Chrome Tips, Omnibox Tricks and Chrome Extensions

Presenter: +Jennifer Lowton @jllowton Jenniferlowton@gmail.com

Link to this document: bit.ly/lowtonomniboxpowers

Checklist to Cover:

Incognito Window (great also for students at home and at school)
Signing into Chrome
Switching between multiple accounts
Bookmarks
Saving multiple Tabs to a bookmark folder CTRL SHift D and opening all with one click
Move multiple tabs and PIN tabs
Re-open accidentally closed tabs
Add link to desktop
Omnibox tips

Top omnibox tips

Omnibox tips (set timer, search tips)

TAB Search: start to type a search site of content like, amazon or youtube, and hit tab then type the content you want and hit enter.
Set the timer!
Right-click to search Google on a word
Gif youtube
shift esc for task manager
CTRL SHift + T to re open an accidentally closed tab
Hold a link and drag to a tab or new tab to open where you want (1 up from CTRL + Click)
assign additional search engines with key words right click on omnibox
[weather 03082]
[dog walker 03082]
34 cups in pounds
[x*sin(y)]
[13 howe drive lyndeborough nh to elm street manchester nh]
User your browser to take notes type in data:text/html, <html contenteditable>
chrome://flags (behind the scenes Chrome browser experiments)

chrome://flags/#enable-tab-audio-muting to put a mute icon on any tab that can play sound like Youtube.

Google search tips

Chrome:// commands

Chrome://downloads
chrome://chrome-urls/

Top Extensions for Teachers

Extensity
Either 'Send from Gmail' or Checker Plus Pro
Share to Classroom
goo.gl URL shortener
Screencastify
50+ chrome extensions for educators

Chrome Web Store

Apps vs Extensions: What is the difference?

Apps for Struggling and Unique LEarners (My video)

Awesome Apps and Extensions (if time)

60 apps in 60 minutes tinyurl.com/60Chrome

10 Useful Chrome Apps and Extensions for Teachers

Dyslexie- turns font on websites into Dyslexic friendly fonts

Read Write Think Text help- reads outloud web content to students and more

Awesome Screenshot- capture anything on the screen and annotate over it.

Screencastify-record your screen

Snagit- Record your screen or capture an image

Microsoft Live- Microsoft Office for the Chromebook

Grammarly- Checks your spelling and grammar

Activity- Search through the Chrome app store a bit and then go back and review some of the features in both Google Docs and the Chromebooks and brainstorm with others on ideas for use in the classroom setting.

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