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Have you created a Google Doc and needed to share it publicly (i.e. with parents) but didn't want to enter all the parent emails into the doc for them to view. Did you know you can publish a Doc, Slide presentation, or Spreadsheet to the web and then share the published link with people outside of your school for them to view? Students can also use the "Publish to the web" setting to create very basic websites using Google Docs. The nice thing about the "Publish to the web" setting is once the document is published, any changes to the document will automatically update to the published version without the need of resharing the published link. This can be used in Google Slides with a presentation or an interactive presentation. Also, data in a spreadsheet can be displayed, updated as needed, and published to the web for others to view without sharing the spreadsheet or document.

Did you know, you can quickly create Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations, and Forms without going to Google Drive.  Instead of going to Google Drive, clicking New, and choosing the type of file you want to create, go to your Omni bar (address bar) and type in the type of the file with .new at the end. Type these shortcuts into the Omni bar (address bar) and press enter on your keyboard, a new file will be created and saved into your Google Drive folder. If you want to create a new Google Doc type docs.new  If you want to create a new Google Sheet type sheets.new If you want to create a new Google Slide type slides.new If you want to create a new Google Form type forms.new @travistrue Quickly create new Google Docs, presentations, spreadsheets, and forms ##TechTok ##MicroPD ♬ original sound - Travis True

Have you ever had students try to find free sound effects or background music to use in digital projects? YouTube has the Audio Library that offers free (there are some that will need attribution). Below is a video and step sheet showing how to find and download these free sounds and songs. @travistrue Download free background music and sound effects in ##YouTube ##TechTok ##MicroPD ♬ original sound - Travis True Here's an interactive tutorial https://www.iorad.com/player/1732241/Youtube---Finding-and-downloading-free-sounds-and-music-for-school-projects- 7 STEPS 1. The first step is to open YouTube and click on your profile picture 2. Click YouTube Studio 3. Click Audio library 4. To preview the song or sound click Play audio track button