Tech Tip Tuesday - How to Subscribe to Discussion Board Posts

Discussion boards can be set up so that users can 'subscribe' to them.  By 'subscribing' the users (students and faculty) can get email alerts when posts are made in that specific board.

The most useful example of this being deployed is in a "General Questions Discussion Board" where you don't go and check it all the time but you don't want to miss out if a student posts a question.  So you set up only that specific Discussion Board to allow for subscribers and then subscribe yourself as the instructor.  Students will also be able to subscribe but it is all totally optional for everyone.

If you 'subscribe' to a Discussion Board then you will get an email alert when a post has been made.

Each time a new course is running you will need to go in and 'subscribe' again since it is tied to specific courses.

This is not the default setting in Discussion Boards but can be set up very easily by following the steps in this week's video tutorial.

Tech Tip Tuesday - Uploading to Google Drive

This week, to continue our Google series, we will focus on Uploading to Google Drive.

Not only can you create fresh and new content in Google Drive but you can also use it as a way to store 'in the cloud' other digital items like Word Documents, Excel, pdf files, photos, etc. and access them anywhere you have an internet connection.

So far we have:

• Learned how to set up a Google Account (including using your Stevenson email address)
• Had a quick introduction to Google Drive
• Learned about using Google Documents
• Learned about using Google Presentation
• Learned about using Google Spreadsheet
• Learned about using Google Forms
• Learned about Working Collaboratively in Google Drive

This week's video tutorial shows you how to Upload to Google Drive.  

In this video tutorial you will learn how to:

• Upload items into your Google Drive
• Share those items with others
• Download the original copy
• Take an uploaded document and switch it to an editable Google Drive document

Tech Tip Tuesday - Working Collaboratively in Google Drive

This week, to continue our Google series, we will focus on Working Collaboratively in Google Drive.





So far we have:

• Learned how to set up a Google Account (including using your Stevenson email address)
• Had a quick introduction to Google Drive
• Learned about using Google Documents
• Learned about using Google Presentation
• Learned about using Google Spreadsheet
• Learned about using Google Forms

This week's video tutorial shows you what working collaboratively in Google Drive looks like.  

In this video tutorial you will learn how to:

• Work synchronously in any Google Drive Format
• Work asynchronously in any Google Drive Format

Tech Tip Tuesday - Google Forms

This week, to continue our Google series, we will focus on Google Forms.





So far we have:

• Learned how to set up a Google Account (including using your Stevenson email address)
• Had a quick introduction to Google Drive
• Learned about using Google Documents
• Learned about using Google Presentation
• Learned about using Google Spreadsheet

This week's focus is on a very useful tool called Google Forms.  Google forms let's your create questions for your audience to answer to gather information.  You can share and embed forms anywhere and those filling in the form do not need to have a Google Account.  

In this video tutorial you will learn how to:

• Create a form using different types of questions sets or items.
• Customize the confirmation page.
• View and share the live form
• Collect responses in a Google Spreadsheet

Tech Tip Tuesday - Google Spreadsheet

This week, to continue our Google series, we will focus on Google Spreadsheets.




So far we have:

• Learned how to set up a Google Account (including using your Stevenson email address)
• Had a quick introduction to Google Drive
• Learned about using Google Documents
• Learned about using Google Presentation

This week's focus is on Google Spreadsheets which would be comparable to Microsoft Excel.

In this week's video tutorial you will learn how to:

• Create a spreadsheet
• Use some of the basic features and functions 
• Download a spreadsheet
• Import a spreadsheet
• Add and rename a sheet
• Comment on a spreadsheet
• Share a spreadsheet