Using the Lenovo C13 Yoga Chromebook to make a video

Most International School of Geneva - Campus des Nations staff have a Lenovo C13 Yoga Chromebook. These devices are capable of quickly and easily capturing video. As the devices are 'Yogas, ' the hinge can be bent both ways. This is the recommended way for capturing a quick video using a Lenovo C13 Yoga Chromebook →

1. Press the search key (the one with the magnifying glass icon).
2. Either search for 'Camera' or press the blue camera icon if you see it.
3. Push the screen over so the device is like a tent - with you looking at the screen and the keyboard pointing away from you.
4. You can now change the camera mode to 'Video' and use the circular on-screen button in the bottom right-hand corner to start and stop the recording.
5. The video file is saved to a folder called 'Camera', which you can find in the Files app. Files can be easily uploaded to your Drive and shared.

Read more here → support.google.com - Use camera features on your Chromebook

Dealing with WebP files

You may have noticed that sometimes when you right-click → 'Save image as' to download an image, you end up with a WebP file. You probably wanted a jpg or png file. What can you do about this?

Several Chrome extensions are available in the Chrome Web Store that can help. I recommend → WebP / Avif image converter, which adds a 'Convert and save image as' option to the right-click menu.

Alternatively, you can download the WebP file and then use an online converter service, such as convertio.co, to convert the file into a more friendly file format.

Viewing non-printing characters in Google Docs

You can (now) display non-printing characters to see how a document is laid out. When turned on, you will see symbols or text to represent the following →

• Paragraph/Hard break 
• Line/Soft break 
• Section break 
• Page break 
• Column break 
• Tab 
• Space

To reveal the non-printing characters → View → Show non-printing characters to display.

Read more here → Google Workspace Updates - New option to view non-printing characters in Google Docs [9 January 2023]

Annotating text with Lucidspark

Educators and students (currently) have access to Lucidspark at the International School of Geneva - Campus des Nations.

Lucidspark is an excellent whiteboarding app worth exploring if you haven't yet.

If you would like support using Lucidspark in your teaching, please get in touch with me.

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