Migrating to Google Docs Some of the Subtle, but Useful Things

Login to your daretolearn account Remember to uncheck the ‘Stay signed in’ box if you are not on your teacher laptop (or be sure to sign off).

Conversation View Groups together s of the same topic.

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Adding an Image to Your Account

Once you click on “Select..,” the process is the same as attaching a document to an .

Once you have uploaded an image, you can change it or get rid of it altogether by clicking on, ‘Change Picture.’ Be sure to click, ‘Save Changes’ button when done (at bottom of screen)

As you can see, this option is also on the ‘General’ tab just below the picture setting. Unlike GroupWise, this is all or nothing.  There is no option to be prompted to add it. You either have one, or you don’t.  Cannot create multiple signatures Adding a Signature

Auto Reply or as Google Calls it, “Vacation Reminders”

Simply set the start and end dates, add a subject (i.e. Out of Office), and type in your message that you want sent while you are away. Leaving the checkboxes below the message unchecked will mean that ANYONE who s you will get the auto reply. NOTICE the message to the left. If the same person s you several times while you are away, he/she will only receive your auto reply once over a 4 day period as opposed to in response to EVERY .

Priority Inbox

On the ‘Priority Inbox’ tab, select ‘Show Priority Inbox’ and click on ‘Save Changes.’ 1 2

Marking an as Important 1 2

Marking an as Not Important 1 2

Starring an 1 2 Starring is used to indicate an that you want to remember to come back to later.

Google Chat This feature is only available for staff. Students do not have the ability to chat.

Click on ‘Settings’ towards the upper right hand corner of your screen. Click on ‘Chat’ to view/change the chat settings.

Make any changes (if any) and click on the ‘Save Changes’ button. * * ‘Save chat history’ will allow you to keep the record of the chat for future reference. You can always delete later or go ‘off record’ during a particular chat.

This area at the bottom of the navigation bar of your inbox shows who is logged in to daretolearn at any given time. The dots next to a person’s name shows their chat availability status. You can set your status by clicking on the arrow next to, ‘Set status here.’

Viewing Saved Chats Under the ‘Labels’ setting, when ‘Chats’ is set to hide, you do not have the saved chats showing in your navigation panel,

With ‘Chats’ set to ‘Show,’ the ‘Chats’ option appears, and…

…any chats that you had show up here. Simply click on the person’s name to open the chat and review the discussion