Video: How to Create and Use Templates in Google Docs

I'm really big on time saving and efficiency. Templates are a way to accomplish tasks in a way that's quick and easy. Templates are also useful to share with your assistants or collaborators so everyone is on the same page. This video also covers information on how to locate pre-made templates. 

Video by Gooru

 How to Create and Save a Template in Google Docs | The Gooru. (2015, September 18). Retrieved September 22, 2015. 

Google says: 
About submitting templates:
When you submit a template to the public gallery, anyone will be able to use it by creating a copy of their own.
By submitting a template, you agree to let anyone use the content and styles that you created. Please make sure that you own the rights to distribute the content in your template.

After a template is submitted, any changes you make to it will show in the template gallery immediately. Please make changes with care!

Google Template Gallery: https://drive.google.com/templates

Need Privacy?
To get around the privacy issue, create your own template by following the video above and call it blank_template (where <blank> is the name you give your template). Don't upload it to the templates gallery. Create a templates folder and share the entire folder or individual templates with those folks you want to use them. 

SMART Board 885ix Multitouch video

UHM Sakamaki Innovation Zone room D-101 has this type of SMART Board available!
Check out our Resources page HERE for more videos and links!

Print your Google Calendar!

Print or create a PDF of your Google Calendar!

Something new to me - the ability to print out or save various views of my Google calendar or agenda!

Here's how:

1. Go to the calendar you want to print or save
2. Click on MORE and Print
3. You will automatically be in Print Preview and you can make adjustments as needed
4. If you'd like to convert your view to a PDF, click on Save As

*Note: I needed to expand the window to full size in Chrome to see the Save As option on the bottom right corner

I love being able to print out specific calendars and agenda in Google! Sometimes being able to hand a calendar page to a colleague, print out my personal calendar or having the ability to write notes on the week's work agenda is helpful!

Google Forms: Embed YouTube Videos!

You can now embed a video right inside your Google Form!

This is a big WOW! Here's how:

To add a video to your form, click the Insert menu, and select Video. To pick a video, either provide a YouTube video’s URL, or use the search box to search for a video. After selecting one, you can add a title and a caption to the video. You can click and drag one of the video's corners to resize it, and you can align the video to the left, right, or center of the page by choosing one of the alignment options.

Try it out! It couldn't be easier! 

Educators: You can create quizzes with questions directly related to the video embedded in the Google Form!

Dropbox FAQ

Check out this Dropbox FAQ & link to Help Center Basics

1. How do I share folders with other people? 
2. How do I add or upload files to my Dropbox?
3. How do I sync files between computers?
4. Can I share files with non-Dropbox users?
5. How do I link to a file or folder?
6. How do I install Dropbox? (video tutorial available)

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Click here for DropBox Help Center Basics

Outlook to Gmail

I want to move/copy my email folders (with the emails intact) from Outlook to Gmail. How do I do that with the least amount of pain?

This question was posed to me by a faculty member recently. I did a bit of research and came up with a pretty easy fix for this. Here's the link to the instructions: http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/Googly/Outlookfolders2Gmail.pdf. If you have problems working through the process, please call the UH Manoa ITS Helpdesk and they will walk you through it. Phone: (808) 956-8883 Toll Free (neighbor isles): (800) 558-2669