With the end of the first semester, here is a recap of Tech Tips and Google Apps training that have been sent during the first 90 days of school.
Click on any of the following links to open the corresponding Tech Tip :
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Tech Tip of The Week- January 26
Tech Tip of the Week!
Under the Home Use Program, as a user of the qualifying applications
(i.e., Microsoft Office) for your job, you may acquire a licensed copy of the
corresponding Home Use Program software (e.g. Microsoft Office) to install and
use on a personal computer. You may continue using HUP software while you are
under our employment.
To access the Microsoft Home Use Program Web site:
2. Select the country to which you want your
order to be shipped to and choose the language for viewing the order Web site.
3. Enter your corporate e-mail
address (@agora.org) and insert the following program code: 4A1F32D182
a. Note: This program code is assigned to our organization for our
sole use in accessing this site. You may not share this number with anyone
outside our organization.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Tech Tip of the Week - January 19
Tech Tip of the Week!
Over the past few weeks, several staff members have
requested directions on freezing single and multiple Rows and Columns of data
while working in Agora’s provided Spreadsheet Tools.
1. When working in Microsoft Excel,
do the following:
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On the View tab, click the
arrow below Freeze Panes and then
one of the following:
- To lock row one only, click Freeze Top Row.
- To lock column one only, click Freeze First Column.
- To lock both rows and columns, click the cell below and to the right of the rows and columns that you want to keep visible when you scroll, click Freeze Panes. Please note, you can lock more than one row and column at the same time by selecting the block below and to the right of the area that you wish to freeze.
- You will notice gray lines appear to show what area will be frozen.
- When working in Google Sheets: do the following:
- In the menu bar, click view, then Freeze and do one of the following:
- To lock column one only, click 1 Column.
- To lock column one and two, click 2 Columns.
- To lock row one only, click 1 row.
- To lock row one and two, click 2 rows.
- To lock both rows and columns, click the cell below and to the right of the rows and columns that you want to keep visible when you scroll, click Freeze Up to Current Row AND then Freeze Up to Current Column.
- As mentioned with the Excel directions above, you can lock more than one row and column at the same time by selecting the block below and to the right of the area you wish to freeze.
- You will notice gray lines appear to show what area will be frozen.
Should you have any questions or need any help doing this, feel free to reach out to Rick Tkach or the Staff Helpdesk.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Tech Tip of the Week - January 12
Tech Tip of the Week!
Here at Agora, we work with several students and families
that speak English as a second language.
In many cases, students do not speak any English in their homes because
their parents/learning coaches aren’t bilingual. So, how effective are we in communicating
with our learning coaches and students?
To help us be more
effective communicators with our non-English speaking families, consider using
the Translate tool that is built
into Google Docs. We can translate permission slips, homework,
newsletters, onboarding papers, and all general communications.
To translate any document, simply type your material into a
new Google Doc, then, go to ‘Tools’
and click ‘Translate document…’. A new box will pop up and will give you
several language options to choose from.
When you pick your language, click on the blue translate button, and a
new translated document will appear in a new tab.
To translate an email, you can type your message in Google
Docs, translate it to the language that you need, then copy-n-paste into your
email response; OR if you are in Gmail and receive an email in a foreign
language, you can use the “Translate message” to see the sender’s message in
English, then repeat the above process to reply.
While the translated text may
not be 100% accurate, it should translate it enough to communicate your overall
message.
Don’t forget to bookmark the Ed Tech Site
for additional Tips and Resources!
All Google Training recordings through January 8 have been
posted on the bottom left of the site!
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