 5 Secret Google Drive Shortcuts To Impress Your Friends With To get the most out of Google Drive, there are a few little-known keyboard shortcuts you can use. Here are five shortcuts for common tasks that’ll power up your productivity (and impress your friends). n – Rename a file/folder The typical way to rename a file in Drive is to right-click on it and select Rename. However, you can do this with a single keystroke instead. When you have a file selected, just hit the n key and the rename window will automatically open. . – Share a file/folder If you’re sharing a file, you usually click on the Share icon up at the top, or right-click the file and choose Share. But again, you can do this with a keyboard shortcut instead. This time, just select a file or folder and hit the period button. Then, the share dialog window will open and you can share it with others. z – Move a file/folder Moving a file or folder in Drive is an important tool f...

From Tony Vincent comes this easy-to- use graphic....  If you are curious on how  YOU  can use QR codes in your classroom, here is a post by Jessica, an elementary teacher, from her blog titled  What I Have Learned Teaching : https:// www.whatihavelearnedteaching.c om/using-qr-codes-in-the- classroom/