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Below is a list of Tips & Tricks that were shared with Dade County School employees during the 2013-2014 school year. The links below are in .PDF format. There are some items on some of these that are no longer up-to-date (ie. Facebook is no longer blocked on the network so logging in at Pinterest via your Facebook login should now work with no issues). Updates for the items that are out-of-date will appear as they are checked for accuracy and will be marked in red. If you see something that no longer applies that you would like newer information on or something we've missed, please let us know and we will find new information for you.
Tips & Tricks (Archive):
- Tips & Tricks, October 14, 2013 - Searching Your Gmail Account
- Tips & Tricks, October 21, 2013 - Creating Filters in Your Gmail Account
- Tips & Tricks, October 28, 2013 - Working with Drafts in Your Gmail Account
- The "Draft Saved" message now appears in the title bar at the top left of the email message instead of near the trash can icon at the bottom
- Tips & Tricks, November 4, 2013 - Google Search
- Here's the new link referenced in this edition for the graphical look at how search works
- The link about searching Google by reading levels is now outdated. Use this link to a Youtube video instead
- Tips & Tricks, November 11, 2013 - Mailing Lists for dadecs.org
- Tips & Tricks, November 18, 2013 - Google’s List of Apps and Features
- One of the most notable Google items missing from the list above is Google Classroom (http://classroom.google.com)
- Know any others we can add here, send us an email
- Tips & Tricks, December 2, 2013 - Some Tips and Tricks for the Lazy and Sometimes Clumsy...
- Tips & Tricks, December 9, 2013 - "Almost" Equal Time for the Mouse
- Tips & Tricks, December 16, 2013 - Useful Websites
- Some of the website addresses listed in the Useful Websites list above now point to different locations (Still looking for the old Xpeditions link - let us know if you know where to find it)
- Tips & Tricks, January 6, 2014 - Uh Oh...
- Google Labs is mentioned in this edition but a while back Google discontinued Google Labs and many of the experiments were discontinued, however some have moved to the main search pages or have been integrated into other products
- Tips & Tricks, January 13, 2014 - I Tube...YouTube...We All Tube...
- The first conversion link (Tubget) does not seem to work properly any longer
- The second conversion link (youtube-mp3) does not load any longer
- Be careful when using conversion sites (many will display unwanted images and/or links on the page)
- The Bon Jovi video mentioned in this edition no longer exists so here is a link to the same point in a different video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE#t=187 (this video needed to start after 187 seconds so... #t=187 added to the end of the link
- Tips & Tricks, January 20, 2014 - Forms
- The Intro to Forms video on Youtube is outdated - use the following link instead
- The Google Support pages for forms is also outdated - use the following link instead
- Tips & Tricks, January 27, 2014 - Hey… Did you know the Internet is down???
- Powerschool has been replaced with Infinite Campus (http://campus.dadecs.org)
- Technology, Maintenance, and now Transportation Work Tickets can be accessed at http://support.dadecountyschools.org
- A new section on our web site (replacing eforms) is Etrieve located at https://dadecscentral.etrieve.cloud/
- Another useful link to know would be the Sielox login page (https://www.dadecountyschools.org/Page/3031)
- Tips & Tricks, February 3, 2014 - But I'm "Pinterested" in Pinterest.com
- We now use a WatchGuard Web Filter instead of the Untangle Web Filter mentioned in this edition and Facebook is no longer blocked on the school network so Pinterest should load using your Facebook credentials now
- Tips & Tricks, February 10, 2014 - Where did our email login page go?
- This should no longer be an issue
- Tips & Tricks, February 17, 2014 - Google Drive / Google Docs, It’s the Same Thing...
- The "More Fonts" item is now at the top of the font menu instead of at the bottom
- Tips & Tricks, February 24, 2014 - Add a Custom Look to Gmail
- Those five cute grandbabies on the sample wallpaper have grown up a bit and there are now five more of them (you can see them all on my Facebook header - you'll need to be logged in to see it all I think) - https://www.facebook.com/bill.bankson.7
- Tips & Tricks, March 3, 2014 - Charts from Spreadsheets in Drive
- Tips & Tricks, March 10, 2014 - Simple Formulas in Google Spreadsheet (and Microsoft Excel)
- The Insert Chart icon looks a little different these days
- Tips & Tricks, March 17, 2014 - Printing (From Basics to PDF’s)
- Tips & Tricks, March 31, 2014 - Anatomy of a Web Address
- Tips & Tricks, April 7, 2014 - Password Protected
- Tips & Tricks, April 14, 2014 - Using Scanned Documents with your Promethean Board
- Document cameras have mostly eliminated the need to scan in this manner but if you need to, this all still works
- Tips & Tricks, April 21, 2014 - Plagiarism
- Tips & Tricks, April 28, 2014 - Cut, Copy & Paste
- Tips & Tricks, May 5, 2014 - A Special Merge in Microsoft Excel
- Our newer versions of Microsoft Excel still perform these same features but the menus look different - let us know if you need help with this
- Tips & Tricks, May 12, 2014 - Cables, Cables, Cables...
- There are some newer cables that we use now (HDMI, Display Port, etc.) - let us know if you really want to know more on this (B O R I N G)
- Tips & Tricks, May 19, 2014 - Email Etiquette
- Tips & Tricks, May 27, 2014 - Gone Phishing...
- Here's the new link for the Phishing Scams in Plain English
- Tips & Tricks, June 2, 2014 - Unhooking Your Computers for the Summer
- Tips & Tricks, Bonus #1 - The Elusive Trash Label (Folder) in Gmail
