Since the pandemic, QR codes have moved from a little known technology to full on main stream and you now see them everywhere. They are a useful tool to use in education, as it gives you a quick and easy way to share web links with your class. Simply add a QR code to your… Continue reading #746 Quick QR codes from your browser
If you need to summarise the key points from a document, ChatGPT can help you to do that. In the demonstration below I’ll show you how to use ChatGPT to summarise the key points covered in a TED Talk video using a very simple prompt.
How many times have you accidently moved a carefully placed object on your PowerPoint slide? It’s certainly an annoying, frustration that I was pleased to find a solution to. PowerPoint contains a Lock function which allows you to lock into place, any object on your slide. This includes text boxes, images, objects etc. Watch the… Continue reading #743 Lock objects in Powerpoint
Canva have released an AI image generating app called, Text to Image Generator. I’d say it’s not as powerfull as say DALL.E but it doesn’t have a limit on the number of images you can use it to generate. If you’d like to learn more, please take a look at our 1 minute introduction:
Canva have an inbuilt whiteboard tool which allows you to create collaborative boards with colleagues. It includes access to a range a different templates to help you to get those creative ideas flowing! Want to check it out? Take a look at our 1 minute overview:
PowerPoint have recently updated their PowerPoint checker and it is so much easier to use now. It clearly shows you areas on your slides that need fix them to make them easily accessible to people using assistive technologies. In this video guide I give you a very quick run through of how to use the… Continue reading #731 Not sure your PowerPoints are accessible? Check them!
We love Canva here! And find their presentation templates to be really helpful for creating great looking decks, however sometimes you need to put things into PowerPoint so you can present offline or want to use the presentaion tools in Teams. Luckily for us Canva include an option to download to PowerPoint which creates a… Continue reading #727 Updated! How to save a Canva presentation to PowerPoint
When you need to concentrate, Teams can prove to be a distraction. You can help to manage that by either setting your status to Do Not Disturb or Appear Offline, the only trouble is remembering to reset it when you are done! This handy tip shows you how to set a duration to your temporary… Continue reading #723 How to set a status duration in Teams
In-call notifications for chat messages can quickly become an annoying distraction, particularly in large meetings with a busy back channel. To stop these annoying pop-ups you can quickly and easily mute the chat. In the video below we show how to do this from within the Teams call and how to do it from the… Continue reading #719 Teams chat notifications causing a distraction? Mute them!
In this video walk-through, we show you how you can use Word online to dictate your written feedback. Once dictated, you can then copy and paste the feedback into your feedback tool. Perfect for if you prefer talking to typing! You can even set it to do your punctuation automatically too.
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