Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Using Google Sites


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With the new Google Sites, building websites is easy. Just drag content where you need it. Create a one-stop destination for all important information, including videos, images, calendars, presentations, documents, folders, and text. Then, quickly and securely share it with an entire organization or the world.
Note: You can view the new Sites on most browsers on computers and mobile devices. However, at this time, you can only edit new Sites content on a computer using Chrome or the Mozilla Firefox browser.

The new Google Sites is not only great for creating your own personal website but it is also a great alternative way for students to present information and create projects.

Click here for G Suite Learning Center's "Sites Cheat Sheet"
Click here for G Suite Learning Center's "Directions to Getting Started"

Click on the links below to view sample websites!



Sunday, February 18, 2018

Converting a PDF to a Google Doc for Editing

PDFs offer many advantages over other file types, but they are not easy to work with because PDFs are essentially images and they can be restrictive.  Google Docs allows you to convert PDFs and images into pure text formats. 
  • Upload the PDF file to your Google Drive
  • Right click on the file and choose Open With - Google Docs
  • A copy of both the PDF and the DOC will be saved in your drive
  • See video below for a demonstration



Google Drive Keyboard Shortcuts

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Saving Webpages/Emails to Google Drive

Have you ever been searching the Internet and wanted to save information from a webpage?  Here is a quick way to save the information to your Google Drive.

    1.     Make sure you are using Google Chrome to search the Internet
    2.    When you are on a page you want to save, go to File - Print
    3.    Change the Destination to Save to Google Drive
    4.    Then click the blue Save button -- **Don't forget this step**
    5.    The saved information can be found in your Drive as a .pdf file
    6.    This also works in your Gmail.  -- Just click on an email and choose print, then you can choose Save to Google Drive


**Don't forget to organize all your new saved files**


In your Google drive, click on the blue New button and choose Folder

Name the folder

The folder will appear in your Drive

Drag and drop your saved files to the new folder(s)