Tech Tutor Mark

You can now grade a quiz using Google Forms without using any add-ins. This makes it so that anyone can create a self-grading quiz which can be embedded into Google Classroom, a blog, website or sent by e-mail or QR Code to your students. While you can still use the Flubaroo add-on to make this magic happen, the new Quiz feature is well worth looking into. This video tutorial shows the feature in action, step-by-step, and it also gives you a look at some of the other features included in the new Google Forms.

Eno & Easiteach Workshop (2 Parts) Links, Handouts and Tutorials On Tuesday, July 19th and Thursday, July 21st, I will be leading sessions at the McKinley Administration Building on Eno Whiteboards and RM Easiteach Next Generation , the whiteboard lesson-creation software. Downloading & Creating Whiteboard Lessons with RM Easiteach Next Generation Easiteach Shared Training Folder RM Easiteach Next Generation - Agenda RM Easilearn (lesson downloads, demos and resources for Easiteach) Easiteach Widgets - with an explanation of each Easiteach Feature Videos (many tutorial videos) Easiteach Webinars from ToolfactoryInc (YouTube Playlist) RM Easiteach Website (downloads, videos and more)

Advanced Use of Recordex Document Cameras and XSight Software (Pictures and Video) Advanced Document Camera Usage - Agenda Best Results & Troubleshooting with the Recordex Document Camera Download the latest XSight HD Viewer Recordex SimplicityCam Support Site Recordex XSight Document Camera Software Tutorials (YouTube Playlist) How to Use YouTube Video Editor  (links to more videos at the end) How to Create Closed Captions & Subtitles for YouTube Videos

Working hard or hardly working? If you ask yourself this question and are not sure what the answer is, it’s time to take a break. The summer has started and we are all slowly getting ready for that deserved vacation. Before we go lay down on a beach somewhere, there are probably some things that we need to finish at work. When we leave for our vacation, we will still receive emails, meetings will be held and business will keep on rolling as usual. Luckily, there are some useful web tools that can help you wrap up all necessary tasks so you won't have to worry about anything. Here are five favorites. 1.     Google Drive There is an expression - you shouldn't keep all your eggs in one basket. Well, with Google Drive it is actually quite the opposite. All you files should be in one place, easily accessible at your convenience. You can store documents, keep photos, songs, videos – anything. Also, it is more than useful since files can be reached from any device. Wh...

I subscribe to BetterCloudMonitor Academy newsletter, and they recently uncovered a nice list of 5 Google Search Easter Eggs . Most of these are well-known, but there were couple that I didn't know about. Either way, it's nice to have all five here for future reference.  As a tech teacher, this is a nice way to spend a fun class session at the end of the school year seeing what Google programmers create in their spare time.  Also, make sure to watch the video that accompanies this article .  

Looking for another organizational tech tip? Today I take on Google Chrome and wrestle it into submission. Learn how to manage your passwords, downloads and multiple Google logins inside of the world's most popular browser, G oogle Chrome. Gone are the days when these things managed you.

Published in March 2016, this is one of my favorite posts from our Port Huron Schools EdTech Weebly blog .  What is a Doctopus, you ask? And for that matter, what is a Goobric? I'm so glad you asked. I took a lengthy look at both tools and put together this step-by-step guide/article that I hope will help teachers tie together three great Google student assessment and management tools: Google Classroom, Goobric (a Google online rubric) and student assignment submissions (linked through Doctopus) all in one place.  Here is the article:   ift.tt/1QVW54z   http:// fb.me/7DQ2ITOYU

Today's tip shows how to create screenshots and video tutorials directly from a Chromebook, using the Snagit for Google Chrome extension. Just one more great application from TechSmith, out of Okemos, Michigan, my home state.  

Who knew? Well, you will know how to do an advanced search in YouTube after you watch this video. Then, your obsession with watching YouTube videos will become even more specific and specialized. Just the thing we all need, right?

Today's tip looks at a method of using Google Classroom and Google Docs with students to peer edit a writing assignment. The video takes a look at the full process of getting the document from within Google Classroom, and then students share the document to allow peer editing comments. Yes, this video is already found below, but I thought you might like to see it on Screencast.com, where the viewing experience is a bit more pleasurable.