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Top 9 Google Drive tips you’d wish you’d known sooner

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Jaswinder Singh
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Top 9 Google Drive tips you’d wish you’d known sooner
Top 9 Google Drive tips you’d wish you’d known sooner

As technology continues to play an increasingly important role in education, many teachers are turning to Google Drive to help them organize their lesson plans, collaborate with colleagues, and share materials with students. Google Drive is a cloud-based storage platform that allows you to store and share files online. In this article, we’ll explore how educators can use Google Drive to enhance their teaching and streamline their work.

In a recent tweet, Tessa Davis shared nine excellent tips for Google Drive users that you’d wish you’d known sooner. Tessa is a teacher, tech enthusiast and Presentation Coach and shares her takeaways from years of practice as an educator and a coach.

Extract Text From the Image

Whenever you are creating your course or online learning material, you might need to extract text from an image or picture. You might have got a great piece of content suitable for your lesson plan but it is an image. How do you convert the image into text?

You can use Google Drive and its neat feature that puts the image text in a document. Just follow these steps:

  • Right-click on the image
  • Choose ‘Open with GoogleDocs’
  • Access the text

Google Drive also lets you search for the text in the image by simply using the search option. You can also search for the text in Google Drive, and it will find the text from your photos.

Use Shortcuts

You can use shortcuts to do many things to save time and efforts and speed up your work. There are so many things that you need to do while preparing and compiling your engaging lesson plans, like renaming, deleting, sharing files, creating new docs/presentations, etc.

Here are a few that you can use right away:

  • press N to rename instantly
  • press . to share
  • press R to sort
  • press S to star or unstar selected items

Google Drive even has a shortcut [Ctrl + / (Chrome OS, Windows) or ⌘ + / (Mac)] to show all shortcuts available.

Add Colour Code to Folders

You can get it difficult to visually identify your most important and regularly used folders. Luckily, Google Drive allows you to colour code your folders. Tagging collective resources with colours help identify and navigate the content, resources, classes or subjects more easily. The tip will enable you to personalise and better organise your Drive in ways that work for you.

Save Images Directly From The Web

Using images from the web while working on the Drive can be a hassle. You’ll find plenty of informative and useful images for your project on the internet. However, downloading them to your computer and then uploading to Drive may seem tedious.

Here’s a quick fix. Add the chrome extension “Save To The Google Drive” to download images from the web and directly save them to your Google Drive, saving you from the hassle of downloading and uploading pictures again and again. It will also help you clear your device’s download folder.

Create New Files Quickly

We are accustomed to creating new files in a long way by navigating to Google Drive navigating to the desired location and then using the “New” drop-down option to create the desired file type or folder. Google Drive also offers you a quickest way to create new files by simply typing “<file type>.new” in your chrome window. This shortcut will instantly create a new file of your selected type and save you some time making your task easier.

Access Your Drive Offline

With Google Drive, you can access your documents in offline mode. All you need to do is enable the offline mode under manage access settings. You can easily create, open and edit all your Google Drive files even when you do not have access to the internet.

Sync Files To And From Your Computer

Using the desktop Google Drive application on your PC allows you to synchronise volumes of data efficiently. You can simply drag and drop the contents and select which ones to sync and which to skip. It makes file management and organisation easy and ensures access to all the latest files that may be needed anytime, anywhere, since you can choose what to sync between your PC and Google Drive. It also helps in reducing the unnecessary duplicity of files.

Create Shortcuts To Files

You might be working on a comprehensive project that needs inputs from documents scattered across different folders. Going to and fro between multiple files and folders can get confusing and time-consuming. Try creating shortcuts to the frequently needed files in one folder. Creating shortcuts removes the hassle of switching folders to look for files.

This is a classic feature of Google Drive. However, many people still don’t use it. With Google Drive files, you can quickly generate a shareable link to the files and manage access (view, edit, review) as you need. Instead of attaching files in the emails, generating multiple copies and eating up your email storage space, create a shareable link to the file and share it via email. Using shareable links to the document instead of attaching files also allows you to collaborate on the file.

These Google Drive links look like an attachment in the email, but these attachments don’t take up space in your or the recipient’s mailbox. The feature also helps maintain the confidentiality of the files, as only the people who have access to the link can view the file.

What are your tips which you are using to save your time with Google Drive? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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Create New Courses in Moodle based on existing templates using Course Creator plugin

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Jaswinder Singh
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Create New Courses in Moodle based on existing templates using Course Creator plugin
Create New Courses in Moodle based on existing templates using Course Creator plugin

Moodle LMS is one of the most wonderful and easily customizable learning management system in the world. The use of Moodle plugins allows you to extend the features in many areas from themes, blocks, course formats, authentication, enrollment etc. In this post we will see about the Course Creator Moodle plugin which allows you to create new courses based on the previous courses or templates.

The Course Creator Moodle plugin offers you a quicker way to create courses based on existing (course) templates. It also gives the ability to group templates based on schools, departments, users, etc. Courses can be created based on an existing course within the category, based on a template that is added in any category and as a blank course.

Course Creator Moodle plugin can be downloaded from the official Moodle plugins repository here. You can follow this guide to learn how to install a new Moodle plugin. Once installed, let’s see how you can use the Course Creator plugin.

  • Navigate to Site Administration > Plugins > Local > Course Creator to configure the plugin.
  • You can add schools/templates here.
  • Now Go to the Course Category where you want to add the new courses. You will see the ‘Course Creator’ under the primary navigation or course category management menu.
  • Choose Blank, Template or from a previous course
    Course Creator
    Course Creator

     

This seems to be a very good plugin which addresses the Teacher’s problems at the beginning of an academic year or a programme. As a teacher you can easily create new courses for new session using this plugin using the previous courses as templates.

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Get ready for Hive Conference 2023 from July 10–12, 2023

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Jaswinder Singh
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Get ready for Hive Conference 2023 from July 10–12, 2023
Get ready for Hive Conference 2023 from July 10–12, 2023

The Hive Conference 2023 will be held on July 10–12, 2023 in Atlanta, GA. The Edtech conference is a 2½ day on-site professional learning conference for teachers, coaches, and school leaders.

This year’s HIVE will bring teachers and educators together to relearn, recharge and reinvigorate their practices through teacher-led professional learning, immersive experiences, and social engagement.

HIVE 2023 is the place to:

  • Refine your teaching craft
  • Discover ways to increase engagement and productive discourse
  • Consider ways to meet the needs of diverse learners in your classroom
  • Immerse yourself in a community of practitioners
  • Take time for self-care and some amazing entertainment experiences
  • Join experts, curriculum authors, educators, and leaders implementing Open Up Resources curricula
Tiered Ticket Pricing
  • $799 – Early Bird: through March 14
  • $899 – Regular Ticket: through June 5
  • $999 – Late Registration: after June 5

The edtech event will be a perfect opportunity to:

  • Connect with experts + authors
  • Enlightening keynotes
  • Grow your community
  • Work in small groups
  • Remote learning practices
  • Certificate of completion

Check out the Hive Conference 2023 official website for more details about the event – https://openupresources.org/hive-conference-2023/

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upGrad Announces to Launch 8 New Experience Centres in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

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Jaswinder Singh
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upGrad Announces to Launch 8 New Experience Centres in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
upGrad Announces to Launch 8 New Experience Centres in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

Ed-tech company upGrad is set to launch eight new Offline Experience Centres (OEC) in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to accelerate its regional penetration in FY24. According to an official release, upGrad recorded a 400% increase in counselling sessions during previous January to this year.

With 35+ PAN India Centres operating, upGrad has the most centres in West India, followed by South India and an international presence in Nepal. These Centres have dedicated and skilled counsellors/coaches to guide visitors, potential learners and their families through the market trends, explain to them how upskilling could add another layer of expertise, and address specific other academic and non-academic queries. Moreover, owing to the rapid growth momentum, upGrad expanded its office presence across AP & Telangana during FY23, bringing the total team strength to 300+ in just two regions.

upGrad was founded in 2015 by Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar and Phalgun Kompalli to offer short entrepreneurship and data science courses. The Mumbai-based company spans several segments, from test prep, study abroad, undergrad degrees, and university campus courses. Its offerings include finance, law, business, and software for the 18-60 age group.

Speaking about the development, Head of Offline Sales – India, Jeetender Singh, said:

We understand that learning preferences across metros and non-metros, especially tier 3 or beyond, are non-identical. Hence, we constantly upgrade our outreach techniques to ensure we scale our reach and that every person we connect with is aware of our product to make an informed learning choice. AP & Telangana remain the two most important business-ready regions for us. Hence, it is even more critical for us to track the constantly evolving learning patterns and develop market-ready products for higher growth.

Furthermore, commenting on the business, Mayank Kumar, co-founder, MD, upGrad, said

While the internet has made inroads to most locations today, it still does limit the genuinity of the information shared. With these counselling sessions, we want to empower India’s youth and every household with easily available information for a positive output.

Since 2020, upGrad has acquired several startups, including Harappa, Rekrut, Work Better, Gate Academy, Impartus, KnowledgeHut, Global Study Partners, Talentedge, and INSOFE. The startup claims that it has a learner base of over 3 million across 100+ countries, more than 300 University partners, and a robust enterprise business with a client base of 1000 companies worldwide.

College Admissions Startup AdmitKard Raises INR 50 Cr in Series A Round

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Jaswinder Singh
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College Admissions Startup AdmitKard Raises INR 50 Cr in Series A Round
College Admissions Startup AdmitKard Raises INR 50 Cr in Series A Round

Edtech startup AdmitKard, an education technology startup that simplifies accessing higher education abroad, has raised $6.03 Mn (INR 50 Cr) in a Series A funding round from VC firm GSV Ventures. Angel investors also participated in the round.

With the fresh capital, AdmitKard is well-positioned to continue its rapid growth and further cement its position as a leading player in the EdTech space. The Noida-based firm plans to expand its team, invest in new technology and product offerings, and continue expanding its presence in key markets worldwide.

Founded in 2016 by Piyush Bhartiya and Rachit Agrawal, the edtech startup uses advanced tech and data science to offer personalised overseas education solutions to students, helping them shortlist universities, courses, and countries. It boasts of a robust technology platform to make the entire application process effortless and to enable one to apply from the comfort of the home.

Commenting on the new fundraising, Co-founder of AdmitKard, Piyush Bhartiya, said:

We are using the proceeds to expand our product portfolio apart from admissions. The startup wants “go broader in terms of helping the students in financing education, scholarships, enabling them in getting accommodation, and various other challenges that they face while going through admissions.

Bhartiya added:

We are approaching the market in different ways. Students from more than 250 cities are going abroad from India. We are looking at new go-to-market strategies, which we will experiment with and look at having deeper reach in these cities. The startup runs on a freemium model, with its primary services available to all students. Educational institutions also pay the company a royalty fee for promotion and marketing. AdmitKard currently has about 200 employees. We’ll double the team size over the next 12 to 18 months.

The company claims to have served students from 26 states in India and other countries, including Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Vietnam. Rachit Agrawal, Co-founder of AdmitKard, added:

Our vision is to empower students to make informed career choices and use education effectively to achieve their goals. No one expert can know it all, and hence they have built an intelligent match-making layer on top of millions of data points gathered over the years and refreshed frequently. But data itself is insufficient to provide assurance and confidence in a pivotal life decision for which AdmitKard has nurtured a tight-knit community of Mentors (current international students) who guide these students and their parents by sharing their experiences.

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Moodle Educators – How to allows students to enrol themselves in a group within a course

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Educators - How to allows students to enrol themselves in a group within a course
Moodle Educators - How to allows students to enrol themselves in a group within a course

Moodle LMS allows you to extend the functionality in all areas by using Moodle plugins. At present, there are more than 2055 plugins in the official repository. In this post, we will see about the Group Choice Plugin which allows students to enrol themselves in a group within a course.

This can be helpful in scenarios where you want the students to choose their own group. You can limit the number of participants within each group. As a teacher you can also select the groups, which the students can see to choose from.

The Group Choice Plugin is among one of the most popular plugins in the Moodle plugins directory. You can download the latest version of the Group Choice plugin from this link. You can follow this guide to learn how to install a Moodle plugin.

Depending on the activity settings, the students can view the members of each group before making a choice, and change their selected group until the deadline.

How to setup Group Choice Plugin?

  • As a teacher in your course, go to Course administration > Users >Groups and make sure you have the desired groups already created.
  • With the editing turned on, add Group Choice from the Activity chooser.
  • Give it a name and, if required, a description.
  • Decide if the students can choose only one group or several.
  • If you don’t want students to know who is in the groups, select “Do not publish results to students”. If you only want them to see after they choose, select “Show results to students only after they answer”.
  • Choose the groups you wish the students to select from by clicking them in Available groups and moving them over to Selected groups. Several may be selected and added at once.

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Get ready for the 13th MountainMoot 2023 on July 19-21, 2023

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Jaswinder Singh
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Get ready for the 13th MountainMoot 2023 on July 19-21, 2023
Get ready for the 13th MountainMoot 2023 on July 19-21, 2023

The MountainMoot 2023 will be held on July 19-21 2023 in Helena Montana. This will be the 13th year for the edtech conference which held its value through so many years. The Mountainmoot 2023 will be a perfect blend of edtech and online learning tools which includes Moodle, Google Classroom etc.

The MountainMoot conference will be hosted back in the friendly town of Helena Montana, on the campus of Carroll College this year. This year the conference will return back to in-person event.

The call for presentations for MountainMoot 2023 is now open. You can submit your presentation proposal until Friday, April 14th, 2023. Check out this page for more details about the guidelines and process.

Registrations for the edtech event will open in March 2023. Here are the costs for different options

MountainMoot Pricing
MountainMoot Pricing

The edtech event will comprise of many exciting sessions, social events as well as Moot Bucks.

For more details check out the official MountainMoot 2023 website here – http://mountainmoot.com/

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Lava Partners With Doubtnut to Make Education More Accessible to Students

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Jaswinder Singh
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Lava Partners With Doubtnut to Make Education More Accessible to Students
Lava Partners With Doubtnut to Make Education More Accessible to Students

Lava International, a famous smartphone manufacturer, has partnered with Doubtnut, a homegrown education technology startup. The partnership aims at providing access to quality education to students through smartphones.

Under the partnership, Lava’s upcoming smartphone will come pre-loaded with the Doubtnut app, providing a free subscription to quality education for students. In addition, students will also get access to Doubtnut’s instant doubt-solving platform.

Commenting on the partnership, President & Business Head of Lava, Sunil Raina, said:

Our partnership with Doubtnut aligns with our larger vision – ‘to empower people to do more, to be more’. The partnership enables us to reach out to more students across India. With this association, we want to ensure that the aspirations of the youth are nurtured and valued.”

Founded in 2017 by Tanushree Nagori and Aditya Shankar, Doubtnut uses AI technologies for image recognition, natural language processing, and proprietary machine learning algorithms to solve students’ queries. The platform currently offers over 100 courses, including courses for CBSE Boards (UP, Bihar) and 14 other state boards; IIT/NEET/NDA preparation, govt exams such as CTET, SSC, Banking and also special courses like spoken English.

The Doubtnut app is accessible 24×7 to students and apart from online courses, Doubtnut’s USP is instant doubt solving, where a student can clear his or her doubt just by clicking the image of the question and getting an instant video solution.

Aditya Shankar, Founder of Doubtnut, added:

We are glad to be part of the Lava family, echoing the feeling of Proudly Indian. Together we aim to create an impact and touch students’ lives, enabling them to shape our nation’s future. As part of the 1-year free course subscription, students can access Doubtnut’s premium courses in both Hindi and English.

Last year, Doubtnut announced its collaboration with SwiftChat, a leading conversational AI platform, intending to enable students to solve and understand math and science problems in a language of their choice. In 2021. the company had raised an investment of INR 224 crores (~USD 31 million) from SIG and Lupa Systems.

Lava’s upcoming smartphone will come pre-loaded with a free subscription to Doubtnut’s course material for classes 9th to 12th (worth up to Rs 12,000) for one year.

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Edtech startup NxtWave raises $33 million in fresh funding

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Jaswinder Singh
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Edtech startup NxtWave raises $33 million in fresh funding
Edtech startup NxtWave raises $33 million in fresh funding

NxtWave, an EdTech platform whose mission is to bridge the gap between industry & academia by rapidly building industry-relevant skills in people, has raised $33 million (INR 275 crores) in its latest funding round led by Greater Pacific Capital (GPC), an international private equity firm. The round also witnessed participation from existing venture investor Orios Venture Partners.

Launched amid the pandemic in 2020 by Sashank Reddy Gujjula, Anupam Pedarla, and Rahul Attuluri, NxtWave hosts multiple coding programs on its platform with the intent to provide better career growth opportunities to its users. The company claims that over the last couple of years, 1250+ companies, from fast-growing startups to Fortune 500 giants, have hired thousands of NxtWave learners. The upskilling startup aims to build India’s largest online employability platform for tech careers without a conventional college degree.

With the recent fundraising, the Hyderabad-based firm plans to invest in product & content, onboard more than 10,000 companies to hire its learners, fulfil skilled talent requirements of the industry and undertake acquisitions in the next couple of years. NxtWave is also planning to expand to multiple geographies within the country, according to the company’s statement.

Speaking about the capital raised, Co-founder & CEO of NxtWave, Rahul Attuluri, said:

We’re excited to have GPC as a new partner in our journey. Making India a powerhouse of technologies starts with upskilling our youth. Together, we’ll bring high-quality, employability-focused education to India’s youth and equip them for the jobs of the future at scale. With NEP 2020, the Indian Government has created a highly supportive environment for skill-based learning. This decade belongs to India.

Adding about the investment, Founder & CEO of GPC, said:

India needs to build the capacity to provide quality learning, particularly in artificial intelligence, for 500 million young Indians. Leveraging technology to fill this gap is the key to unlocking India’s economic potential and providing quality employment to its youth, which NxtWave is doing. We are excited to partner with NxtWave to scale its platform rapidly.

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Moodle Educators – How to Enrol users upon completion of a course

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Educators - How to Enrol users upon completion of a course
Moodle Educators - How to Enrol users upon completion of a course

Moodle is one of the most versatile and flexible open source LMS in the world. You can extend its functionality in all areas to meet your institutions requirements. In this article, I will show you how you can enrol users into a course after they have completed another course. This may be helpful for Moodlers who are looking to let their students completes first level before they can access second level course.

The Course completed enrolment Moodle plugin allows you to enrol users in a course when they complete other course. This can be used to create a chain of courses in which students can complete without the teacher enrolling them in different courses one by one. Additionally, you can upgrade the role in the same course when they completed it.

You can download the latest version of the Course completed enrolment plugin from the official plugins repository here. You can follow this guide to learn how to install a Moodle plugin. Once installed, you can use it without any problems.

How to setup Course completed enrolment?

As a teacher go to the course in which students will be enrolled in the future.

  • Navigate to Course Administration > Users > Enrollment Methods and add the Course Completed Enrollment method.
  • Fill in the role – duration – start date – end date, and search for the course that needs to be completed.
  • Save your changes.

Before using this plugin, you need to make sure that the Course Completion settings are configured properly for your course.

If you want to give a user a new role in a course1, add the enrolment method to course1, choose course1 as the course parameter and pick the new role for the participant.

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