Add/Delete Slides to Assigned Classroom Slide Decks

Many of us have created and posted an assignment only to want to add some Slides to the end of a presentation AFTER students already have a copy. In the past, that would involve manually going into each student’s file and adding these slides. What a pain! Now it is quick and easy! Check out the extension below to make this process a snap!

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Add Slides:

1. Head over to Magic Exercise Book and install this extension. 

2. Open the Slide Deck you want to edit (the one you shared with your students). 

3. Edit this by adding the desired slides.

4. Click on “Extensions” and then “Magic Exercise Book”.

5. Click the box to “Specify Slides to be Added”.

6. Select the class to edit the student copy in.

7. Choose the assignment the Slide Deck is in.

8. Click “Add to Classroom”.

9. Choose which slide to START to add.

10. Choose the LAST slide to add.

11. Click “OK”.

These slides are now added to all your students’ decks!

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Delete Slides:

1. Open the Slide Deck you want to edit (the one you shared with your students). 

2. Edit this by adding the desired slides.

3. Click on “Extensions” and then “Magic Exercise Book”.

4. Click the box to “Specify Slides to be Added”.

5. Select the class to edit the student copy in.

6. Choose the assignment the Slide Deck is in.

7. Click “Delete from Classroom”.

8. Click “No” if you do NOT want to delete ALL slides.

9. Enter the number of slides you want to DELETE and click “OK”.

10. Choose the LAST slide to add.

11. Click “OK”.

12. Confirm “Start or End”.

The selected slides are now DELETED from the students’ decks!

Here is a VIDEO WALKTHROUGH of all these steps!

If you want these directions in a Document click HERE!

Using Multiple Accounts on Chromebooks

There is a feature you can use to switch between your work account and your personal account very quickly on Chromebooks. There are some steps you need to take to set it up correctly, but after setting it up you will easily and quickly be able to switch between these two accounts. This will make it easy to access your school and personal accounts on your Chromebook. 

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Set Up All Accounts:

1. You are already signed into your device with your work account. You will need to set up your Personal Gmail account as well. Click the “Add Person” icon on the lower left. 

2. Enter your Personal Gmail account (the @gulllakecs.org will disappear when you type @gmail.com).

3. Once your account loads up sign out of your personal Gmail account.

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Add Multiple Account Access:

1. Sign back in with your Gull Lake account.

2. Click the clock at the bottom right.

3. Click the Power icon and click on your email address at the top of the popup.

4. Click on “Sign in another user":

5. Choose your Personal Gmail account and enter the account password.

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Quickly Switch Accounts:

1. Click on the clock and click the profile image at the bottom left of the popup.

2. Choose the account to work with.

You can quickly switch between accounts retaining your synced passwords, bookmarks, and tabs. You are now running both accounts at the same time!

If you want these directions in a Document click HERE!

Boddle for Math & ELA

Boddle is a fun Math & ELA learning game. Teachers can assign standards for students to practice and earn rewards for correct answers. Students upgrade their “pets” and environments while content is reinforced. There are reports and other features that make this both fun and educational. Set up your teacher account, add your students from Google Classroom, and get your students Boddling!

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Set up a teacher account:

1. Head over to boddlelearning.com and create a teacher account. Sign in with Google so you can use Google Classroom and other tools.

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Create a classroom:

1. After signing in you will be prompted to create a classroom. You will create a name, choose Math or ELA (I suggest both), set a grade level, and choose the standards to associate with your classroom (Common Core).

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Add students:

1. Click on “Students” on the left side.

2. Click “Add Students” then select the left-side image for “Add New Students”.

 

3. Click on “Import Students”.

 

4. Choose the classroom to import from. Then choose the “Select All” option to import all students from, that classroom.

  

5. You can leave all students at the assigned grade level or customize individuals to differing levels. Then click “Continue”.

6. Student sign-in cards will be created. These can be passed out so students have a QR code and sign-in credentials. 

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Create an assignment:

1. Click on “Assignments” on the left side.

2. Click “Create Assignment” and fill in the required information on the next screen. 

• Assignment Name: default is date but you can name it

• Skill: Assign desired Common Core Standards.

• Students: Choose who receives the assignment.

• Parameters: Choose whether questions are random (prevents sharing of answers with others) and set the number of questions per stanrd to be asked.

• Scheduling: When the assignment is viewable to students

Pass out the created log-in cards and let the students explore!

Here is my quick walkthrough: Boddle Walkthrough

More Boddle tutorials: Boddle Educator Tutorials Playlist 

If you want these directions in a Document click HERE!

Google Labs GenType

Want just the right, customized, or unusual letters to add to your creation? Customize images for fonts with Google’s GenType tool. Sign in with Google, give a description of what you want your letters to look like, and let Google do all the work for you. You will get downloadable images for each letter to use!

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Create Text:

1. Head over to labs.google/gentype. 

2. In the left text box, enter a description of what you want your letters to Look like. (Ex: flame letters on an onyx background) Click on “Generate”.

3. It will take a few moments to process. The letters will start appearing below the right-side text box.

4. When it is done creating these letters you can download them individually or as a whole set.

• For the Whole Letter Set: Click on the download icon on the left.

• For Individual Letters: Click the letter you want and click “Download” to save.

Now you can use these images as letters within your creations in any way you want!

If you want these directions in a Document click HERE!