by Mendi Benigni | Oct 22, 2018 | Best Practices, Google, Google Apps, TLT
Google Drive makes it easy to share any file with someone as either VIEW ONLY or EDIT via the SHARE button in any Docs, Sheets or Slides file. But did you know that there are other methods to share? Preview Mode: Preview mode is a cleaner look for sharing on websites...
by Mendi Benigni | Nov 18, 2016 | Best Practices, Google, Google Apps, Productivity
The latest installment in my series on 6 Reasons To Use Google Apps For Education will take a look at Google Docs. Google Docs is a free, web-based, word processing application that is basically like Microsoft Word. All files are automatically saved to the cloud so...
by Mendi Benigni | Nov 11, 2016 | Assessment, Collaboration, Google, Google Apps, OAKS
Hurricane Matthew forced TLT to cancel our session on “Easier Paper Grading with Google Classroom.” We had several people ask if we could reschedule, so to meet the needs of more faculty we decided to do a recorded version of the class. Check out the...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 28, 2016 | Collaboration, Google, Google Apps, instructional technology, Share
I have always said that if I could only have two applications on my computer it would be Photoshop and Microsoft Excel. With those two applications I can do almost everything I need to do in a day. Lately, however, my eye has drawn to Google Sheets, and I have to say,...
by Jessica Smith | Oct 4, 2016 | Collaboration, Google, Google Apps, Productivity, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice
Collaboration and project management are important skills for college students to learn. Unfortunately, many students grumble about group work and faculty spend too much time managing logistics. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were tools that could make in-class...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 5, 2016 | Best Practices, Collaboration, Google, Google Apps, Presentation, Productivity, TLT
We all use PowerPoint to create and deliver lectures and for student presentations. But PPT lacks one major feature…collaboration. Google Slides, part of our Google Apps for Education, is a PowerPoint-like presentation application that has that collaboration piece,...