Weekly post #62 - Easy Accents, Google Tasks, easily create a slideshow from a Padlet, and what is BeReal?
Easy Accents add-on for Docs and Slides
The Easy Accents add-on for Google Documents and Slides enables an easy-to-use panel that allows a very visible process of inserting characters with accents.
To install the add-on follow these steps →
- Open a Google Document
- → Extensions
- → Add-ons
- → Get add-ons
- → Search for Easy Accents
- You will then see a choice of 'Easy Accents - Docs' or 'Easy Accents - Slides'.
- Choose Easy Accents - Docs
- → Install
- Allow permissions etc
- Once back in the document → Extensions → Easy Accents - Docs → Easy Accents - Start
- You should see a side panel open → choose the language you wish to use.
Read more here →
Stars and recurring tasks in Google Tasks
In Google Tasks, you can mark important tasks with a star. You can view or sort your starred items across various task lists in the starred view.
You can directly set the end option for a recurring task (never, on a certain date, or after a number of occurrences) in Google Tasks.
Easily assign Google Tasks from Google Docs
In Google Docs, you can assign a checklist item to yourself, a student or a colleague that will appear in the assignee’s Tasks list. When edits are made to an assigned item in Google Tasks, such as a change to the title, due date or completion state, those updates will show in the Doc, and vice versa.
Read more here → support.google.com - Assign tasks from Google Docs
Turn a Padlet into a slideshow
You can now create a slideshow from the content of a Padlet.
Every post becomes a slide. The fonts are sized automatically. The colors are determined by your chosen wallpaper. You can navigate with your cursor or your keyboard. The presentation will be updated live when you edit the padlet it references.
padlet.blog - Introducing Slideshow: beautiful, auto-designed presentations [9 Februrary 2023]
Read more here →
What is BeReal?
Have you heard the students discussing BeReal? Has a student asked you to be in their BeReal because the notification occurred during lesson time?
If you would like to know more about BeReal check out the two resources below →
childnet.com - BeReal – a guide to the new social media app [29 July 2022]