#672 Download all files in a Google Drive folder as Office Docs
Here is a quick way to download all your Google Docs, Sheets and Slides as Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. It saved me a lot of time!
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#540 Work with Office files using Office editing in Google Drive
Did you know that you can now directly edit, comment, and collaborate on Office files using Office editing in Google Drive? The great thing is that you can view version history and collaborate in real-time with others and all changes you make will be saved to the original Microsoft Office file. This is a good… Continue reading #540 Work with Office files using Office editing in Google Drive
#567 Collaborate quickly using Google Docs
Google Docs is a firm favourite at 1minuteCPD HQ. We have quite a few posts already on all the cool stuff that you can do with Docs. However, I thought it might be good to do a post on how you can quickly set up a Google Doc to collaborate with colleagues whilst we are… Continue reading #567 Collaborate quickly using Google Docs
#445 Google Slides: Ask your audience for questions
Google Slides, which is part of Google Drive, has a great feature for obtaining questions from your audience, whilst delivering a presentation. The audience uses their mobile devices to pose questions, which appear on the presenter’s screen. The audience can then vote for their favourite question, giving the presenter a ranked view of responses. This can… Continue reading #445 Google Slides: Ask your audience for questions
#246 View your revision history in Google Docs
Google Docs, a part of Google Drive, has a great revision history feature. The revision history show the changes that have been made to your document and make it really easy to roll back to an earlier version (no more cold sweats when you realise you’ve accidently deleted a section of your document!). It’s also… Continue reading #246 View your revision history in Google Docs
#146: Slow at typing? Try dictating to Google Docs
If typing is not your forte, why not try using the new voice typing feature of Google docs (part of Google Drive). Although it’s not 100% accurate, it can be a quick and easy way to get a rough draft together. If you’d like to learn more about the commands you can use with voice typing,… Continue reading #146: Slow at typing? Try dictating to Google Docs
#114 Allow editing only in certain cells using Google Sheets
Google Sheets (Google’s answer to Excel), is a really useful online spreadsheet. You’ll need a free Google Drive account to use it, but it has lots of great features – check out these other 1MinuteCPD videos to see what I mean: 1MinuteCPD posts on Google In this post I’ll show you how to set up a… Continue reading #114 Allow editing only in certain cells using Google Sheets
#62 Screencastify: Easily record your screen using Google Chrome
I recently stumbled across Screencastify when I was considering whether or not to buy a Chromebook. And even though I’m still not sure about my purchase, I couldn’t be happier that I have found this nifty little extension that I can use in my Google Chrome browser to record my screen. I can save directly… Continue reading #62 Screencastify: Easily record your screen using Google Chrome
#23 Creating surveys with Google Forms
If you’ve signed up for a free Google Drive account you can use Google forms, and Google forms are brilliant! They are free to use, have lots of useful features, can be embedded*, and the results come out in a handy separate spreadsheet – what’s not to like? Top Tip: You can share your survey in your… Continue reading #23 Creating surveys with Google Forms
#5MinuteReflection 10: Tools for co-creation
In my current role, I have done a lot of lots of work on student-staff partnerships and written about it on Student and Teaching Engagement through Partnerships. I have used technology to support partnerships and therefore, I found the recent ALT CPD Webinar: Co-Creating Expectation to be really interesting. At 14:52, the presenters mention some… Continue reading #5MinuteReflection 10: Tools for co-creation
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