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Take Control!● Hack Google Slides● Hack Google Forms● Tackle our Gmail Demons

Hack Google Slides!Backgrounds, Fonts, PNGs and

Templates!

Changing the background

● Select Background from the toolbar.● Click Image > choose

● Upload or Search For a background image.● Then add it to the theme or just to the slide

( Tutorial)

Fonts! You can add lots of extra fonts

to Google Slides.

Click on your current font

name.At the bottom

click “Add More Fonts”.

Tutorial

PNG files have a transparent background, so you won’t get an ugly white box around them.

You can find these by searching on Google Image search for “.png”

Tutorial

You can save Google Slides you like, and use them as a

template. To make a new copy, just select “File” then

“Make a copy”. Make sure to move it to where you want

it saved. You could also use these RAD TEMPLATES!

Hack Google Forms!When Hacked Google Forms will look more professional, Can be made more interactive, and can be used for more

than gathering DatA

Place your screenshot here

Question Types, Adding Media, Page Breaks, Making them Pretty...and Flubaroo!

When creating a Google Form you can add in a range of question types. The most

common are ‘text’ which asks for a short answer. ‘paragraph text’ which asks for a long open answer. ‘multiple choice’ which allows the participant to pick one answer. ‘checkboxes’ which allows them to choose

multiple answers.

Tutorial

Adding Media to Your Form

VideosImages Section Headers

These can really help transform the way you use a Google Form, as they can be

completely self contained. You could use Google Forms for cover work, homework and

for flipping the classroom!

Tutorial

Page breaks can change the content different participants get. For example,

the first page could ask them if they want to complete the form in English, German,

French or Spanish. Depending on the answer they click, the form can direct

them to a page which has content only in that language.

Tutorial

Making them Pretty is Super Easy!✖ Click Change Theme✖ Select the Theme you like from the list✖ Click the Customize Button✖ Here you can change the font, background,

header image, etc.✖ Try making your header image in Google Slides,

then screenshot the area you want, by pressing command, shift, then four and dragging the square over the image you want

✖ Tutorial!

Do less marking!Flubaroo is an add on which marks Google Forms for you! You simply make a form, fill it in yourself with

the correct answers, then when others have also filled it in you can use Flubaroo.

Open up the results page, click ‘add ons’ and install Flubaroo. Once you have done this, you will find new

options including ‘grade assignment’ and ‘email grades’. Flubaroo will flag up students who are

struggling, questions many got wrong and it will give you the class average!

Tutorial

It’ S TIME TO TACKLE YOUR GMAIL DEMONS!

How many unread emails are in your

inbox?

GmAIL HACKS✖ Inbox Organization✖ Archiving Emails✖ Contact Groups✖ Creating Labels✖ Color Coding Labels✖ Stars✖ Adding a Filter✖ Tasks✖ Seeing if email has been read✖ Boomerang

WARNINGThe next few pages are pretty

content heavy - remember this presentation has been designed so that you can come back to it - each

page has clear instructions and a video tutorial to guide you through

the gmail hacks.

Inbox organization

● Click the Cog

● Select ‘Settings’

● Select ‘Inbox’

● Choose Your InBox Type (I recommend unread first)

● Press ‘Save Changes’

Tutorial

Archiving emails

Tick that email you want to archive

Click the archive button

To find any of these emails select the “All Mail” folder on the left. (You might have to press ‘more’ first)

Tutorial

Creating Labels

Tutorial

● Tick the box on the left next to your email

● Select the Label Tab● You can add it to an existing label

or ● You can create a new label

You can attach an email to

more than one label!

Color Coding Labels

Tutorial

● Click the label name on the left side of your inbox.

● Click on the arrow

● Click ‘Label Color’

● Pick a color!

Gmail Contact Groups

Tutorial

● Click ‘Contacts’ (Drop down menu above ‘compose’)

● Select ‘New Group’

● Please enter a new group name

● Click on your group(on the left)

● Add contacts

When you want to email that group, type the group name where you would normally write the email address.

● Click the cog button and select ‘settings’

● Drag the stars you want into “in use” section

● Click the ‘save changes’ button at the bottom of the screen

GMAIL STARS

Tutorial

Creating Filters. Part 1

Tutorial

● Click the cog

● Select ‘Settings’

● Select ‘Filters and Blocked Addresses”

● select ‘Create New Filter’

Creating Filters. Part 2

Tutorial

Fill in the relevant details.

Here you might just need to fill in one

box...

Creating Filters. Part 3

Tutorial

Tick what you want to happen with emails that meet this

requirements.

You can even add labels here!

Adding Emails to Tasks

Tutorial

● Tick the email you want to add to tasks

● Click ‘More’

● Select ‘Add to Tasks’

● You can click on the task and edit it, even adding a time and date.

● If you need to go back to tasks, click on the ‘mail’ button above ‘Compose’ then choose ‘Tasks’

✖ Visit www.boomeranggmail.com✖ Click the red button✖ Select “Add Extension”✖ When you write an email you can change the send

date✖ You can also have the email boomerang back to you

Boomerang for Gmail

Tutorial

Let’s PlayKa-Hoot, a whole lot of fun, prizes to be won. It's

the real crazy Game where anything goes.

Thanks!RemeMber there are lots of goodies in this

presentation, including tutorials.

I am happy to help you with all your techie needs. You can find me in Room 1-215. Bring Tea.

I’ve added some extra resources to the last slide.

I’ll send you a follow up email soon.

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