Sunday, April 24, 2016

Set An Expiration Date on Shared Drive Files

We all have files we share with our students and colleagues.  At the end of the school year, you may no longer want your students or colleagues who are leaving to have access to them.  Here's how to do it. 



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Saturday, April 23, 2016

GMail Keyboard Shortcuts

For some reason, I can never remember keyboard shortcuts very well...hence it's on my to-do list to create posters that help me, and hopefully others remember them better with visuals. Here's some great GMail shortcuts that will surely help save time as we try to reply, compose, and forward those emails. Let's get started...




How To Configure GMail Inbox Tabs

Who doesn't feel overwhelmed with all the email we get at work?  If you use GMail, configuring your tabs will help organize emails better.  When I have no time, I just glance at the Primary Tab where all main emails go.  The Social Tab is for G+ notifications and the Updates Tab is for notifications when files are shared with you on Drive or for other social feeds you have linked your email with, these don't need to be checked regularly, if at all.  But it's good to have so those bulk emails don't clog up your important ones in the Primary Tab.  The last tab I would recommend is the Forums Tab.  These are for group emails.  For a school, this is very helpful to check on meetings or memos sent by your administrators. Convinced that you are better off organizing those emails? Here's how: