Tag Archives: Google Chrome

General, School Media Specialist

Six tools for creating videos on Chromebooks

Flaming LightbulbHas your school made a switch to using Chromebooks? Wondering how to get the most out of the video features? This article features six video tools that work well with Chromebooks.

WeVideo is the most recommended tool of the six. It has the most features available, including templates for new users to follow, the ability to upload your own media clips, and an app that allows you to save your video projects in Google Drive. It even has apps for Android and iPhone so students can use their own images and videos in their projects.

Interested in using animation in your videos? Try Wideo or Powtoon. They also include user-friendly templates, slideshows, and the ability to add your own narration.

Finally, the article also includes two helpful how-to videos, one about Stupeflix (where you aren’t required to create an account!) and the other showing audio slideshow creation on YouTube.

If you are looking for classroom video tips in general, check out our earlier post here.

Image credit: http://tinyurl.com/q2demy8, licensed under CC BY 2.0
Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist

Get the Google Scholar Button

google_buttonDo you use the Google Chrome browser? Do you do research online? If you answered “yes” to both of those questions, you need the Google Scholar Button! Actually an extension to your web browser, the button can help you:

  • Find full text on the web or in your university library.
  • Transfer your query from a web search to Google Scholar.
  • Format references in a number of citation styles.

And always remember you can set your Google Scholar Settings at https://scholar.google.com/scholar_settings

Quoting the extension description, “please visit your library’s website or ask a local librarian for assistance.” 🙂

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Google Docs Adds Pagination

If you use Google Docs, you’ll be happy to know that as of April 12th, Google Docs has added pagination options. This means that in your Google documents you now have the option of using features like visual page breaks and headers and footers. In addition, “native printing” is now available if you use Google Chrome; allowing you to print directly from the browser rather than having to convert the document to a PDF. The native printing option means that the document will appear on the printed page just as it does on your screen. To learn more, please visit http://tinyurl.com/43l5o8h.