Hello! My Name is Twiddla!

Twiddla is a web-based meeting playground white board. Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your students or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all there, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly. And it's FREE!

How is it different from other collaboration tools? (e.g., WebEx)

• First of all it's free.
• Second it's available to anyone, anytime.
• Third, there are no plug ins - all you need is your web browser.
• Fourth, you can interact with the web (or any uploaded picture, PDF document or widget) AND mark it up at the same time.
• Fifth, it incorporates chat and voice.
• Read the FAQ

Click HERE to start a new meeting or, try it now in the Sandbox HERE 

Gooru University - Free Google Apps Training!

Gooru University - Free Google Apps Training from the Experts!

Gooru U offers free training in 3 areas:

Sheets

Drive

Gmail

Check it out HERE!

Jeopardy for Your Students Using Google Slides!

Eric Curts, from Control Alt Achieve, has designed a Google Slides template for you to create your own Jeopardy game for students. Check out his article and templates here: 
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/01/jeopardy-templates-google-slides.html
Check out his webinars (live and recorded) and tutorials, too!


Curts, E. (2014, February 14). Jeopardy Game Template for Google Slides - Apps User Group. Retrieved January 28, 2016, from http://www.appsusergroup.org/news/jeopardy-game

Create a PDF eBook with Google Slides!

From ditchthattextbook.com, here's a great way to create your own eBook for students using Google Slides! 

Matt Miller has also written an eBook on how to create your own PDF eBook:

http://ditchthattextbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/How-to-Create-a-PDF-eBook.pdf

Great for online courses, face-to-face classes or flipped classrooms.

Check it out!

Google: You Can Now Restore Deleted Calendar Events

See your deleted events (computer only)
1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. On the left side of the page, find the My calendars list.
3. To the right of your calendar's name, click the dropdown menu > Trash. ...
4. Check the box to the left of any events you want to move.
5. Click Delete forever or Restore selected events.
More items...
Delete an event - Calendar Help - the Google Help Center
https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37113?hl=en

Google

Video Instructions from the GOORU 


https://www.thegooru.com/how-to-restore-deleted-google-calendar-events/

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 for Innovative Teaching & Learning - Workshop PowerPoint

In our Teaching Matters Series this fall, we held a SMART Board workshop for faculty. Here is the PowerPoint presentation: 


SMART Board Workshop for Innovative Teaching & Learning

http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/powerpoints/KaracaovaliSmartBoardSep2015.pdf

by Baybars Karacaovali, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa