The 4 Kinds of Google Groups (and how to use them) Google Groups can be many things, forums, chat rooms, announcement boards, you name it.
But when you are creating a new Group, you need to make sure you are creating the correct type or risk complete dysfunctionality. If you are creating a group that will be used to announce upcoming school assemblies, you probably don’t want to allow all of your students to reply to every announcement email. Likewise, it would not be helpful to create a Q+A forum and not allow any students to ask questions in it. This overview goes through each of the main styles of Google Groups and how you can best utilize them.
Keep in mind that every group has very granular settings and there may not be a one size fits all solution, so don’t be afraid to go into the group settings and tweak them to your liking. 4 of The Smartest Workarounds in Google Apps. Just because it isn’t a built in feature, doesn’t mean it isn’t possible.
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10 Chrome Extensions That Make Your Life Easier. The Chrome browser is a blank canvas and Chrome Extensions are the paint that can make it into a work of art.
Much like shades of paint, there are tens of thousands of Chrome Extensions to choose from, making it hard to find the essentials you need to improve your web browsing experience. We have put together a list of our 10 favorite Chrome Extensions and the real life problems they solve. From security to grammar correction, these Extensions cover it all. Let us know in the comments section if you use a Chrome Extension that you think should have made the list! 3 Strange Things You Can Do With Google Docs That Are Actually Super Useful. Google Docs has always been much more than just a cloud based text editor.
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I get lots of emails asking about Google Classroom.
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We completed the rollout of this feature across all platforms earlier this year.Starting today, we’re making this feature even more useful by removing the requirement that guests have a Google account in order to join a Hangouts video call. Here’s how it works: guests without a Google account who have been provided with the video call link by the organizer will be asked to provide their name and then request to join the call. Any attendee from the domain organizing the video call can then allow the guest into the meeting. The 16 Best Google Apps Updates of 2015 (So Far) With only a month and a half left until 2016, we thought now is as good a time as ever to take a look back at all the new features Google Apps released this year.
There were so many amazing updates that this list could have been three times as long, which is why we chose to only focus on 16 of our favorites. Looking through the new capabilities in Docs, Sheets, Drive, Calendar, Gmail, and Google Apps for Education, we were blown away with the innovation contained in the last 11 months. From automated chart creation to cross-domain collaboration in Google Classroom, it was easy to miss one of the additions if you so much as blinked. Take a trip back with us and see if there are any updates you haven’t used yet. New Chrome Update Tells You When Businesses Are Least Crowded. Want to beat the lines?
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For their mobile devices there was the ever adaptable, Android OS, and for their Chromebooks there was the web based Chrome OS. As the gap between what constitutes a mobile device and what is considered a personal computer begins to narrow, Google is looking to change things up. By 2017, it is being said that Google plans to roll their Chrome OS into the Android OS to create a universal hybrid operating system. This would make the switch between mobile devices and Chromebook completely seamless. Where it may even make the most sense is on Google’s tablets, which more than any other device straddles the line between mobile and desktop.
12 Free Add-Ons That Take Docs and Sheets to the Next Level. Add-ons are third party plugins that take your Google Apps usage to the next level.
There are countless add-ons to choose from and it can be overwhelming to filter through them all to find the true superstars. But don’t be disheartened, there are definitely plenty of add-ons that can kick your work efficiency into hyperdrive. Send a fax from a Google Doc or create personalized mass emails from Google Sheets, the sky’s the limit when you are using the right add-ons.
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