You can use your own thumbnail and you can include a “call to action” link at the end of your video. It encourages you to line yourself up for a flattering camera angle, offers free slide deck templates, as well as a selection of editing functions including clipping, cutting and a zoom in or out function. Whether it’s in my texts, our course management system or my emails, there always seems to be a bitmoji for that.ġ0: Soapbox: I am only beginning to play with what seems like a very promising new extension for video, screen or tab recording, Unlike other free screencasting tools, Soapbox allows for a mix of person view, screencast view or split screen/side-by-side view. Bitmoji: Okay, I haven’t yet gotten over my obsession with these customizable avatars that seem to express my every thought. A gear button allows you to adjust font size and screen background.ĩ. Stripped down versions of selected text may be sent to Kindle. Mercury Reader (formerly readability) allows you to remove website clutter, stripping articles down to easy-to-read, printable formats, great for printing, sharing and for simply avoiding distraction. You send viewers a link and they are provided with an identifying number for you to approve. I’ll be using this with our grad students to address any remote project emergencies.Ĩ. It allows you to instantly share browser tabs or screens with one or multiple others. Crankwheel While aimed at business, Crankwheel is an easy, screen sharing solution, free for individual users that should work for teachers and older students. Clicking on the Add button suggests a comprehensive list of services which may also easily be removed.ħ. When you click on a menu item, you’ll see a preview that you may open in a new tab. You might choose to include Search, News, Drive, Classroom, Scholar, Maps, Google+, Keep, Calendar, Play Music, URL Shortener, Translate, and many others.
Google Black Menu: Install this handy tool to access a drop-down menu for the Google services you most frequently use without leaving the page you are working on.
You can also now adjust the cloud size and download in two sizes.Ħ. The recently modified version offers an Advanced Tab that allows you to choose a color palette, control the number of words in the cloud, drop words, and insert a word count table in the document.
The Premium version has no limits on time or number of videos, removes the watermark and allows cropping and mp4 and GIF export.ĥ: Google Word Cloud Generator: Did you know you can create word clouds directly from your Google Docs, as well as from web pages and many PDF and image files? While it is not as robust as Wordle or (formerly known as Tagul) or Tagxedo, the Google Word Cloud Generator add-on is darn good and it is handy to have a word cloud generator living right in your document. Screencastify: This lite version of the popular screen recorder is available free as a Chrome extension offering 10 minutes of recording time per video and 50 videos per month with a watermark and allows you to save videos to your Drive. Note: The Grammarly App for iOS is designed for working on your documents.Ĥ. It has the ability to detect correctly spelled words used in the wrong context and addresses subject-verb agreement, article use, and modifier placement and it adapts to your writing style. Grammarly for Chrome: Adding this popular grammar/spelling checker to Chrome ensures your spelling and grammar are checked in many of your favorite writing spaces–Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Tumblr, etc.