Tech Shorts Episode 21 Sending Messages through School Messenger

In Episode 21, we take a look at how we can send messages out to a whole class or a section of a class using School Messenger. This is a great tool to communicate quickly and effectively with parents.

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Tech Shorts Episode 20 - Downloading and compressing a movie file.

In Episode 20, we take a look at how we can shrink the size of a video so that it can be sent through email or posted in Schoology. This helps accessing resources when the Internet is slow or overloaded. Here’s how you go about doing it.

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Tech Shorts Episode 19 Converting a QuickTime movie to an .mp4

In Episode 19, we take a look at how we can easily convert a video we created from QuickTime into an .mp4 file that can be viewed on most devices. If you make no changes, the video you create in QuickTime saves in an .mov file, which is a format used by most Apple devices. However, this is not helpful for people with Android, Chromebooks or PCs. So, we need to make a quick change in the file format to make this video accessible to everyone. Here’s how you do it.

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Tech Shorts Episode 18 Schoology Poll

In Episode 18, we take a look at how you can create a poll in a Schoology update. This is a great informal way to gather some information. A poll will generate a total of votes, but will not show who voted for what. Here’s how it works.

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Tech Shorts Episode 17 Using Photobooth

In this Tech Shorts, I show you how to use Photobooth to create video recordings of yourself. You can then use these recordings in Schoology or elsewhere.

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Tech Short Episode 16 Connecting a Student iPad to a Home Wifi Network

In Episode 16, we take a look at how a student accesses the internet at home using a school iPad. My helper Sebastien and I demonstrate how this is done.

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Tech Shorts Episode 15 Adding a Signature in Gmail

In Episode 15, we look at how we create a signature file for Gmail that will be appended at the bottom of every message you send out. An e-mail signature is text that is added at the end of an e-mail message. A signature is generally used to provide the recipient with the sender’s name, e-mail address, business contact information, or Web site URL. It is a very useful tool to add contact information to your email messages and not have to remember it every time. Here’s how you access this feature in Gmail.

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