The season of advent is upon us, shops are covered in tinsel, and Christmas songs are playing on the radio. That means it’s time for The 12 Apps of Christmas! During December the IT Services team and other contributors will be sharing our favourite digital learning apps and tools.

A festive series of new blog posts will be published and tagged as the 12 Apps of Christmas. Posts will include details about the app and ways it could be used effectively in a professional/teaching/learning context. We hope this will give you the opportunity to try out a new tool and learn more about the kind of things we’re involved in.

On the fifth day of Christmas IT gave to me…

25 Tips & Tricks for G Suite

We’ve got 25 tips for G Suite through the following 5 applications, all tips are here to help save you time and help better manage your workflow.

Google Forms

Save yourself time by creating a quiz that grades itself. You can do that and more with our Forms Tips.

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Google Classroom

Streamline your Classroom usage with our Classroom Tips, including how to use pre-written comments when grading student work.

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Google Slides

We’ve seen some teachers send students a YouTube link with a note telling them to start the video at a certain point. With Slides you can set that video to start or finish exactly where you want it to. Find out how and more in our Slides Tips.

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Google Sheets

Want to sort data by last name from a full name field but can’t work out how? It’s easy, learn how and more in our Sheets Tips.

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Google Docs

Use your voice to type, save yourself some time by making your computer do the talking for you. Find out how and more with our Docs Tips.

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