Google's Sharing Features

Google is updating the interface used when sharing files. Read more. 

Slido- Polls for Google Slides

https://youtu.be/j86dZLa4YJE

Slido is a new service that makes it easy to insert interactive quiz and poll questions into your Google Slides presentations. The free teacher account allows for 1 topic and 3 polls per event. Pricing.

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600+ Design Theme Templates for Google Slides

Are you looking for new and different slides templates? Check out Control Alt Archive's post about additional theme templates for Google Slides. 

30 Interactive Google Slides Activities for Classroom Excitement

Matt Miller with Ditch That Textbook made a massive update (went from 8 to 30 ideas) to his post about creative ways to use Google Slides in the classroom. Check it out! You might be inspired. 
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Get Creative with Google Slides Creator Studio

TCEA recently shared this post about creating videos, animated gifs, and more from Google Slides with Creator Studio. Check it out!
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Use Google Files Offline

Google Docs, Slides, & Sheets have had an offline mode for several years. Recently Google announced some coming changes to their offline access. Read more. 

Add Sound to Google Slides

Google recently announced the addition of a highly anticipated feature for Google Slides! Now users can add audio directly to Google Slides! Read more.

Google Slides Features

Please check out Plano ISD's Tech-tastic blog post about Google Slides Features! It includes information about the real-time closed captioning feature, voice type speaker notes, Q & A history, hotkeys, and places to find new templates! If you or your students use Google Slides, it's worth your time. 
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Icons for Google Slides

If you ever have a need to insert simple icons into a Google Slide you should check out this add-on: Insert icons for Slides. You can search for icons and easily recolor them to match your theme! Awesome!

NEW Google items with .new

.New trick in G suite - You can now type any G Suite app name in the omnibox and add .new to the end and it will create a NEW Doc, Sheet, Slide, Site! Anything to shave off a few seconds of work! #friedfan #GoogleEdu pic.twitter.com/41LLF1Phc0

— friEdTechnology Team (@friEdTechnology) October 26, 2018

Google Updates

Google pushes out updates every month or so. The most recent update included these gems:

• Sheets gets loads of updates including macros, grouping rows and columns, checkboxes, page breaks, and more - Resource Link, Resource Link
• New option to insert Google Slides into a Google Doc - Resource Link
• Google Slides gets guides and rulers - Resource Link
• Google Sheets gets updates for more options for chart data labels - Resource Link
• Google Earth adds quiz format to Voyager content with Natural Wonder quiz - Resource Link

Enjoy!

9 Awesome Add-ons to Supercharge Google Slides

Control Alt Archive put together a list of 9 Awesome Add-ons to Supercharge Google Slides. Keep in mind that not all of them are available through our FISD filter. My favorites include:

• Insert Icons
• Paletti
• Slides Toolbox

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Google Add-ons for the Classroom

Richard Byrne at FreeTech4Teachers has created a great list of Google Add-ons that are helpful in the classroom. Take a look at his list to see what fits your needs and let me know if you have any questions!

Google Slides Q & A -- Talk with your audience, not at them

Google Slides recently added a Q & A feature, allowing audience members to be active participants in presentations. Check out this blog post on the new feature. 

If you or your students present from an iPad or iPhone, check out this article. 

Google Slides: Tips and Tricks

The Gooru put together a list of 7 Tips for Google Slides. See if any suggestions can help your next presentation.

Formatting Tables in Google Docs & Slides

Richard Byrne of Free Tech 4 Teachers put together a short video and article on formatting tables in Google Docs and Slides. The video shows how to use table features directly in your Doc or Slide and the article also references the Table Formatter Doc Add-on. Check it out!

55 Google Tips to make this school year yours

Check out these 55 Google Tips to make this school year yours.

6 Updates to Google Classroom

For teachers who use Google docs with students for assignments on a regular basis, Google Classroom can be a wonderful tool. It also can be linked from your Student Learning Hub site.

Here are a few recent updates to Google Classroom:

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Back to School with Google Chrome: The Complete Guide

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Chrome browser can be found here.

Google Slides Templates: Slides Carnival

Using the same Google Slides templates over and over gets a little tiring. Check out Slides Carnival for new Google Slides templates!