Happy Friday

Happy Friday

This week’s Wonderful Weekend Websites will include some Tech Tips.

Canvas

The first grading period is in the books. Yea!!  Grading periods have been added to your Canvas Courses. To access them, click the Grades link on the left side navigation, then select the appropriate grading period. FYI - the first nine weeks grades will display under the All Grading Period drop down.

Chrome Extensions

Extensions are mini-programs that run in the Google Chrome browser. Therefore no matter what device you are logged into, your teacher desktop or your Chromebook they will be accessible from the toolbar. You can add extensions from the Chrome Web Store. Be careful not to use too many extensions because it can slow down your computer.

Extensity will allow users to easily turn extensions on and off. This is one I use all of the time.

Readability takes away distractions so students can read articles.

Open Dyslexic is an extension that converts text on screen into a font that some people with Dyslexia prefer

Read and Write for Google gives users a highlighter with four different color options.

Google

Add-ons add more functionality to Google Documents, spreadsheets and forms. Once add-ons are installed, you can manage each one individually, and turn them on and off at any time.

Easy Accents allows users to easily insert accents for different languages directly from a sidebar in their Google Docs.

Table Formatter allows users to use MS Word features in your Google Docs by customizing table styles and backgrounds.

Websites to Check out

Use Thematic to create a picture story of up to 20 pictures with a line or two of text.

Zing is offers thousands of free fiction and nonfiction ebooks to teachers and students.