Monday, October 25, 2021

New Google Tools & Features!

 There are some new tools and features on Google for Education that are available NOW!


Google Classroom/Google Meet

  • Students can't join if the host isn't on the meeting
  • Only students in Google Classroom can join the meeting
  • Anyone outside the class roster has to ask to join
  • Co-teachers in Google Classroom are automatically made co-hosts of the meeting
  • Pin or unpin presentation or other tiles for display
  • Turn off all videos at once

Google Docs
  • Checklist with clickable checkboxes
  • Smart Chips
    • Use the @ button to tag a person, attach a file, a calendar event or a date
    • If you add a calendar event with the smart chips, it will give you the option to create a meeting note template and also add the note template document to the calendar event!


Tasks
  • To-Do Lists 
  • Show on the side of Gmail
  • Add a date to show in Google Calendar - make sure the Tasks calendar is enabled


Hopefully these amazing features will help save you time and effort! 

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Enrollment Notifications - Secretaries Only

When a new student enrolls, an email is sent to the building secretary to inform of the new enrollment. The secretary then needs to acknowledge this new enrollment. The student will continue to show up in emails each day until the enrollment is acknowledged. Once it is acknowledged, the student will no longer show up in the daily email. 

Enrollment Acknowledgement is done in the student record > Custom Info > Contact Info.



Special Programs Staff
There are similar emails for new students with specific tags marked by the parent/guardian on the Enrollment Form, such as Special Education and English Learner. These students will need to acknowledged as well.


As always, if you have any question, don't hesitate to reach out to the tech department.




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