Tag: gmail

More email tips – using the gmail “labs” settings

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It’s always challenging to learn your way into a new software tool.You know how the old application behaves – its shortcuts and folders. The new application might confound your expectations, with different models of behaviour^^. At PRACE, we are now using the google-owned gmail to send and receive messages in-house**. And while using the PRACE gmail account to send messages, you may be interested in the more experimental side of things. Did you know you can set up a default text styling, for example?That you can have your text looking a particular way in Read More …

Email with your students? Take it easy, step-by-step

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by Travelin’ Librarian at flickr Here’s a challenging assignment: Chris Mooney came into the teacher room asking for ideas and guidance around setting up email accounts for all her students. Yes, that can be a huge and daunting job, especially if you try to set up all the accounts in one go. [I have tried that, and Never Again is my motto.] So here are some ideas that came up while Chris and i were talking about it: Single group email account1) You could start, not with individual email accounts, but rather with Read More …