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US National Archives Channel on Giphy

First of all, did you know you can make a channel on Giphy, and upload your own gifs to it?

Second, did you realize the US National Archives has a Giphy channel?

Speak to Google Docs, and It Will Do the Typing

The Voice Typing Tool has been available since 2015, but just a friendly reminder that you

can tell Google Docs what to write, and it will type for you. Click on the image to watch a seven second

video from Google about where to go and what to do to make that happen. Easy.

 

Search CG Jr/Sr High Library with a Chrome Extension

Using the Destiny Discover Chrome extension

The Destiny Discover Chrome extension should be pre-installed on all Jr/Sr High chromebooks. It will show up in the extension bar next to the address bar at the top of the screen.

Now you can instantly search the library from the extension.

PLUS when you perform a Google search, you see Destiny Discover search results in a ribbon above the Google search results. 

•Scroll through Destiny Discover resources using the forward and back arrows.

•Narrow your search to a specific material type using the Filter drop-down.

•Click View More via Destiny Discover to open the full Destiny Discover search results page.

•Click hide/show to collapse/display the Destiny Discover search results.

Note: To set whether Destiny Discover search results show or are collapsed with a new search, click Show, and then Hide. From the "Starting search ribbon state" drop-down, select the view you want a new search results page to default to: Show more, Show less, or Remember last. In the search results, click a website search result image to open that site. For all other resources, click a search result image to open its Title Details page.

To install Destiny Discover as a Google Chrome extension if it is not installed:

1. From your Chrome browser, go to the Chrome Web Store (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions), and search for the Destiny Discover extension.
   
   2. Click Add to Chrome. A pop-up appears.
   
   3. Read the pop-up, and then click Add extension. A Destiny Discover icon is added to the Google Chrome toolbar.
   
   4. Once you install Destiny Discover, you need to configure it to search a specific school in your district by opening your school's Destiny Discover Home page. An easy way to do that is via gofollett.com.