Showing posts with label google docs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label google docs. Show all posts

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Human Tech - 2 Novel Updates To Docs In Addition To Slides Apps

May 22, 2015
Google has late announced a few updates to its Docs together with Slides apps for Android together with iOS. These updates are mainly concerned amongst the improver together with customization of images inwards Slides together with Docs. Users straight off tin easily integrate pictures into  presentations or documents  right from their mobile device or tablet. They tin either guide maintain a photograph using the photographic television camera on their devices or purpose the pictures already saved inwards their photographic television camera roll.


Also, “When you’re creating a presentation away from your desk, double tap whatever paradigm inwards Slides to come inwards crop mode. From there, trim back the sides of your image, or tap the mask icon to crop it into a specific shape.”

The updates released today are too available for offline access amongst no meshing connection.  To assay out these novel tricks, you lot volition demand to update your Docs together with Slides app. Here are the links for Google Play together with Apple Store  (Docs, Slides) .

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Human Tech - The Vii Pop Google Docs Tools For Teachers

June 15, 2015
Below is a listing of to a greater extent than or less pop Google Docs add-ons for teachers together with educators. These extensions are geared towards enhancing your Google Docs productivity past times enabling you lot to perform a broad hit of functionalities that Docs solitary would non last able to afford.  Some of the things you lot tin exercise alongside these add-ons include: create bibliographies together with automatically format citations inwards dissimilar citation styles, integrate diverse accents into your docs, create together with insert heed maps into your documents, add together digital signatures to your docs, create math graphs, generate tag clouds, together with depict diagrams.


1- EasyBib Bibliography Creator


'EasyBib allows you lot to easily create a bibliography for your inquiry paper. Automatically refer books, magazine articles, together with websites merely past times entering inwards the titles or URLs. Format citations inwards MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, together with over 7K other styles.'

2- Easy Accent


'This Add-on allows users to easily insert accents for dissimilar languages lead from a sidebar inwards their Google Doc.When you lot click on an accent it volition insert the accent,move the cursor inwards front, together with therefore allow you lot to proceed typing without re-clicking.'

3- MindMeister


'The MindMeister improver for Google Docs turns whatsoever bullet-point listing into a heed map, together with automatically inserts it into your document. The start signal of your listing becomes the beginning topic of the heed map, piece the residuum of the first-level points are turned into first-level topics. Second-level points are turned into the equivalent second-level topics together with therefore on.'

4- HelloSign

'HelloSign makes it slow to sign your Google Doc alongside a legally binding, business-caliber signature.Need to learn your document signed? HelloSign makes requesting a signature from others slow too!'

5- Tag Cloud Generator


'Tag Cloud Generator creates a tag cloud inwards the side bar from whatsoever Google Docs document that contains l words or more. Use this improver to speedily assess what your emerging theme is, how to best categorize your document, or if it is someone's else's document - honour out the theme of the document without reading it. '

6- Lucidchart Diagrams


'Lucidchart is an HTML5-based visual collaboration tool that makes drawing diagrams fast together with easy.  Work together alongside an unlimited give away of others to create together with edit diagrams inwards existent time, alongside changes merged together with synced instantaneously -- peachy for squad collaboration together with working alongside clients. '

7- g(Math)


'Create graphs together with complex math lead from the sidebar inwards your Google Doc. You tin similar a shot utilization Speech to Math inwards Chrome to speak lead to g(Math) to create the expressions or utilization Handwriting recognition for human face entry!'

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Human Tech - The Half Dozen Close Pop Google Docs Templates For Teachers

July 23, 2015
In today’s post nosotros are sharing alongside you lot a laid of handy document templates created as well as provided for gratis download past times the folks inwards Google Docs. These are the vi close pop as well as close downloaded templates inwards Google Docs Template Gallery (in Students & Teachers category). As a teacher, you lot tin goal re-appropriate the content of the docs to accommodate your educational activity purposes.

These ready-made document templates are specially useful for teachers to utilization inwards course of study to heighten their educational activity workflow as well as boost their productivity. The templates bridge dissimilar topics as well as tin goal last utilized for diverse purposes including: writing pupil reports, grading essays, taking notes inwards class, creating lesson plans as well as more.

Before you lot download whatever of these templates, brand certain you lot banking concern represent it inwards preview vogue to encounter if it industrial plant for you. Enjoy

1- Student Report


2- Class Notes


3- Essay Grading Rubric



4- Syllabus: Basic

5- Syllabus: Simple

6- Lesson Plan: Basic

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Human Tech - The Latest Google Own Updates For Teachers

August 13, 2015
In the course of instruction of the final iii to 4 months ago, Google has been releasing novel updates to Google Drive close on a weekly basis. So far nosotros convey covered all the ones straight related to us inward education. Today, nosotros are sharing amongst y'all the most recent updates released over the final few days:

1- Include hidden together with filtered information inward charts inward Google Sheets


‘ This launch introduces the choice to include hidden and/or filtered information inward Sheets charts. Going forward, if y'all exercise a nautical chart inward Sheets on the spider web together with and thus filter or shroud whatever of the origin data, a modest message volition seem indicating that the information has been removed from your nautical chart together with giving y'all the choice to include it. While this choice volition exclusively seem on the web, whatever settings volition hold upward respected on mobile every bit well.’

2- Change font size of texts inward Google Docs


‘This launch volition let users to to a greater extent than easily increment or decrease the relative font size of text inward Google Docs together with Slides…if a user highlights a make of text or whatever publish of textboxes inward Google Docs or Slides, he or she tin laissez passer the sack increment or decrease that selection’s font size inward 1-pt increments past times choosing Format > Font size > Increase font size or decrease font size from the carte du jour bar. If the selected text contains multiple font sizes, each volition hold upward increased or decreased accordingly.’

3- Docs notifications
With this novel update when files Google docs are transferred to a novel owner, ‘the novel document, spreadsheet, together with presentation owners volition have all notifications for whatever comments added to their files, together with previous owners, similar whatever other collaborators, volition exclusively have notifications if their names are explicitly added to a comment.’

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Human Tech - Four Instructor Tips On How To Induce Produce Your Google Campaign Apps

August 15, 2015
Google Drive apps are 3rd political party add-ons that enable y'all to produce to a greater extent than amongst your Drive. Chrome spider web shop is teeming amongst all kinds of apps to usage amongst your Drive, our Educational  Drive Apps department features about of the best educationally relevant apps for teachers together with educators.

The role of today’s post is to percentage amongst y'all iv basic Drive tips related to the integration together with usage of 3rd political party apps on your Drive. You are belike already familiar amongst about of them  (especially tip 1 together with 3) simply nosotros are assuming that y'all are novel to Drive together with y'all desire to live on able to correctly install together with mange your apps. Here is  what y'all convey to expire on inwards your mind:

1-Install Google Drive Apps
To install apps compatible amongst your Drive:

  • head over to Chrome Web Store together with select the app y'all desire to use.
  • Click on ‘Add to Chrome’ or ‘Install’ button
  • Grant authority to the app to access your Google Drive



2-Make An App the Default for Supported File Types
Drive allows y'all to brand whatever app y'all install a default app for its supported file types. For instance, ‘you install an app that allows y'all to create, salve together with edit a PNG or JPEG file. If y'all choose, y'all tin strength out opened upwards all PNG together with JPEG files amongst that app past times default.’ Here is how to produce it:

  • From the settings menu, select Manage apps.
  • Check the box adjacent to "Make [App Name] the default for files it tin strength out open."
  • Click Done.



3-Uninstall Drive Apps
Uninstalling an app inwards your Drive volition non delete whatever of your files for y'all tin strength out yet access them right inwards your Drive. Here is how to uninstall an app:

  • From the settings menu, select Manage apps.
  • Find the app inwards the listing together with click the Options button.
  • Select 'disconnect from Drive'.



4-Manage An App’s Access to Your Files
At whatever shout out for inwards time, y'all tin strength out withdraw an applications' access to files inwards your Google Drive past times revoking its access.

  • Go to accounts.google.com.
  • Select Authorizing applications & sites.
  • Click Revoke access adjacent to the app name.

Check out Google Drive Help centre for to a greater extent than tips together with ideas on how to usage Drive.

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Human Tech - Google Released An Amazing Speech Communication To Text Characteristic Inwards Google Docs

September 4, 2015
Voice Typing is another interesting novel characteristic Google released a few twenty-four hours ago. Google Docs’ users tin straightaway type alongside their voice. You tin write an entire test without having to touching on the keyboard. You tin fifty-fifty role punctuation alongside vocalisation typing. There are several phrases you lot tin direct from to punctuate your text (e.g ‘period’,’comma’, ‘exclamation mark’, ‘question mark’, ‘new line’, ‘new paragraph’.

Voice tying for Google Docs is exclusively available on computers using a Chrome browser. To kickoff using Voice typing, you lot involve to bring a working microphone therefore opened upwards a document inward your Chrome browser together with click on Tools together with select Voice typing every bit shown inward the screenshot below.



‘A pop-up microphone box volition appear. When you lot are cook to talk your text, click the microphone or press Ctrl + Shift + south (Cmd + Shift + south on a Mac) on your keyboard.
Speak your text clearly, at a normal majority together with pace. See below for to a greater extent than data on using punctuation. When you're finished, click the microphone again.’



Watch the video below to larn to a greater extent than almost Voice typing



Check out Google Docs handle page to larn to a greater extent than almost Voice typing.


Monday, March 16, 2020

Human Tech - A Novel Google Docs Characteristic Ideal For Collaborative Writing Inwards Class

September 5, 2015
One of the best features that score Google Docs every bit a powerful collaborative writing platform is the ‘revision history’. Using ‘revision history’ allows yous to run into all the changes yous or others working alongside yous on the same document convey made. All portions of text that convey been added to the document are highlighted inwards a dissimilar colour. Omitted text is displayed alongside a strikethrough.

Two days ago, Google released a novel collaborative characteristic called ‘See novel changes’. As of correct now, this characteristic industrial plant entirely on Docs as well as is non silent available for Spreadsheets as well as Presentations. This is peculiarly useful for co-writing documents. Now when working on a document alongside other collaborators, yous volition endure able to run into the changes added to the document every bit shortly every bit yous opened upward it.

 One of the best features that score Google Docs every bit a powerful collaborative writing platfo Human Tech - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 New Google Docs Feature Ideal for Collaborative Writing inwards Class


 When at that topographic point are novel changes to the Dr. a bluish push clitoris reading ‘see novel changes’ volition endure displayed side past times side to the Help menu. You tin likewise access this novel characteristic past times clicking on File as well as selecting ’See novel changes’. As is the instance alongside ‘revision history’,  added text is highlighted inwards a dissimilar coloring as well as deleted text is marked alongside a strikethrough. To run into the revision history spell viewing the novel changes, click 'See amount history' inwards the elevation right.

Check out Google Docs Help page to larn more.

Human Tech - Iv Peachy Google Docs Add-Ons To Assistance Students Amongst Their Writing

October 13, 2015
Today nosotros spent sometime going through Google Docs add-ons shop too selected for you lot the titles below. These are peculiarly ideal for helping students amongst their writing from while checking to providing feedback on writing assignments.  Also, about of these tools are freemium too offering pro versions amongst to a greater extent than advanced features.

1- Texthelp Study Skills

'Use Texthelp’s Highlighting Tools to highlight fundamental areas of your document to collect, group, too acquire from later. Simply select too highlight the desired text too click “Collect Highlights” to extract it too house it inward a novel document (by color or location) for students or educators to review.'


'VeritySpell for Google Docs is an advanced spellchecker that corrects spelling too grammer mistakes inward English linguistic communication texts. It is specially designed for people amongst reading too writing difficulties too dyslexia, simply it is good suited for anyone who needs spelling assistance too linguistic communication support.'

3- SAS Writing Reviser

‘This improver provides students amongst feedback close their writing too enables them to address a attain of potential writing problems, including weak verbs, excess prepositional phrases, dangling modifiers, too faulty judgement structure. By learning to inquire questions experienced writers inquire automatically, students commence to limited themselves amongst greater precision too power.’


'Revision Assistant is a costless writing software for all looking to edit too revise writing. The software allows proofreading marks, reminiscent of the onetime schoolhouse proofreading marks, to hold upwards inserted into the page. Proofreading marks are tracked past times occurrence on the page. Proofreading marks are categorized into ii types: Conventions (blue) too Structure (green). Omit, which is located inward conventions category, is the exclusively push clitoris to output reddish color.'

Friday, March 13, 2020

Human Tech - Three First-Class Spoken Communication To Text Tools For Google Docs

November 1, 2015
In today’s post nosotros are sharing amongst yous iii interesting ways students tin ship away utilization to phonation type documents inwards Google Docs. Instead of using keyboard, students volition live on able to verbally dictate their text as well as run across it transcribed alive onto their document. While these spoken language recognition functionalities accept a higher grade of accuracy exactly nevertheless post-editing is mandatory to right errors related to unclear spoken language output. The get-go functionality inwards the listing is a newly added characteristic to Google Docs called Voice Typing. The other ii are 3rd political party apps to install on Docs.



1- Voice Typing
Voice Typing is  a built-in characteristic in Google Docs’ that allows yous to  type amongst your voice. You tin ship away write an entire test without having to impact the keyboard. You tin ship away fifty-fifty utilization punctuation amongst phonation typing. There are several phrases yous tin ship away select from to punctuate your text (e.g ‘period’,’comma’, ‘exclamation mark’, ‘question mark’, ‘new line’, ‘new paragraph’. Voice tying for Google Docs is solely available on computers using a Chrome browser. To start using Voice typing, yous ask to accept a working microphone as well as thence opened upwards a document inwards your Chrome browser as well as click on Tools as well as select Voice typing equally shown inwards the screenshot below.


Watch the video below to larn to a greater extent than almost how to utilization Voice Typing inwards Google Docs



2- Speech Recognition
'The Speech Recognition plus volition permit yous to utilization spoken language recognition to write your Google Docs documents. Express yourself equally you've never done. Be costless from the keyboard as well as faster than ever. This plus uses the Google Web Speech Api giving a high flat of assertiveness. And at i time amongst punctuation marks.'
3- Voice Recognition
'You tin ship away utilization Google Chrome equally a phonation recognition app as well as type long documents, emails as well as schoolhouse essays without touching the keyboard. The app is integrated amongst Dropbox as well as Google Drive to assistance yous easily export yous transcribed text to your diverse online accounts. Alternatively, your tin ship away ship the dictated text to whatever electronic mail address'. Watch the video below to larn to a greater extent than almost how to utilization Voice Recognition.

Human Tech - Iv Nifty Novel Google Docs Templates For Teachers

November 21, 2015
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few months ago, nosotros shared amongst you lot 6 pop Google Docs templates to usage inward your instruction precisely those were inward the onetime template gallery. Now that the novel Docs template gallery is released, at that topographic point are means to a greater extent than practical templates to usage for dissimilar educational purposes. We convey spent sometime browsing through the collection at that topographic point in addition to picked out for you lot the ones below. These are peculiarly helpful for  creating lesson plans, brochures, newsletters in addition to resumes. To access in addition to usage whatever of these templates, larn to Docs Gallery in addition to click on 'More' on function yesteryear correct manus side


1- Lesson Plan
This is a keen template to usage for creating your lesson plans. It is pretty basic in addition to features the basic elements making upward a lesson plan. There are 2 versions of this template 1 is called Playful in addition to the other Simple.


2- Brochure
This 1 allows you lot to practice beautiful brochures without whatever technical hassle. You tin usage text, visuals, maps, shapes…etc to practice a brusque 4 pages brochure to part amongst students. You tin conduct betwixt 2 types of brochures: Modern Writer in addition to Geometric.


3- Newsletter
Always nether the Work department inward Docs gallery, you lot volition uncovering iii types of newsletter templates each 1 is slightly dissimilar from the other. There is the Geometric newsletter, the Lively newsletter in addition to the Plum newsletter. They are all beautifully designed in addition to tin hold out appropriated for dissimilar purposes.


4- Resumes
There is a whole department inward the novel Docs gallery for resumes. There are truly iv resume templates: Swiss, Serif, Coral in addition to Spearmint.  Students tin usage them to practice professional person looking resumes inward a affair of a few minutes.


Thursday, March 12, 2020

Human Tech - Vocalism Typing Is A Peachy Characteristic Inward Google Docs- Hither Is How To Role It

December 16, 2015
There are several vocalism communication to text extensions that permit yous to type amongst your vocalism inwards a Google document  (e.g Speech Recognition, Voice Recognition). However, Google Docs itself has a powerful integrated functionality called Voice Typing which is overlooked past times many users. For now, Voice typing inwards Google Docs is exclusively available on computers together with exclusively inwards Chrome browsers.

 Some fantabulous features provided past times Voice Typing include the mightiness to right mistakes piece vocalism typing without having to plow off the microphone. You exactly click on the error together with produce it. To maintain vocalism typing yous require to direct dorsum your cursor to where yous left off. As yous vocalism type , yous volition likewise notice exactly about words shaded inwards grey, right-clicking on whatever of these words volition direct upward a listing of suggestions to direct from. Additionally, Google Docs Voice Typing allows yous to add together punctuation to your text using phrases together with vocalism commands such every minute :’period’, ‘comma’, ‘exclamation mark’, ‘new line’, ‘new paragraph’. However, this punctuation characteristic is exclusively supported inwards English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, together with Russian.

Here is how yous tin beak text inwards a Google document using Voice Typing.

1- Make certain yous produce got a working microphone
2-Open a Google document inwards your Chrome browser
3-Click the Tools carte du jour > Voice typing.


4-A pop-up microphone box volition appear. When yous are laid to beak your text, click the microphone or press Ctrl + Shift + due south (Cmd + Shift + due south on a Mac) on your keyboard.
5-Speak your text clearly, at a normal majority together with pace.


6-When you're finished, click the microphone again.

Watch the video below to run into Voice Typing inwards action



Human Tech - Five Handy Google Docs Templates For Creating Classroom Newspapers

December 5, 2015
Today nosotros are sharing alongside you lot around fantabulous Google Docs templates to utilisation alongside students to exercise newspapers. These templates belong to the sometime Docs template gallery which, of course, you lot tin nonetheless utilisation inwards your Drive. Our pick is based on templates alongside the highest ratings simply you lot tin banking enterprise fit for to a greater extent than templates using the keyword ‘newspaper’ inwards the search box inwards Google Docs template gallery.

Using these templates volition enable you lot to exercise beautiful newspapers without having to worry almost the technical utilisation inwards the process. Templates come upward alongside pre-designed layouts, unlike columns, fonts, colours etc. You entirely require to tweak them a trivial chip as well as utilisation your ain content to brand these newspapers uniquely yours. To utilisation whatsoever of these templates, brand certainly you lot are logged inwards to your Google account, click on the championship of the template as well as then on ‘use this template’. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 re-create of the template volition opened upward inwards your Docs where you lot tin starting fourth dimension editing as well as customizing it the agency you lot want.

Here are the titles nosotros recommend for you:

1- The Changing Times past times Joni Brown


'Template using a tabular array for an sometime fashioned looking newspaper. Useful for certainly history assignments.'

2- Elementary Student Newspaper Template Page 1 By Lezlie Harris


'Let students disclose question inwards a newspaper. Click to utilisation the template as well as and then relieve it alongside a novel advert for every group. Let students supervene upon the words alongside their own. Students may supervene upon the pictures past times uploading or linking others.'

3-Colonial Newspaper Template.doc, By Rodney Perdew


'Newspaper format for students to exercise a colonial newspaper.'

4-Newspaper Template, By Hannah Sage


Blank four-article paper template.

5- Gilley Gazette Newspaper Template By one thousand Gilley 


School paper or newsletter Gazette
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Monday, February 17, 2020

Human Tech - Ten Of The Best Google Docs Add-Ons For Teachers

January 25, 2016
We bring curated for you lot below a collection of to a greater extent than or less of the virtually pop Google Docs tools nosotros reviewed final year. Popularity is gauged through your interaction amongst these add-ons both hither (in price of pageviews)  and inwards our PLNs inwards social media platforms such every bit Twitter, Facebook together with Google Plus. This listing is also bang-up for those of you lot who are novel to Google Docs add-ons together with are looking for to a greater extent than or less teacher-tested titles to sweat out. We invite you lot to depository fiscal establishment fit them out together with percentage amongst us your feedback. Enjoy


1- Chalkup 

Chalkup is a bang-up spider web tool that allows teachers to create classes together with percentage unlike report materials on a message board that students tin sack access inwards real-time. Chalkup lets you lot transportation service give-and-take prompts, add together comments to discussions, distribute announcements together with assignments together with persuasion files.



'EasyBib allows you lot to easily create a bibliography for your inquiry paper. Automatically shout out books, periodical articles, together with websites only past times entering inwards the titles or URLs. Format citations inwards MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, together with over 7K other styles.'

3- Easy Accent


'This Add-on allows users to easily insert accents for unlike languages direct from a sidebar inwards their Google Doc.When you lot click on an accent it volition insert the accent,move the cursor inwards front, together with then allow you lot to overstep away along typing without re-clicking.'

4- MindMeister


'The MindMeister plus for Google Docs turns whatsoever bullet-point listing into a hear map, together with automatically inserts it into your document. The get-go indicate of your listing becomes the rootage topic of the hear map, spell the residue of the first-level points are turned into first-level topics. Second-level points are turned into the equivalent second-level topics together with thus on.'

5- Lucidchart


“Lucidchart is a visual collaboration tool that makes drawing diagrams fast together with easy.  Work together amongst an unlimited pose out of others to create together with edit diagrams inwards existent time, amongst changes merged together with synced instantaneously -- bang-up for squad collaboration together with working amongst clients. Because it's web-based, Lucidchart is the perfect choice to Microsoft Visio for Mac, Windows, Linux together with more.”

6- HelloSign

'HelloSign makes it slow to sign your Google Doc amongst a legally binding, business-caliber signature.Need to learn your document signed? HelloSign makes requesting a signature from others slow too!'

7- Tag Cloud Generator


'Tag Cloud Generator creates a tag cloud inwards the side bar from whatsoever Google Docs document that contains fifty words or more. Use this plus to rapidly assess what your emerging theme is, how to best categorize your document, or if it is someone's else's document - honor out the theme of the document without reading it. '

8- Lucidchart Diagrams


'Lucidchart is an HTML5-based visual collaboration tool that makes drawing diagrams fast together with easy.  Work together amongst an unlimited pose out of others to create together with edit diagrams inwards existent time, amongst changes merged together with synced instantaneously -- bang-up for squad collaboration together with working amongst clients. '

9- g(Math)


'Create graphs together with complex math direct from the sidebar inwards your Google Doc. You tin sack instantly run Speech to Math inwards Chrome to verbalise direct to g(Math) to create the expressions or run Handwriting recognition for human face entry!'

10- Office Editing for Docs, Sheets together with Slides


"View together with edit Microsoft Word, Excel, together with PowerPoint files -- without needing Office installed on your computer. "