Month: February 2019

Do you have Microsoft Office files in your Google Drive account? When you click on them to open, it always opens as a preview. Did you ever wonder if you could do anything else with this preview? Well, you can!

Of course, you can print and download the file, but if you are collaborating with other people, you can also comment on the file.

Highlight what text you want to comment on, and then the comment icon will appear off to the side. Comment on the file just like you would do in an actual Google file. read more

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This was a quick tip that came in handy with all the bad weather in January. Hopefully, it will help some of you with your planning of events in these winter months when the weather plays a major role, in when to schedule an event.

The old Google Calendar had a setting you could enable to turn on weather for your location.

The new calendar does not have that feature but someone (Asim Akath) posted in Google Groups a workaround.

Go to Google Calendar (Web) and click on + Add Calendar > From URL

Paste the following code into the URL Field
https://ical.wunderground.com/auto/ical/43502.ics read more

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In this article, we will explore how to insert an image found on the Internet into a Google Sheet by using a predefined calculation known as a function. One of my favorite functions to use with students is IMAGE.

Google Sheets lends itself to collaboration because of the rows and columns. It keeps information organized. As a teacher, you could share a Google Sheet with edit privileges and ask each student to enter their name and add an image. For example, students could add an image to describe their mood, research project idea… the options are endless. read more

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