Getting-started guides, tips, tricks and hidden features of popular apps and services…
G Suite
Google Guides & Videos wazmac google guides Google Support Centre 
G Suite
Step-by-step guides & Videos
G Suite
wazmac’s Quickstart Guides 
G Suite
Google support centre
     
Google Classroom
  Resources & Info  
  Google Classroom
Resources and guides
 

 

See also:
GAFE FAQs about security, privacy, data ownership, etc.
Google GAFE Privacy Statement 
Google and Accessibility

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Make a class web page
Weebly Weebly - iOS Weebly
Weebly
Create a new site
Weebly – Publish News
from an iPhone
Weebly
Add resources to a page
WordPress EduBlogs  
WordPress  Edublogs  
Other stuff
IWB

Moving away from SMART Notebook

  • So you have moved to a school that doesn’t have licensing for SMART Notebook software? What to do with all those resources that you have already created?
Browsers Prevent web browsers remembering passwords

  • If your students and teachers are using shared computers, adjust the deployed image so that the web browsers don’t automatically remember the previous users’ credentials.
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Scaling images for your web site

  • If you want your photos and images to look good on Retina displays you will need to double your pixels.
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Google Reading Levels Google’s Reading Level filter

  • Use Google’s search to filter results into three reading levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced, based on the vocabulary and sentence structure of the site. (Update – 2015: Google appear to have disabled this feature)
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Doctopus Doctopus – Overview

  • Use Doctopus (a Google Apps add-on) to manage shared documents with students using Google Apps.
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Doctopus Doctopus – Create class folders

  • Use Doctopus (a Google Apps add-on) to create shared folders for students in your classes.
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Flubaroo Flubaroo – Grade online assignments

  • A Google Apps add-on that is used to grade online assignments that have been created in Google Forms.
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Dropbox Dropbox

  • Tips ‘n’ tricks and how-to resources for using Dropbox in schools.
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Evernote Evernote

  • Wide range of tips ‘n’ tricks videos for Evernote.
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Teaching with tablets Teaching with Tablets

  • Collection of information and resources for using mobile devices in K-12 schools.
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Edmodo Edmodo

  • Stacks of how-to guides for using Edmodo in your school.
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Moodle Moodle

  • Quickstart notes & tutorials for teachers who are new to Moodle but who may also have a role in managing a Moodle site and providing leadership in the use of Moodle in their school.
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iPhoto

Move iPhoto Library

  • Free up space on your Mac HD by moving your iPhoto Library to an external HD. 
Preview Preview

  • Do you use Apple’s Preview application for reading PDF documents? Preview also includes some basic tools for editing both images and PDF documents.
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EduBlogs Edublogs

Presentations Effective Presentations

  • When the time comes to share information with colleagues, make sure that your presentation is remembered for all the right reasons.
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Apple TV Wireless Presentations with Apple TV (coming soon)

  • If you are sharing information from an Airplay-enabled Mac or iDevice, you don’t need to be tied to a desk at the front of the room. Anyone in the room (ie – students, etc) can share their screen with the audience, via an Apple TV.
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Screen Capture Screen Capture

  • Use the built-in tools in OS X, Chrome OS, Windows and iOS to capture images from the screen when you are creating how-to guides for students and teachers.
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Windows

Windows 7 – Automatic Login

  • When using your own device (not a shared device), you can go straight to your the desktop when you startup, with no login screen…
    – Click on the Start button and enter netplwiz in the search box;
    – Untick the box requiring a Username and Password
   
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