Tiger Tech Bits & Bytes News
~ May 2016 Edition ~
Welcome to the May 2016 Edition . . .
In this newsletter, I will give you a few updates and I will also provide you with a link to all the newsletters from the 15-16 school year, just in case you wanted to look at some of the information over summer.
As always, I hope you can find something you can use in the upcoming 16-17 school year and I hope you have enjoyed these newsletters. If you have any suggestions, don't hesitate to let me know!
Enjoy your summer break!
Sincerely,
Carmen Nolting
Table Of Contents
- Google Classroom Update
- Kami
- Newsletter Links
New Google Classroom Update Rocks!!
Well, during this training, as we were creating an assignment together, I clicked the down arrow next to the Assign button in the assignment we were creating and guess what?? There was an option that said "Schedule" ! Leave it to Google to make a liar out of me!
So now, if you need to be gone and want to go ahead and get your assignments, announcements, or questions ready ahead of time, just click the down arrow on the Assign button and choose Schedule! Then pick the date and time you want the assignment to show up in your students' stream!
Google also announced that by this fall, you will be able to invite parents to view a digest of updates to your Google Classroom stream. This will make it much easier to keep parents informed of assignments and announcements!
Google Rocks!
Scheduling Assignments
Scheduling Assignments
Kami - PDF Sign, Edit, Review App
Have you ever had a .PDF file that you couldn't edit or manage very easily? Or one that you wanted to digitally annotate, or wanted your students to be able to highlight information in a variety of colors, underline key terms, or draw or type on using their computers or Chromebooks?
Well, let me introduce you to Kami! No, not our Middle School secretary, but Kami! An easy-to-use solution to using PDF's with your students! Now students can view and annotate PDF documents from within the Chrome Web Browser on their laptop or Chromebook. Once annotated, the files can be saved to GOOGLE DRIVE! This means it can be integrated with Google Classroom as well!
Install Kami from the Chrome Web Store to get started. There is a basic and a premium account. The basic features provide plenty of opportunity for teachers and students. Premium accounts will grant access to shapes and signing text. Once installed, go to your Google Drive and from the NEW button, Connect More Apps, connect the Kami app. You can then choose to make Kami the default app to open .PDF files if you'd like!
Let's get started. Open Kami and import a PDF file by clicking the box or go to the open file in the upper left hand corner. PDF files can be opened from your computer, Drop Box, or Google Drive. You can also open recent files that were edited in Kami! Now using the tools on the left hand side, students can start marking up their document! There are highlight, strikethrough, underline, add comments, add text, free draw, and an eraser tool. As mentioned before, in the premium account, you can insert shapes, signatures, and use voice-to-text features.
Tiger Tech Department
Aaron Whitfield ~ James Turner
Email: whitfieldn@mcr2.k12.mo.us
Website: www.mcr2.k12.mo.us
Location: 913 West Newton Street, Versailles, MO, United States
Phone: 573-378-4231