How-to Guides

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

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?

• 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.
  

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.
  

• 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)
  

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

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

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

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

• Wide range of tips ‘n’ tricks videos for Evernote.
  

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

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

• 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.
  

Move iPhoto Library

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

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

• A quick getting started guide >>>
• The complete Edublogs user guide >>>
• The ‘ultimate guide’ to getting started with EduBlogs. >>> (Beg & Adv)
  

• When the time comes to share information with colleagues, make sure that your presentation is remembered for all the right reasons.
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

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